"You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." - Miriam Adeney Wake up. Hit snooze. Wake up again. Hit snooze again. Repeat X amount of times. Wake …
By now, most people who know me know that I've been living in New Zealand for over a year now and also that I just recently popped home to Canada to surprise, well, basically everyone for a whirlwind, wonderful, four week long visit. For obvious reasons, I couldn't be public about this on here until …
Twice during my time in New Zealand, there has been a moment when I've been on a bus, pulling away from a place, and couldn't help but think "oh man, I should have stayed here longer." The first was in Marahau, Abel Tasman, where I thankfully was able to go back and live and work …
I remember my first night in my first hostel. There was a girl from the UK in my room who was organizing and packing her bags, getting ready for her flight the next day, which was the last day of her one year working holiday visa. I remember looking at her and thinking, "Oh my …
Get on the plane. There are always going to be things that make you want to wait, make you delay, make you question if this is a good time or not. I had to delay coming to New Zealand a couple times, and almost did a third time, when my boss at work said "Chelsea, …
The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbour. - Anonymous Over the past few weeks, I've had some of the best days of my trip so far, and that's thanks both to some wonderful people that I met along the way as well as getting to cross some major items of my …
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac If there's one thing I've learned about New Zealand in the past 3+ months, it's that there are many places that just have this incredible, inexpiable ability to suck you …
“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman And seven weeks later, here we are! I can't believe it's been that long since I posted an update, but as I quickly learned: when you're on the Stray bus, there's hardly time to sleep, never mind spend any time …
Have you ever had a moment in your life where you just feel so incredibly overwhelmed with happiness that you get kind of emotional? I have had a couple of those moments over the course of the past few days, one of which I would classify as one of the best days of my entire …
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." ― A.A. Milne Everyone always romanticizes travelling alone, about how wonderful and freeing it is and how you will "find yourself" and all those other cliches. The truth is, travelling alone can be, well, lonely sometimes. Even when you're staying in …
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