A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Zero Waste Home
Kitchen: wooden soap dishes // savon de marseille soap // dish sponge and scrubber // bamboo straws // Bathroom: bamboo toilet brush // refillable shampoo and conditioner // bamboo toothbrushes //…
Blue Skies – An Unexpected Journey Home
I’ve waited a week to write this post as life still feels frozen to me. I have moments where I feel like I am just a body going through the…
Coffee as Language of Communication
I never thought I’d write a post about coffee, but I love it too much not to. As my friends can tell you, over the last few years of traveling,…
Riding the Wave of Loneliness – The Silence of Living Abroad Solo
Eight weeks. Eight full weeks of adventuring to new corners of the world and to familiar ones, of laughing with friends who I couldn’t imagine life without, of being reunited…
When a House Becomes a Home – Living Abroad Meaningfully
Written December, 2019 // I was running and running. When Thursday turned into Friday, I ran to a new place, masked by my desire to travel and see that which…
A Journey of Love & Self – Three Months in Ukraine
I sat down on an antique floral couch in the corner of a cozy cafe. I was in Olomouc, a small city in the Czech Republic on day five of…
My First Time Heading East – Kramatorsk, Ukraine
When people hear that I live in Ukraine, the first question they usually ask is “Is it safe?”. I feel comfortable saying yes, as my experience has been in the…
Leaving My Life Behind and Moving to Ukraine: What I’ve Learned
Have you ever looked at a picture and not recognized yourself? When I look at this photo, I hardly feel like the same girl in the picture. It feels like…
A Week of Adventures and Orientation in Lviv, Ukraine
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been traveling for one week already! On Sunday, June 23rd, I departed from Newark Airport and arrived in Venice on June 24th. I spent…
Vegan Travel Food Haul for Ukraine
And the countdown continues! In one week from today, I will arrive in a small village in Ukraine to teach English and be surrounded by the pure bliss and simplicity…