Runaway Bay, JamaicaWith airlines like Jetstar and Air Asia and Easyjet, some days it really takes all of my willpower to not leave all of my responsibilities behind and become a full-time…

Koyasan, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan And now I’m living life in a series of countdowns: this many days until I go to Tokyo again, this many weeks until I go to the…

Santorini, Greece Another rainy day in Osaka. It is the perfect day to organize summer clothes, make miso soup, and book tickets to The Philippines.

Paris, France I’ve been thinking about applying to intensive French courses at La Sorbonne next year. I’ve lived all over Canada, in Denmark and Russia, Scotland and Japan, but it has always…

Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka The days of rickety train rides from Colombo, fish jumping straight from the ocean and onto the beach, whiling the hours away in hammocks, eating tuna and lemons…

Istanbul, Turkey I have been feeling so restless lately. This is partially due to the fact that we have barely left the Tokyo apartment for a full week, venturing out only to…