Music is so important when you travel, especially when traveling solo. I constantly have music playing and the headphones don't stay home when I get on a plane for a new adventure. Nothing beats walking through the streets of a new city to a self-curated soundtrack to the movie that could be your life. In … Continue reading My 2017 Travel Playlist
There’s nothing quite like a four-hour hike up a mountain to remind you how out of shape you are. One month ago I boarded a bus for a six-hour journey to the city of Huangshan, where I would spend my weekend hiking the infamous Yellow Mountain. Growing up in a sparsely populated place like Nebraska, … Continue reading Hiking Huangshan
You’ve never known true disappointment until you’ve been bamboozled by a red bean bun. In many East Asian cuisines, the red bean, or adzuki bean as it is also known, will be boiled and mashed into a paste and then sweetened with honey or sugar. This paste is then used in various ways, including partnered … Continue reading The Legume Laden Liar
There comes a moment when living abroad stops being an exotic adventure and just becomes every day life. You get into a work routine, you establish a group of friends, you join a weekly dodgeball league (just me?) and things start to feel normal. It’s still an adventure in a sense, but you’re no longer … Continue reading Adjusting.
China. Gritty, yet polished. At times seemingly stuck in the last century yet pushing forward faster than most societies. A country full of oxymoron, where one can go to a high end dance club in one of the richest parts of the city yet still find yourself using a squat toilet (aka "squatty potty") there … Continue reading One Month
Nowhere To Go But Everywhere 