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Read To Travel

It’s Okay to Admit Your Privilege, Here are 3 Essays You Should Read Today

Do me a favor before you begin reading. Take every notion you carry regarding what “they” believe, whether it’s the crazy liberals, the crazy conservatives, or your crazy neighbor. And just suspend it for five minutes, okay? My words are just about our experiences as human beings in this world. Suspend your judgment and read. […]

Quarantine Reading List Part Two

About a month ago I published my quarantine reading list to share the books I read during the first four weeks of quarantine in Norway. It was part one of an uncertain number since I did not know how long we would be stuck inside. Though the government still recommends social distancing, normal life has […]

Beat Boredom With These 24 Podcasts

Podcasts have completely taken over my life in the last month, replacing music entirely. When I’m out for a run, putting the wash in, making dinner, or mindlessly scrolling through social media, it’s the perfect time to squeeze in an episode. As long as I’m not physically reading, I can listen to a podcast. As […]

11 Activities To Fill Your Days During Social Distancing

Here are 11 activities you can do while stuck at home during quarantine and social distancing.

Why I Took A Two Year Blogging Break

Hey… hey you! Yeah you! It’s me.  Yeah, you might not remember me.  You used to read my blog all the time right?  At least twice a week you’d tune in for a new post about which mountain I had climbed that weekend or where I recommended getting a good cup of coffee.   It […]

3 Essential Shoes For Backpackers

When it comes to traversing the globe, I need my feet to be comfortable.  Otherwise, I get blisters or they get sore and I’m cranky, which is no fun for anyone.  Often, we take our feet for granted.  Our feet are important parts of our bodies that need to be taken care of so that we […]

A Few Of My Favorite Things

These are a few lovely bits lately that have held onto a space in my mind, memory, or mouth. School Girl: Chapters 1 & 2 by Caroline Calloway Okay, if you haven’t met Caroline’s Instagram account yet, you need to.  I’ll wait while you do it right now.  Done? Right, so she’s been writing a […]

Boogie Van Brewing: Waiheke Island’s Local Craft Brewery

As many of you know, I have been living on Waiheke Island for about a year and a half.  Here on the island, the presence of vineyards and love of wine permeates the air.  On New Zealand’s “island of wine,” sometimes I’m just looking for a relaxing environment and good craft beer—no fine dining or […]

Read To Travel Turns 1!

For the last week I have been showing London and Galway to my boyfriend and having an absolute blast.  While we were making our rounds to different pubs, eating our way through London’s East End, and nearly blowing off the edge of the Cliffs of Moher… something exciting happened! Read To Travel turned 1!  On […]

5 Items on my Travel Wishlist

As you know, I have been living in the New England for the last three months.  In less than two weeks, I will be heading out again to Europe for a week and then on to New Zealand until 2017.  My excitement levels are through the roof right now.  Even though I have done this […]

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