Tag: Friendship
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Don’t Be Soar-y For Not Knowing About Canada Day & Other Things I Learned In Montreal & Toronto
“Wow, these Canadians are so patriotic! There are flags and festivities all over the place,” I remarked to my friend as we surveyed Victoria, British Columbia from the ferry dock. It was 2003, my first time to Canada, and I was clueless about international travel. I was so clueless, in fact, that I didn’t even…
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Only Sort of Solo in San Diego
One of the secrets of solo travel is that you rarely have to be solo. While you might choose to book the trip or literally do the traveling part alone, it seems rare to be all alone on a trip unless you choose to be. For example, I recently took a solo trip to San…
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Backpacker on a Cruise
I recently had the incredibly good fortune to take a cruise, pretty much for free! A friend of a friend canceled past the refund window, so just for the gratuity cost ($12/day) and my transit to/from the port in Galveston, Texas (low cost on Spirit Airlines), I had a six-day cruise to Mexico which included…
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Travelers Live Vicariously Too
I’ve been noticing commentary lately about how what we share on social media is inaccurate of real life and only shows the brightest aspects of it. There are also studies, of course at this point hardly newsworthy, about how social media use affects our self-esteem. And then there are people who make snide remarks about…