One of the things I love most about travel journaling is that there really are no rules. Your pages can be neat and minimal, completely chaotic, filled with photos, covered in stickers or consist of nothing more than a few scribbled sentences at the end of a long day. When I’m actually travelling, I tend to keep my layouts pretty simple. There is usually too much to see, eat and photograph to spend hours making the perfect journal spread. But once I’m home? That’s a different story. I love going back through my photos and little bits and pieces I…
It’s almost September 1st, which can mean only one thing if you’re even remotely into planners and stationery: Hobonichi release day! Every year I tell myself I’m just…
Sometimes you book a hotel and think: meh. And sometimes you discover a town and think: YES! This is it. Mazara del Vallo was our home base during…
Before we went, I’d heard people say, “Palermo? Meh, not necessarily worth it.” But I’ve always thought you can’t really decide something like that until you’ve experienced it…
When I started travel journaling I bought whatever notebook I could find. They were cheap, easy to replace and I honestly didn’t think it mattered. It didn’t take…
10 steps to start a travel journal. There’s something magical about flipping through an old travel journal. The faded train ticket from Italy, the pressed flower from a…
There are places where you arrive and instantly think, Yep, this is going to be one of those places. The kind of village where your camera never gets…
If you’re taking your very first camper trip, you might not want to start with a country full of mountains, narrow roads, or other driving challenges. That’s exactly…
Traveling by camper van. Do you remember when I thought I might want to move to another country? Well, I’m not so sure about that anymore. But the…
Not too long ago I wrote everything with a cheap Bic ballpoint. You the kind; 20 pens for a few dollars or euro. Worked perfectly for me and…
