Connection, Disconnection, and More Reflections from Morocco
What feels like a long time ago, after returning from my first experience abroad, I wanted to create a dedicated space to share my travels and writing. I had been feeling stuck since coming back to the U.S., and writing…
International Travel: Lessons on Stereotypes, Perspective, and Mistakes
Other than going to Jamaica on a college service trip and traveling through eastern Canada, I had never traveled internationally until the summer of 2018. That year, I visited my daughter in France. In 2020, right before COVID shut down…
A Year in Review: Moments That Made Homes
A Costco photo envelope holds my most cherished memories, the thick stack of pictures traveling with me across country borders. Sometimes they stay in the envelope, other times they make it on the walls in my latest of temporary homes.…
Month One in Morocco: Assumptions Aside
“I want to go to Morocco, but I don’t know if I’d go alone,” said the Australian woman. I sat behind the reception desk of the hostel I worked at, observing the conversation between the two Australian guests. “As a…
