On her first days walking the Via Francigena, La Wander contemplates what makes a person keep going
Category: Life Lessons
In Search of Pessoa
La Wander roams the winding streets of Lisbon, Portugal in search of one of its most celebrated writers, Fernando Pessoa
Parapluie is still my favorite French word
La Wander considers the ups and downs of long-haul travel.
Joyeux Noël
Part Two of La Wander’s examination of the joys of being alone during the holidays.
Life…supposedly
Is your life what you expected it would be? Join La Wander on an exploration of what is supposed to be — and what actually is.
Erica
A story about how I met one of my favorite people and a meditation on the joys and challenges of friendship.
A(lonely) For The Holidays
Explore the challenges of being alone in a foreign country, though not necessarily lonely, over the holidays.
100 Days
A meditation on the joys of long-term travel and the anxiety over returning to that place called home.
She was here too
Join me in Montparnasse as I think about getting older, being female, and the Lost Generation survivors through reading the writing of Jean Rhys.
Am I bored yet?
A contemplation on how to accept — even embrace — the boredom of travel.