by Jenna Thomas | Jun 20, 2016 | Destinations, New Zealand, Round the World Travel
Early one February morning, I woke up in the back of a twenty-year-old minivan to the sound of torrential rain pounding the roof. I muttered a few curses, pulled on my most waterproof clothing, and stumbled through the downpour to a rustic pit toilet on the edge of...
by Jenna Thomas | Feb 1, 2016 | Destinations, Europe
England was my favorite country on earth long before I set foot in the United Kingdom. I loved all things English, even as a kid. After a two-week trip around the country with my parents in high school and a semester in Lancashire during college, my affection only...
by Jenna Thomas | Dec 18, 2015 | Destinations, New Zealand, Round the World Travel
At the beginning of this year, my knowledge of Maori culture started and ended with the haka that New Zealand’s rugby team, the All Blacks, perform before a match. When Ben and I arrived in New Zealand, I learned that Maori history is a controversial subject, one...
by Jenna Thomas | Dec 16, 2015 | Round the World Travel
It’s inevitable–if I like a place, I spend most of my visit fantasizing about making it my home. It doesn’t matter if visa constraints make that totally unrealistic–a girl can dream, right? But lately I’ve started to think those daydreams...
by Jenna Thomas | Dec 2, 2015 | Destinations, Round the World Travel
What will it take for us to feel like “real travelers?” Ben and I were having a quiet morning in today, watching rain streak the windows and enjoying some TV when I ran into a bit of an identity crisis. The narrator on the show we had on said something...
