Category: Travels
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The Ultimate Juxtaposition
A little over 8 months ago, I visited Amsterdam as the second city in my two-month tour of Europe (Reykjavik was the first). In one of the strangest stories from my trip, I ended up staying at a Christian hostel in the heart of the Red Light District which specifically…
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European Rainstorms
In North Carolina, thunder storms are the most common form of weather during the summer. In Europe? Not so much. While waiting for my rebooked flight in Paris, I discovered this fact as a fairly-basic-southern-style-thunderstorm rolled in – and promptly delayed all the flights. I didn’t mind, I had found…
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Day One and I Already Missed My Flight 😅
As of 5:45pm last night, I have officially started off the second portion of my Grand Adventure 2017! (Or 3rd, if you want to count attempting to live with my parents for a month and a half as the ‘2nd’ portion – it sure was one hell of an ‘adventure’).…
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Life Update
Hello everyone! It has been awhile since my last post, so I thought I’d give a quick update on what I’ve been doing: About 8 months ago, my maternal grandmother passed away. As my mother is the executor of the estate, her and my father have been dealing with consolidating…
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An Unfortunate End to My Colombia Trip
As of May 24th: To my (extreme) dismay, for the first time in my life I may actually have to leave a trip early due to a medical illness After an amazing weekend in Cartagena, I unfortunately contracted a pretty severe ear infection where I lost the hearing in my…
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Because Fear of the Unknown Affects Us All
To be honest, before every long trip (and even some short trips) that I’ve taken, I get a little nervous. My heart starts fluttering – have I made enough plans to make sure I have a smooth trip? Is it going to go as planned? Will I like it? Will it…
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Because No Plane Ride is Ever Uneventful
If you follow my travels, you will know that any flights I take are far from uneventful. To be exact, I cannot name you the last time something outrageous didn’t happen on one of my flights. I can, however, tell you the most outrageous (albeit, in some lights, possibly deserved?)…
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Grand Adventure Summer 2017!
A common question I get nowadays is “Lena, why are you leaving Vancouver again? Where are you going now?” Well. A lot of places. Because staying in one place is overrated, right? SO: In the next two days I’ll be taking off on my next giant adventure, traveling to 3 continents…
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So Bedbugs Are a Real Thing
As I mentioned in my last post, I had a very interesting experience after my most recent whirlwind of trips. As a kid, my mother would always tuck me into bed and we would take turns saying each line in a old (I’m assuming southern?) nursery rhyme: “Night night, sleep tight,…
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What Has Lena Been Up To?
It has been a month since my last post. Why? Especially when my goal has been to write once a week? Well…. Many reasons have contributed to this, but the main is my insane travel schedule mixed with health issues to end with my avoidance of writing anything. From the…
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