Experiences
After almost two months of living in Colombia, I once again have the butterflies that accompany shoving my whole life in a backpack. Soon I’ll be back in my natural habitat: the airport.
Read more “The Magic of Leaving for the Airport…It Never Gets Old”
Tips and Tricks
Are you planning a vacation and have no idea how to speak the local tongue? Perhaps you have a significant other from another country? Maybe you just want a challenge?
Read more “7 Ways to Learn a Language (If You’re Serious About It)”
Commentary
Nobody here looks like me. Nobody speaks my language. To be fair, there are a few people I’ve met who can speak English, but they’re the exception, not the rule.
Read more “The Only Gringo in the Room”
Poetry
Gracias, Colombia.
Me has dado una vida.
Me has enseñado lo que es ser un ser.
Me has regalado el regalo de ver.
Experiences
When the man jumped on my back, I was only half surprised. My senses were peaked as I walked through the crowd of soccer hooligans. Everyone says it’s dangerous after matches, but I had to get home somehow.
Read more “I Am Alive”
Experiences
When you live in a foreign country, routine gets thrown out the door. You can’t always count on a seamless experience. Tasks that would be simple in your home country soon become complex endeavours.
Read more “Life as a Foreigner Living in Colombia”
Commentary
I recently spent three months traveling through South America after leaving my job as a lawyer in Los Angeles. I wasn’t entirely sure what I was looking for, but I was looking for something. I suppose I was trying to “find myself.”
Read more “How to Relate to People Around the World”
Commentary
One of the things I like most about Manizales is that the people are generous, welcoming, and kind. I spent years of my life living in cities like New York and Los Angeles. The vibes were a little bit different.
Read more “Feeling Like You Belong”
Experiences
After a sleepless 20-hour journey (which may or may not have included a little Crimes of Grindelwald), I am once again in Manizales, Colombia–in the same apartment, no less! While the location is the same, the mindset is distinct. This isn’t vacation. This is life.
Read more “Running it Back”
Tips and Tricks
Just as I have become accustomed to using these foreign contraptions called “drawers,” “laundry machines,” and “refrigerators,” it’s just about time to shove my entire life into a backpack once again. In case it might be helpful to anyone else who is considering going on a multi-month trip, I thought I’d share what I now consider to be the essentials. Any links that I post are entirely on my own accord as I am nowhere near fancy enough to be getting paid.
Read more “Inside My Backpack”