Wanderlust State of Mind

These are unprecedented and stressful times we're living in. There's so much going on with the world that we've all had to take a step back to process things and figure out where we go from here. In that sense, the travel industry has been badly effected by COVID-19 and travel to other countries, and even within country borders, is limited as quarantines and stay at home orders are in effect. I know I, and I'm sure many of you as well, have felt the shockwaves of the virus and have had a hard time coping and adjusting to the new "normal". One of the things that's still very hard for me to cope with is not being able to travel. I absolutely love traveling and I know I'll be doing a lot of traveling once this pandemic is over! But for now, I am following state and federal orders to help curb the virus so we can get out once more. Although I can't physically travel right now, that isn't stopping me from planning my next travel destinations!

Months later, even after I graduated high school, I was still very torn about not being about to go to school in London. My mentality at the time was like "whatever". I packed up my bags, drove two and a half hours to Pennsylvania, and I finally reached my college. I was surrounded by hundreds of incoming freshman who were stoked about the beginning of their college days. However, I was not among them. This literally went on for months and I became so depressed that I almost transferred to another school. Months later, I stumbled across a table in the campus center that was advertising study abroad programs. The director of the experiential learning center was at the table, talking to other students about the plethora of study abroad programs and the benefits of studying abroad. It caught my eye, peaked my interest, so I went over to listen to what she had to say. After being at the table for about an hour, I walked away with papers, pamphlets, and brochures of the diff

I mentioned in my last post that I've always wanted to travel to London when I was younger. I remember watching so many British kid shows like Kipper the dog, Thomas and Friends, and Bob the Builder (although I didn't know these were British shows until I was an adult) and fell in love with their accents and any scenery of London I saw. Flash forward to my high school years, I was just as obsessed with London as I had been when I was younger. This time, I was determined to make it over there! Though the name of the program has escaped my memory, I remember when I was a sophomore, there was a program through my high school where the theatre department would take students to London to study theatre. Although I wasn't in the theatre department, and didn't have an interest in such a field, I was interested in traveling to London. However, this would be the first of many failed attempts in high school to go across the pond. When I brought the idea to my parents, they wer

A lot of people seem to think that because they want to travel or visit a place that is far from them that it is completely unattainable. That it's something out of reach, and that it's something they will never accomplish in their lifetime. "Well, I'd love to visit Japan, but girl...it's on the other side of the world and I don't have that kind of money or patience to spend all day in an airplane." "I mean, I'd love to go to Italy. But I just don't know how I can do that?" Sound familiar? It happens to the best of us, and everyone has their doubts about reaching that dream destination. Hell, I've had those doubts myself. Been there, done that, and I'm here to tell you a little secret... All it takes is a little positive thinking, some planning ahead, and PATIENCE. I can't stress this enough!!! Just because it doesn't look like it's going to happen within 6 months, or 6 years, doesn't mean its never going t