There are times in life and in travel where we can become suddenly and violently exhausted. When this happens in life we call it burn out and we seek ways to slow down and lighten our load so that we can replenish our energy levels. In travel however we tend to ignore it because there [...]
For a long time I have had the dream of travelling across the country by train. To sit in my own little compartment and watch the forests and lakes roll by. To sit in a quiet spot and read while the sun shines through the window and falls across my book. However this romantic ideal [...]
This past week and a bit I’ve taken a little bit of a sojourn into the Netherlands. This is a charming country; with a hearty love of baked goods and a language that sounds like they're clearing their throats the whole time. When I see the stone houses and the picturesque town squares and the [...]
New Years. It’s an exciting but also stressful time for most. You get to celebrate with your friends and family, there’s fireworks and champagne; but over all of that looms the ever constant pressure to not only make a New Years resolution, but to actually keep it this year. I’ve never been a big fan [...]
Life is a funny thing. We create all of these grand plans in our hearts and we can see them come to fruition in our minds eye. These images and hopes and dreams are crystal clear; we know what we have to do and how we have to do it to achieve our end goal. [...]
