3rd License to Freedom
How I passed my Commercial Driving License (Truck License)… again… I have no problems with most test or exam situations. I have done many at school and university and usually I was prepared and knew I would pass the test. But it is different with driving tests. Already my first driving test a long time [...]
Thank you, Mr. Policeman or “the license to carry a bin”
Dealing with the police in Tanzania is totally different than in Europe or the United States. In fact, it’s the same all over Africa. The famous expression “TIA – this is Africa” is definitely something which you can relate to any of the police encounters I had in Africa. Let me tell you one of [...]
Escaping City Boundaries
Lying back in the sun, eyes closed with the breeze from the lake cooling me and listening to the band of crickets and cicadas, it’s hard to believe that I’m in the centre of Canada’s capital city. Living in Ottawa, we are spoilt for choice of where to escape the noises and heat of the [...]
Wishlists
I’m sure that 90% of people reading this are the same as me and that somewhere hidden safely away (so as not to be a constant reminder, but equally a heavenly escape) have a ‘wish list’. Now this could be a list of anything-you may even have multiple wish lists of varying topics (in case [...]
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Driving in the East of the USA
My first major road trip was when I was seven. And really, it wasn’t a trip as I never did make it back to the starting point. When my family moved from San Antonio, Texas up to New York, we drove. 5 days visiting various famous sights along the way–though we did ship the rest [...]
Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
I’m driving from my mom’s house in Hanover, NH to my alma mater, Wellesley College, in Massachusetts after a pretty intense Thanksgiving road trip. The descent to North Carolina begins…again. On the radio– Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”. Wish I could say I had a moment driving in that car and listening [...]
We Are Travelers
I gotta hand it to him: my boyfriend hates mornings, and he sleeps in every second he can (well into the afternoon, sometimes), but if he has to get up and out of the house at a certain hour, he does it with military precision. So it’s not a minute past 6am that we pile [...]
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Silver Week – Part I
Day 1: Ellie & I depart Shimokita at approximately 7pm on Friday night, after work. We spend most of the evening winding our way down to the Tohoku Expressway which starts in Hachinohe. The road is new and relatively empty, and we are quickly out of Aomori and into Iwate prefecture. We drive until around [...]
Adventures in Aomori
Playing outside is one of my necessities in life. I enjoy it for all the physical aspects – the knowledge that yes, my body is capable and strong; for the appreciation of nature – cicada songs and wildflowers; for the distance it can put between me and the rest of civilization; and occasionally for the [...]
Castles and Cars
If I had to give a single piece of advice to travelers, it might be “Make friends with people who own cars.” Obviously, when meeting new people, it’s probably not the best idea to lead with “Hi, I’m Margaret, do you have a car?,” but it’s true that cars open up whole worlds of otherwise [...]
