It’s not yet the end of the year, but I’m not going anywhere until early in 2012 and there’s a rare speck of dust on my suitcase. I may as well summarize my travel year now. While there were definitely some strange aspects to my 2011, I made new friends (some of whom are the […]
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Back to Villa de Leyva
A couple of months ago, I took a whirlwind one-week trip through three regions in Colombia. While I fell in love with the country, there was one place that I felt needed to be the highlight of a return trip. And here I sit, in the Bogotá airport, having just spent about six days in […]
Return Trip
On any trip, there always seems to be a place that I wish I’d had more time to explore. And that’s usually the first spot I want to go back to visit. On my recent Colombia trip, that place was Villa de Leyva. I arrived in the evening, a little more than an hour after […]
Golden Girl
As long as I can remember, I’ve been a silver girl. While I adored gold jewelry, silver seemed to match my personality better and looked cool against my tanned skin. With my blonde hair, wearing gold always made me feel as obvious as the fiery sun—or even C-3PO. A brief attempt to wear both metals […]
Confessions of a Cheater
When I fall in love with a country, I fall hard. There may be many I fall in like with after a short romance, and a trip will end with an uncomfortable parting and a promise on my part, “I’ll keep in touch, really. I’ll be back.” And I do mean it. But heart-stopping, daydreaming […]