Author: A. Geraldine

When having no plan brings me to places

14 Dec 2014 Copenhagen, Denmark It was Sunday and it was the day Rebecca and Solveign sent me off to my hostel. And just like the day before, we walked. It was also the day I really felt like a serious backpacker because I was carrying a big backpack behind me and a small one in front of me. Pretty heavy stuff I had on my body and to walk 20 minutes with two heavy backpacks was not fun, at all.

Exploring Copenhagen city on foot

Copenhagen, Denmark
13 December 2014

When you stay with locals, they will offer to give a free general guided tour of their area. This was exactly what Solveign and Rebecca did on this day, except they are not from Copenhagen.

These two women, in their early 20s, are from Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark. Solveign moved to Copenhagen to study nursing while Rebecca was just visiting – mainly to welcome me and explore the city together.

Traveling When Sick: 8 Tips to Get Better Quicker

Originally posted on Tremendous Times:
Have you ever gotten sick right before a vacation or traveling somewhere? If you haven’t, consider yourself lucky. Traveling while you’re sick sucks. Big time. It’s happened to me more than once — usually some kind of sore throat or sinus problem. Even just the tiniest hint of illness right before a trip can send me into a bad mood, feeling cranky and under the weather and totally sorry for myself. If you have been sick before traveling, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’d venture to guess that most people have experienced it once. Even if there’s no scientific evidence to prove that you run a higher risk of getting sick when you’re about to go on vacation, it’s Murphy’s Law: if something bad can happen, it will, and it will happen at the worst possible moment. #life I made my way to Los Angeles last week for a bit of a long weekend. About two days before my flight out of SFO, I started to feel less than awesome and…