This week has not been a good week (insert pout face). I flew back into Boston Sunday night after an amazing week in London. Back to reality Monday morning, sifting through my mountain of emails, checking my overflowing voice mail, scheduling meetings with clients who I’ve been ignoring via my out of office for the past…
Category: Life of a Wanderer
On Living to Travel vs. Traveling to Live (Or How Buying Faux Leather Forever21 Pants Gave Me an Anxiety Attack)
As I wrote in a previous post, I’m headed off to London the weekend after this weekend. I’m BEYOND excited. London is one of my favorite cities in the world, I have lots of friends I consider family there, and it’s one of the places I am lucky to consider a second home. I must admit…
Why You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job and Move Abroad to Learn a New Language
As some of you may have noticed, I’ve taken a bit of time away from posting on the 9 to 5 Wanderer. This has been for a few reasons. First, work has been a bit insane over the last few weeks, and life sadly has been more 9 to 5 and less wandering. Secondly, glutton for…
Culinary Wanderings: French Baguette
Food is one of my greatest loves in life. Trying new cuisines is one of the absolute best parts about traveling, and great food can easily be the highlight of a trip. When I was 18, I went to England with my dad to see my beloved Manchester United play in Manchester. While in London visiting family en…
When Your Travel Fund Suddenly Becomes Your Emergency Fund
About a month ago, I learned a very costly adult life lesson. I had spent the last 7 months or so being fairly serious about setting aside money for savings and travel. I was planning on going to London in the spring, Cairo in the late summer, and mayyyyybe a summer trip to Paris for…
Why I’m Starting a Travel Blog
I’ve been thinking about starting a travel/lifestyle/travel lifestyle blog for absolutely ages, but only just now finally putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to make it come to life. My story is probably pretty typical- millennial living in East coast city has a love for travelling but lacks the budget and vacation time…
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