After teaching children in Rusinga Island, Kenya the meaning of love, a call came to return to the woman who taught me what love is. I was able to make it back to the US in time for a final few hugs with my greatest inspiration before returning to Africa with a new guardian angel. Continue reading Stay in Africa Until You Reach Home
A small island village on Lake Victoria, Rusinga has seen its share of hardships and welcomed volunteers like Luca: an idol, an inspiration, a giver, a lifeline, and a friend. During four months, he provided more to the Kenyan island than anyone could’ve imagined. Continue reading Our Friend Luca : Volunteering in Rusinga Island, Kenya
What’s it like to live in Estonia’s Countryside? It’s like inhaling to fill your lungs with gold, while exhaling to breathing out the big city’s toxins. Rather than run for a television remote, children let loose and run in the rain, ride bikes, climb trees and build their own toys from Dad’s scrap wood. CLICK TO EXPERIENCE life in Rural Estonia! Continue reading Experiencing Life in Rural Estonia
Wondering how I managed to spend just 2000 euros in 200 days of full-time European travel? Here’s one of my not-so-secret secrets: WorkAway! Continue reading Miss Maps Volunteers: A Guide to Workaway
Here I tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but: Bucharest met me with a challenge I wasn’t ready for. I can navigate streets and haggle my way through lesser developed countries. Traveling full time, I can easily call the world my home but couldn’t manage to call this ninth floor apartment by the same name. It wasn’t home. Continue reading Getting Schooled in Bucharest
I napped, read, wrote and watched the scenery pass by in a flurry of yellows and blues as they mimicked the Ukrainian flag in their contrasting colors. Once in Khmelnestkyi, I performed an elegant barrel roll off the side of my reclining cushion and cinched up my rucksack… Continue reading Learning Russian in Ukraine
