Round the World

While I try to live, really live, in the present moment, I can tend to get frustrated if I don´t know the next step and think about it a lot. This time, I´m trying to be content with what I do know, and to trust God with the rest. I´m certain that trust is one […]

Imagine snowboarding in a bikini (or boardies if your gender suggests such a substitute). Brrrrr, you say?!?! Well, now, change the snow to sand, cold winter blast to a breeze laden with sea salt, and the view from snow-covered forest to a spectacular view of the ocean… And what you have is sandboarding on the […]

Rumor has it, the toilet flushes the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere than it does in the northern. It really DOES. Really. Saw it with my very own eyes. If you really want proof, I “could” take a quicktime movie of it with my mini camera, but I think you’ll be better off just […]

Lush, infinite shades of green occasionally splashed with hues of purple, pink, and yellow, stretching for as far as the eye can see, broken only by the line of black dotted with yellow paint. Driving through the rainforest south of São Paulo, I could only feel how amazing it is that I am finally here […]

After drifting in and out of jet-lagged sleep, consciousness slowly starts to grip my fog-filled mind. Delaying the moment when I open my eyes, I smile, taking in the sounds of the traffic, people, and construction going on right outside my second story window within sight of Centraal Station. I’m sure not too many other […]

The journey begins February 14 and will continue for about six months. Here’s the route: Amsterdam Brazil Charlotte, NC Costa Rica Boston Toronto Minneapolis Seattle Vancouver Korea Philippines Vietnam (possibly Cambodia) Thailand Sweden Norway London Amsterdam Phew, and there we have it. Let me know if we haven’t talked about it already if you’ll be […]

I’m about to join the group of adventurous people, the likes of whom joined Thomas Cook back in 1872, who’ve packed a bag and traveled around the world with it… quite literally. On February 14 I’ll board a plane for what I feel could quite possibly be my biggest adventure yet– my very own round […]