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I'm going where the sun keeps shining, through the pouring rain.
Going where the weather suits my clothes.
Banking off of the northeast winds, sailing on a summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Henry Nilsson
Cook to Kook
Like most of my travels, I’ve had a few, usual, slight mishaps along the way. This trip has been no exception to the rule. Like Murphy's Law... but I prefer to think of it as the law of the inevitable blunder. Somehow, in a feat that still completely baffles me, I managed to spill my entire bottle of body spray all through my bag. It leaked onto absolutely everything inside... including the jeans I was wearing, because by the time I finally realized, the bag had been smackin
Joanna
May 87 min read
A Dash of Panic with a Side of Spritz
WHO hands over their entire financial lifeline over... in Italy... the pickpocket capital of Europe... to a complete stranger? WHILE I'M STANDING ON THE ROAD DRINKING!!!
Me.
Apparently, me.
I spent the next ten minutes berating myself for committing what might (potentially) be the stupidest mistake of my entire travel career.
Rookie move. Classic me.
Joanna
Oct 27, 20258 min read
Old Friends & Filling in the Gaps
One thing about integrating myself back into Western civilization that I felt was difficult to come to terms with was the excessive use...
Joanna
Apr 25, 20247 min read
Too Ripe for the Pickin'
I was finally. making my way up to see Ashlynn... in Bundaberg. I was going BACK to Bundaberg? After 30 years? THIS could NOT be real......
Joanna
Apr 22, 20246 min read
Back to Tzatziki & Turtles
My flight from Cairo to Athens was set to leave at 4:20AM. What kind of stupid person books such a ridiculous flight at such an ungodly...
Joanna
Mar 13, 202310 min read
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