Let me introduce you to Charlotte, my next Superwoman Traveller. We met teaching in Bratislava (meeting place for many great women, including Jen from this series, too), mid-way through Charlotte's decade of solo travel adventures - she's just recently returned home to Canada. Charlotte has kept my …
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Superwoman traveller Aki: Solo travel is finding a new personality
Meet Aki, my next Superwoman Traveller. Aki's from Japan and I met her when she showed up in my class here in Perth to learn English. I should say that her English was already very good so I'm not sure I taught her very much! Aki always impressed me because she was happy to travel around on her own, …
25 years ago in Europe: Greece, and my first experience with snow
A lot of my readers probably don't remember the first time they saw snow. For most Europeans or North Americans, snow is just something you grow up with, the way Australians grow up with the beach. But down here in the south-west corner of Australia, it doesn't snow. Well, maybe once a decade or so …