The Wait
Dinner with friends is always a good idea You’ve bought your ticket and felt the excitement of finding that perfect deal to get you where your heart longs to visit; now what? There are X months of waiting and anticipation, on top of all of the time you have already spent dreaming, saving, and imagining, so what do you do while you wait? If you are someone like me, you head straight for the literature. Whether they be travel books, fiction... Read More
Kids and Travel
“Miss, when are you going home?” In the usual hustle and bustle of work, surrounded by students of all ages, I missed this question. But the 4th grader was persistent, “MISS, when are YOU going HOME?” I stopped and crouched down to better hear the kid and answer his question. ”Home?” I asked, “Well, I live in Chicago, just like you.” “No!” He said. ”Home to India?” I... Read More
Day Trip: Raleigh, NC
Marvin and I seek adventure. We’re both city slickers, and living quite literally on the beach (North Topsail Beach, to be exact, population: 955) is fun in the summertime but pretty quiet otherwise. Out of the ten condos in our complex and the complex next to ours, two are currently occupied over the winter. It beautiful and lonely when your only neighbor is the ocean. The other day, Marvin and I were driving. It was unseasonably warm, even... Read More
Megan’s Top Ten of 2010
As challenging as 2010 was, I experienced some amazing things as a Go Girl. I celebrated one year as a writer for this fantastic online magazine with our year anniversary awhile back and with it a year of remembering all of the amazing places I have been. 2010 has also seen some beautiful adventures for me, so I figured that honoring 20-and-10 with my own top ten list would be just the thing. And so, in no particular order: 10. India- ten days... Read More
My Five Go Girl Goals for 2011
If your world is anything like mine, the past few weeks have been crazy, for travelers and homebodies alike. Between flight delays (and cancellations), the crush of holiday shoppers and shopping, joyous and not so joyous family reunions, blizzards, awful energy-sucking colds, and the early darkness that settles over New England, December is not a month for weaklings. It’s not a month for dawdling or downtime, either, at least not now that I’ve... Read More
Street Bike Etiquette around the world
Photo courtesy of londoncyclist.co.uk Paige Green shares her cycling experience from around the world: Some of the great things about travelling are, of course, meeting new people, learning about new cultures, trying new food – but I always get excited about figuring out how to get around town. Every country, every city has its own unique rhythm and it’s so invigorating to get caught up in the hustle and bustle on the streets of New York,... Read More
Arachnophobia
This isn't a spider, because spiders make me unhappy. This is a European road sign that makes me laugh, which is preferable. How many of you are arachnophobes? Apiphobes? Ophidiophobes? If you raised your hand, you understand what I’m about to talk about. This post, like so many of my other recent articles, begins with a story from Japan. On our last full day on Okinawa, Nick and I decided to go to the local botanical gardens. We were there... Read More
Zion National Park
Zion National Park was only a few hours drive from our last camp at Cathedral Gorge State Park. We were concerned we wouldn’t find a camp site, even though it was Sunday. It’s summer, and all the reservation campgrounds were spoken for. It was early afternoon already, but luckily we drove right in to South Campground and got a site.We set up camp and decided to drive the park. Unfortunately, the long road that gives access to... Read More
Cathedral Gorge State Park, NV
July 31st In our travels of the west, we are seeing amazing works of art made possible by Mother Nature. From rock formations that are millions of years old to spectacular sunsets, it’s hard to not be filled with a spiritual feeling when witnessing these masterpieces. This feeling was most powerful for me at Cathedral Gorge State Park in Nevada. The only reason I picked this park was because it broke up the drive to Zion National Park. ... Read More
Granada
A view of the city from the walls of the Alhambra Granada was a sleepy dream dressed up in an old world mysticism, that southern sense of Spanish calm, and cold. It was really cold. Granted, it was late in the fall, but I was used to Barcelona’s beautiful weather and the tank top standard. Braving the weather, and bracing for the worst, I pulled on everything warm that I had crammed into my shoulder bag for the long weekend trip when I... Read More
