Wanders The World

Transplanted from northwestern Ontario, Canada I am now a bona fide west coast BC girl dreaming of the world. I love to travel. I did  fair bit of travelling years ago. I then took a hiatus to return to school and start my second career.  I then set my sights on going RTW (Round-The-World). I began my journey on 16Nov14 and travelled until 26Jun15. I visited mainly Europe and India, calling it my “Big Trip”. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. Although I did not make is around the world, I now know the meaning of the saying “it’s the journey, not the destination”. Since then I have crossed a couple of oceans and continents all so that I can wander. That travel bug has not left but become a part of my DNA. This blog is a small record of my travels, of places around the globe, and a bit of my city Vancouver, BC. It serves as a small collection of my experiences, lessons learned, and my thoughts. And a few pictures too. I hope you enjoy this little corner of the blog world. Feel free to comment on my posts or ask questions.

~Eeva~

MEMORABLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

• Completing the Camino de Santiago (Camino Frances) in 2019
• Falling in love with Ireland!
• Seeing the Taj Mahal for the first time – it was hot, humid, crowded yet that all fell aside when I laid my eyes on it
• Climbing up the stairs of the Eiffel Tower while my companions chose to take the elevator and I beat them to the top. Then we drank champagne as it was my birthday
• Buying a subway ticket at the ticket machine in Prague ALL BY MYSELF (I did not notice the English instructions posted on a very small area until after the fact)
• Spending St Patrick’s Day in Dublin with some new travel friends
• Hot air ballooning whenever I can (Myanmar, Jordan, and Morocco to date)
• Spending my afternoons on a scooter and seeing the temples of Bagan
• Laughing so hard it hurt while travelling through Malaysia with new travel companions
• Eating the best homemade Indian food in Punjab, India
• Visiting the BBC’s Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, Wales and “flying” the TARDIS (it has closed since)
• Truly realizing how little I know of this world and the little I have seen and striving to learn and see more
• Sleeping on the sidewalks in front of train stations in Paris and Vienna because travel plans failed
• Fulfilling my “Iconic Building Bucket List” and seeing: the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Petronas Twin Towers, Pyramids of Giza, and the Treasury at Petra
• Watching the sunrise from the top of Borobudor Temple in Indonesia
• SO MANY MORE TO COME!