MEXICO: Butterflies DRIPPING from the Trees!
March 12th, 2017
Whew! Fair warning: This turned out to be quite the hefty package of mots and pics, so grab a cuppa [&hellip
Operation “Mariposas”
February 11th, 2017
Woo-hoo! Just a couple more days and I’ll be (hopefully) surrounded by a bazillion Monarch butterflies fluttering amid the forests [&hellip
Expat Super Bowl Memories
February 6th, 2017
Much like most everybody else on the Planet, I spent most all of yesterday mingling with fellow expat friends (along [&hellip
Tales from the Expat Carnival: Bookstore Edition
January 30th, 2017
I swear… nearly three years. Three YEARS now, and still… Still, most every.blessed.day. it’s s.o.m.e.t.h.i.n.g. Some stray bit of serendipity as [&hellip
Feedback From My TL Readers Means a LOT!
January 22nd, 2017
I hesitate to toot my own horn here, but just couldn’t help but share a note I recently received from [&hellip
Taking My Own (Travel) Advice
January 9th, 2017
O.k. so yes, yes – it’s been little more than two months since I returned from my (arguably, epic) marathon [&hellip
Looking Back on 2016: A Dozen “Postcards”
January 1st, 2017
Though I rarely make “resolutions” for the new year (much less KEEP them for more than a week!), I do [&hellip
My 6th Expat Christmas
December 22nd, 2016
There was a time (after buying a one way ticket to Vietnam and thereafter selling most everything I once owned [&hellip
Onism: The Awareness of How Little of the World You’ll Experience
December 18th, 2016
Like you, I find a lot of kewl things whilst surfing our beloved www (I also find a lot of [&hellip
(Another) Slice of Expat Life in Cuenca, Ecuador
December 5th, 2016
Yep, I simply can’t help but share another magical day here atop this 8,000+ foot mountain in the Andes. I’ve [&hellip
The TravelnLass Does Black Friday
November 25th, 2016
(a.k.a. OMG, has she gone completely off her rocker?) O.k. O-KAAAY! That image above is surely the very LAST thing [&hellip
Mementos from the Balkans
November 22nd, 2016
As most of you know by now, I’m a minimalist by choice. Wasn’t always. Used to have a 3 bedroom, [&hellip
Remembering… My First Day of the CELTA
November 14th, 2016
I most certainly have plenty of fodder to peck here on my many recent adventures in the Balkans and Turkey [&hellip
“Thumbs-up” (and “down”) on My Trip through the Balkans
November 10th, 2016
As you all know, since my return from Eastern Europe 3 weeks ago, I’ve been hunkered down here wading through [&hellip
Sorry, I Can’t Make Lemonade of This Today.
November 9th, 2016
Yes, I realize that you’ve all come to expect a modicum of hope, inspiration and cheeriness here at TravelnLass, but… Sorry, [&hellip
How To Organize and Edit 3,000+ Travel Photos
October 30th, 2016
Traveling is fabulous – you’ll get no argument from me on that score. And thank GOODNESS for my many travel [&hellip
Welcome
Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion, and I’ve always lived life “like a kid in a candy store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been:
This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!
And in that spirit, after years of running my own adventure travel company, and flitting off to far-away places every chance I got… Read more about me…
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