Follow me into a travel movie! Image by Flickr user Leo Hidalgo. I spent most of my teens living vicariously through travel movies. So when I did finally graduate to…
Returning Home: Reverse Culture Shock
Returning from Peace Corps service left Samantha split between two cultures: American and Moldovan. Image from cabincrewdreamer.blogspot.com. I totally underestimated what it would feel like to move back to a…
The Battle for Small Business in Portugal
On a Monday evening, I hail a cab to my hotel in Lisbon after a night out with friends. The cabbie is friendly (as usual. Portuguese cab drivers are awesome)…
When There’s No Time to Write
Editor’s note: Life has changed (again) for Beth since writing this. Here are some of her notes, as written back in June: This is the Go Girl crux: We tell…