Turtles and Tattoos

I have reedited this a little bit but I have completely retained its pretty-psyched, child-like view of things. I wrote this article four years ago. This trip has got me addicted to traveling, my first time “backpacking” which explains the awe, the astonishment, and the poetry in my writing. So forgive me. Haha! *** Ten days in Thailand. Was I kidding myself? Because never in my...

Deciding to travel

I distinctly remember sitting at the back of the classroom on a beautiful spring morning, observing my Norwegian teacher as he jotted down some notes on grammar rules in New Norwegian. I was eighteen years old at that time, and while most of my friends were already working, I found myself in a classroom taking notes on grammar. I never really cared much for school, but this lecture made my...