If you hate going barefoot for days at a time, lazy afternoons on private beaches, hikes through the jungle of an iconic bay, meeting octopuses, moray eels, pufferfish and thousands of other sea creatures while scuba diving and making friends from around the world who love to dive… diving in Thailand probably isn’t for you. On […]
The best 15 books of 2015
As you know, traveling is one of my greatest loves… but reading is one of my greatest escapes. I’ve had my nose stuck in a book for most of my life and this trip (and access to a friend’s library account) has given me ample time to cross books off my to-read list. So… in […]
Olive this life – volunteering on an olive harvest in Italy
Before harvesting olives in Tuscany, I could go weeks without using olive oil. The bottle of cheap-o yellow stuff I got at the grocery store would get pushed to the back of the shelf and go bad before I could use the whole (small) bottle. Turns out… I’ve been using it all wrong! Between the […]
Tiramisu: straight from an Italian kitchen
If the holiday season has you feeling a little tired or overwhelmed, tiramisu is the dessert for you. It literally means “pick-me-up.” Learned in the Tuscan kitchen of my WWOOF olive harvest hosts, this is better than any restaurant-bought tiramisu I ate during my 2 month-stay in Italy. So… from Kirsten’s kitchen to yours… Enjoy!
A Buddhist retreat and the Prince of Peace
I never imagined that I’d end up at a two-day silent retreat for Buddhist meditation. And I certainly never thought I’d learn how to more deeply worship Jesus there. But things you never thought would happen have a way of happening. And God has a way of showing up in the places where you least […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE– the biggest surprise
I was nervous as my flight touched down in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Can you blame me? I’d been warned by well-meaning friends to not get kidnapped and sent off with loads of “be safes” as the Paris attacks had happened only a few days earlier and there was a worldwide travel alert. But… […]
Sarah’s secret family snickerdoodle recipe
WWOOFing in Italy did wonders for my recipe book. And thankfully, my new friends are generous in sharing their recipes with you, too! As we sat around Kirsten and Pascal’s table discussing the foods we miss the most from home (Mexican, definitely, in case you were wondering), we began talking about family food traditions. I […]
Where I am from poem
Early this year, I read a book called Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage by Allison Vesterfelt. As I read, I couldn’t help but “me too!” the whole way through. And by the time I had finished the book, I had told my parents that I’d be leaving Dallas to take this trip. […]
What the heck is a WWOOF?
What in the world is a WWOOF? Let me share a few real-life conversations that have happened recently: Fellow Traveller: What are you doing in Italy? me: well, I’ve been WWOOFing in Tuscany. FT: Wait… What? me: You know.. WWOOF, Willing Workers on Organic Farms? I’ve been volunteering with a grape harvest and learning to […]
Thanksgiving and Travel
I have a confession… I’m a little homesick at the moment. Not pack-it-all-up-and-go-home homesick… it’s just that in a few hours my friends and family will be getting together around their tables with turkey, mashed potatoes, and (if you do Thanksgiving right) the kind of cranberry sauce that comes from a can with the little ridges. […]
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