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Yes, I know, you probably have had enough of the whole A-Z thing after being exposed to it almost every day of April. Yet, a conclusion is a good way to find closure, even when blogging daily and following a theme.
Why did I participate?
Roaming About
A Life Less Ordinary
Author: Liesbet (page 58 of 66)
Wildflowers near some paddocks
One of the paddocks in the countryside
My parents live in Chestnut Street. The tree to the left is a wild chestnut tree and it is already very green and blooming. The tree on the right is a planted chestnut tree. The difference is interesting.
A small bouquet of wildflowers for Mother’s Day
It has been nine days already since the Blogging from A to Z Challenge finished and I am finally catching my breath again in regards to blogging and other things in life. The month of April was focused around getting some traction for my Roaming About blog, writing daily and about a certain theme, and incorporating a few other events.
Severe snowstorm in Newburyport, in April!
The most important change in Mark and my life, was our move into another house, with a new dog. Continue reading
Day 26 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
Today is the last day of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge! We are finishing with a very appropriate zzzzzz…
Our bed on Irie, in which we slept for eight years
When a nomad gets tired, she finds a bed for the night. More than likely, the long-term traveler does not have the funds to splurge on a hotel room, B&B or resort, so she looks into her guidebook – or refers to recommendations from peers – and picks a hostel, guesthouse or backpackers place to get some rest. Or, she cuddles up next to her partner, in her own bed; a bed that is part of her sailboat or camper in which she is exploring the world. There is nothing as convenient, cozy and familiar as having your home with you when you roam about. Continue reading
Day 25 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
Yearning to be in the tropics again (yoga under the palm trees in Kuna Yala)
Everyone has an addiction (or two, or three), a yearning for something. An attraction that rarely, if ever, fades. As a nomad, mine is travel. One look at a world map or globe and my eyes are fixed, my heart beats faster and my thoughts wander to all the places I would like to visit and experience. I think “There is so much to see in this world!” and I immediately wish to pack my bags and jump on a plane. Every. Single. Time. Continue reading
Day 24 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
X… the most difficult letter of the alphabet. If my A-Z Blogging theme would have been “amazing places I visited as a nomad”, a couple of favorites come to mind, like Xcalak and Xpu-Ha in the Yucatan province of Mexico. That would have been too easy, though… Maybe next year?
Carnaval in Grenada, Caribbean
Taqueria in Mexico
Village in Kuna Yala, Panama
Market, Guatemala
Local transportation in Kuna Yala
Instead, I am talking about a new (to me) word: xenophilia. It means being attracted to foreign cultures, places, people… a positive syndrome to have when you are a world traveler. Continue reading
Day 23 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
My two hobbies (they are more like full-time occupations) are traveling and writing. And, since my topic for this A-Z Blogging Challenge covers the first one, the least I can do in regards to the second one is write a blog about it.
Writing this blog post in our “new house” in Heath, MA
Although I have never gotten far with my writing “ambitions” (they weren’t ambitions until I recently moved ashore to focus on them a bit more), I have always enjoyed the act of writing. Continue reading
Day 22 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
One of the biggest attractions to living as a nomad is the endless variety it offers. All the possible means to get around, any level of accommodation imaginable and many spots on our globe are yours to explore. When the world is your oyster, literally, you never run out of options to entertain yourself as a traveler. Is there anything more exciting?
Playing with dolphins in Moorea
Day 21 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
The nomad lifestyle is not only adventurous and an embodiment of freedom, it is unique as well. In the United States, where usually only two weeks of vacation time is granted, people are not used to traveling far or frequent. Most Americans don’t have a passport (and, as I learned recently, millions don’t even have any form of ID!). So, while few people travel abroad, even fewer do this long-term. I can’t blame them, the US is huge and there are a lot of amazing places to visit. They are missing out, however.
The early days of Mark and I… above the Grand Canyon
In Europe, the travel bug (and vacation time) is a bit more prominent and some graduates celebrate earning their degree with a year of backpacking. Continue reading
Day 20 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge – Thoughts on Being a Nomad
There is one thing every long-term traveler has: time. It is the commodity – together with memories – that makes us rich, in a non-monetary way. What people on shore, living their super busy lives, grasp for in vain, always wishing they had more, nomads have plenty of. Time is at your fingertips when you travel indefinitely. But, keep in mind that much of what you want to achieve will require a big chunk of that seemingly imperishable time!
Time… it always goes fast, except at the dentist.
Since our sailing adventure is the one freshest in my mind, I am thinking back about what having time meant to us those eight years. Time allowed us to … Continue reading
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