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Time in a Bottle…of Antibiotics

March 29, 2017

My first week in Colombia was a pretty typical South American adventure. I started the week with a stomach bug, and ended it with my cell phone being stolen right out of my purse while I was wearing it. These were minor trials, and I share them not to complain, but because in the process of tying up some loose ends in their wake, I gained an…

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How to Really Settle in to Your New Home in Bogota

March 29, 2017

Step 1.Freak out (in a good way) with your roommate, Lauren, as you open the door and find a modern kitchen (with luxuries like cheese knives!), a fancy washer AND a dryer, a gas fireplace that kicks on at the touch of a button (s’mores party, anyone?), an office nook (hello, work from home days!), and Netflix on the bedroom tv. Repeatedly high five over…

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Leaving a Travel Legacy

February 27, 2017

Three weeks ago, one of my biggest fears while being on Remote Year became a reality: My grandmother, whom we lovingly call Mamu, passed away on Feb. 5 after fighting cancer of the liver for the past 3 years. I was at an Irish pub in Mexico City watching the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl with 20+ RY friends when my mom called me via WhatsApp…

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Flexing that Flexibility Muscle

March 29, 2017

With a 23-hour travel day in front of me, I had an ambitious plan for my productivity when I first stepped out of my apartment in Valencia, Spain, a week and a half ago. I had a client layout to mock up, a side trip budget to update, some email correspondence to complete and a blog post to compose. The blog post was going to reflect…

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Leaving Lisbon with a Little Level 3 Fun

March 29, 2017

Back at the beginning of August during our initial Remote Year orientation in Lisbon, our program leaders introduced a philosophy the company has termed “Level 3 Fun” that is totally in the spirit of Unraveled Travels. The concept classifies “fun” into three different levels: Level 1 FunEveryday activities you find simple pleasure in. Level 1 Fun is Sunday morning coffee and crossword puzzles. Happy…

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Which Way to Adventure?

September 22, 2016

I’m sitting on a low couch under a Berber tent in Rabat, Morocco, and I’m feeling guilty. It’s day #51 of my Remote Year adventure, and I’m just now getting around to posting to this blog, which I had started working on long before setting out for a year of working remotely while traveling abroad.I had the whole blog thought out. The…

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