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  • Wish You Were Here: Zagreb Emergency Room

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    In the Sveti Duh emergency waiting room, the lights are off and the fans are on. This feels appropriate for a late Sunday afternoon. Most of us don’t want any more light or heat than we’ve already had today. Sunday emergencies should be as informal as natural disasters; should leave us free to pace, or whisper, or sit…

  • Travel Stress or Grief?

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      “Grief is the thing with feathers.” –Max Porter “I measure every Grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes.” –Emily Dickinson As our friends from Seattle will tell you, falling asleep has never been a problem of mine. If you peeked through our roof at 11 pm on any given Friday night in 2010, you…

  • Solo Parent Travel Tips and Tricks

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    We survived! In fact, this trip with my son was the easiest solo parent travel I’ve ever done, despite a few delays and setbacks. See below my high level takeaways and a few specific tips on solo parent travel. Read our next installment for the play-by-play, or our first installment for packing and preparation. Solo Parent…

  • Traveling Alone with a Toddler: Preparation and Packing

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    Will you be traveling alone with a toddler? Are you starting to freak out? Well, here’s how I do it: the preparation, packing (one carry-on bag), and the reasons why. See our upcoming post to find out how well I did. It’s not my first long trip alone with my son, but it’s the first since…

  • Of Heroines and Heroes: Three Stories

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    In light of the Stanford rape travesty, I’d like to share three true stories about heroines, heroes, and villains, and the stories we tell our children about them.   The Campus On a sunny day in May, Sinead was walking to class when a friend materialized out of the crowd of students and began to walk…

  • How to Convince Your Partner to Travel

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    “I really want to be a digital nomad, but my wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend isn’t convinced. What do I do?” This is one of the questions I’ve seen most often in nomad forums, and I’m answering it from the perspective of the partner who needed some persuading. David was raised in a military family, and the mobile lifestyle comes…

  • How to Sell Everything You Own

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    Selling everything before we left South Africa was a long, exhausting, and informative process. If anyone is facing the same task, here are a few nomad selling tips that worked well for us and a few things I wish I’d known beforehand. Start Selling Early Yes, duh. But there are more benefits to starting early than just preparation.…

  • Missed Connections in Budapest

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    Budapest has character. It has gargoyles and leafy hidden walkways between the busy streets. It has the Danube, separating Buda and Pest. You can ride the tram from one side of the city to the other, gazing down upon the silvery Danube as you cross, for little more than a dollar. On our first tram…

  • Introvert vs. Extrovert Travel

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    One of my former managers and favorite human beings has a magnetic personality. Let’s call her Rachel. When Rachel walks into a meeting, she sets the tone. If she’s wearing a wry grin, it spreads quickly around the room. Inside jokes are exchanged in glances and you know it’s going to be a fun discussion. If Rachel looks…

  • 5 Nomad Books Every Traveler Should Read

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    Here are five nomad books every long term traveler should read. As we interact with the Facebook communities devoted to long term travel, we see a lot of questions from hopeful nomads who aren’t sure where to start. They have practical questions about planning and budgeting, but they also have big picture questions that are hard to answer in a…