It begins when you return. I am a person who feels most in harmony with my self when I am on the road. Not when I’m vacationing at a resort, snorkeling and body surfing in the Pacific, lounging on a beach chair under an umbrella while sipping Mai Tais (though I’m not gonna lie; I love doing things like that,…
Category: La Flâneuse
I ❤ Bhutan
At last recovered from her fractured foot, La Wander returns to Bhutan in a piece about hiking boots, pilgrimages, mindfulness, and friendship.
Homeward Bound
After thirteen months on the road, La Wander contemplates what it means to return “home.”
The Return
At long last, La Wander returns to walking the street, this time in Hanoi, Vietnam. But was she ever really gone?
Positive
As she journeys through Nepal and Bhutan, La Wander receives lessons in happiness, in always finding the positive.
Limoncello
La Wander contemplates the importance of help as she learns how to get by in a foreign country with a broken foot
The Second
On her first days walking the Via Francigena, La Wander contemplates what makes a person keep going
Flowers for Mrs. Dalloway (or: how I fell in love with Virginia Woolf)
In London, La Wander follows the footsteps of Mrs. Dalloway in an attempt to start to understand Virginia Woolf.
Sempre Dritto
La wander tackles the tangled streets of Venice.
Roman Flâneuse-iday
La Wander explores Rome with Princess Anne and Joe Bradley, from Roman Holiday, and contemplates the ways that Anne is a fellow flâneuse.