This morning I was “that person.” The person whose door the front desk hostel worker has to come knock on because they are there with her rental car. The person who was still sound asleep at 9:10am when I was supposed to be downstairs at 9am. I must have fallen asleep some time around 7am. [...]

I’m staying at a cool new hostel in Reykjavik called Kex Hostel. It’s an old biscuit factory that has been converted into a hostel with a trendy little bar and restaurant as well. It’s still a work in progress, with construction going on and some things advertised on their website not yet finished (i.e., the [...]

After a few weeks of trying to figure out how to pack months of clothing into a tiny carry on, wrapping up loose ends at work and saying my goodbyes, June 26th has arrived! I’m writing this from my very comfy seat on an Icelandair flight from Dulles to Reykjavik (my goal is to not [...]

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll This trip started with the fantasy of a backpack and a passport; a little seed that was planted somewhere in my brain (and heart) that had just begun to take root. Then I connected it with Sanyu Babies’ [...]

“The practice of soulful travel is to discover the overlapping point between history and everyday life, the way to find the essence of every place, every day: in the markets, small chapels, out-of-the-way parks, craft shops. Curiosity about the extraordinary in the ordinary moves the heart of the traveler intent on seeing behind the veil [...]