Returning “Home”

Returning “Home”

I have to return home for a short visit. I’m not looking forward to it. (By the time this post is published, I will already be there.) Interestingly, the way it’s easy to generalize safety in countries I don’t know, my outsider perspective of going...
The Importance of Cows

The Importance of Cows

Many of you know I love cows. What you may not know is, why. When I was 16 I lived with a host family in Normandie, France. They had a farm. It was my first time living with animals. I had always wanted a puppy but my dad is allergic so I couldn’t have one....
The Mirror of Deeper Exploration

The Mirror of Deeper Exploration

In my last post I talked about choice and decision related to travel. A major surprise for me, still, is how I keep wanting to stay in the same country for ages, instead of jump around from one country to the next. This was a topic of conversation recently, with a...
Choice and Decisions

Choice and Decisions

As of the writing of this post, I am no longer in Portugal. I went to the airport and got on a plane, so, unlike when I went to Spain and then changed my mind within days, this seems more committed, though I know I can return any time. The destination choosing proved...