Stories, musings, and other random words from a bohemian wanderer
I’m Anna. I grew up out in the country in northern Minnesota, 10 miles from the closest town with a population of 100. I always dreamed about what the rest of the world had to offer. I collected travel guides from all 50 states with the zeal that my cousin collected baseball cards. I read…
I love to put together a travel soundtrack relevant to the places I’m going but I have some standard travel songs that I almost always include. These songs just ignite that passion to hit the road (or the skies.) What would you add to this list? Leaving on a Jet Plane performed by Peter, Paul,…
I don’t have cable TV at home but whenever I’m somewhere that does, nothing sucks me in faster than HGTV. Not the travel channel but the Home and Garden network. Even though they primarily air shows about buying and selling homes and I’ve lived in my home for 11 years with no intentions of moving…
1. Ambition. I want to go to all the places and do all the things. And of course I can afford it! I’ll just live on Ramen. I must read these 10 guide books, watch 14 documentaries, memorize this list of phrases, and write know all of the things. 2. Disbelief. Am I really going?…
In my recent conversations with people about my travels in India one theme kept popping up: fear. Wasn’t I afraid to travel alone? Wasn’t I afraid I’d get sick/lost/robbed/etc? I heard many people say they couldn’t do it and how gutsy I must be. Here’s the secret: I don’t go because of a lack of…
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