All Day I Dream of Travel
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An activist, photographer, foodie, native New Yorker, solo female traveler and budget traveler who's been to 26 countries and counting.
All Day I Dream of Travel
4M ago
If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you know I’m officially “over the hill”: that’s right, I turned 40 this year! There was a time I got stuck in that Thought Catalog warp where 30 was *officially* entering into adulthood and it was like a race to accomplish everything I’d dreamed of before completion of …
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All Day I Dream of Travel
6M ago
On the Path to the North Coast: Unveiling Jamaica’s Transport Enigma I always feel like I can read a bunch of guidebooks and blogs about a destination, yet few offer the level of detail needed about public transportation. Not everybody wishes to rent a car and the transportation networks of smaller countries are often an …
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All Day I Dream of Travel
10M ago
These past two weeks have been filled with milestones and experiences:
I traveled to my 30th country.
I experienced an (extremely small!) earthquake.
I played mas in another country.
And…oh, yeah…turned the Big 4-0!
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All Day I Dream of Travel
1y ago
When one thinks of Nassau, Bahamas, they usually think cruise ship layovers, all-inclusive resorts, and Paradise Island – and they’re not wrong. I spent a few days in the Bahamas’ largest city to see for myself ..read more
All Day I Dream of Travel
2y ago
This Thursday, the country’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade is back on Fifth Avenue after a three year hiatus due to the Pandemic ..read more
All Day I Dream of Travel
2y ago
Labor Day Weekend has always been understood to be the unofficial ending of summer, with its culminating barbecues and final days at the beach for the season. If you're a New Yorker, you know this also means the world renowned J'ouvert and West Indian Day Parade festivities that go on each Labor Day in Brooklyn ..read more
All Day I Dream of Travel
3y ago
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post. Needless to say, I’ve not done any traveling since late January. I had high hopes for this year, but the ‘rona chewed us up and spit us out. I’d planned to go to Grenada with my husband (no longer fiancé as of November!) for some much …
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All Day I Dream of Travel
4y ago
A weekend of Firsts For most kids growing up in the New York City area, Washington, D.C. is their 8th grade trip. For this New York kid, it took all of thirty-something years to visit DC for the first time. I’d had my eye on a Caribbean trip for MLK Weekend, but couldn’t justify spending …
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All Day I Dream of Travel
4y ago
Travel Tip and Tales with All Day I Dream of Travel: Shannon Lee Gilstad talks food, her first time boarding a plane in fifteen years, and why she refuses to ditch her 9-to-5 to travel full time. Playing Favorites Favorite airline? KLM and Delta. They gave the best service I’d ever has from an airline …
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