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I'm now in the last year of my 20's and I couldn't be happier. Despite my many issues with the politics and religion of the country, I chose to spend my Birthday in Turkey. I've been traveling for 4 and a half months now and I've learned that the thrill I get from seeing a new place…

My birthday is coming up and I'll be 29. Only one year away from the big 3 0. But I've never been one of those women obsessed with age. To me, getting older and even turning (gasp) 30! is no big deal. Getting older means I'm still alive, so I'll take it. I've always been pretty mature…

The last couple weeks have been both challenging and reaffirming. It's one thing to miss your friends and family when things are good, just wishing you could share all of the amazing moments with the people you love. But when you're away from home for an extended period of time and things aren't…

I've been traveling abroad for three months now and the running tally I have on flights and countries has grown to the point where I'm not sure I'll even keep track anymore. Whenever I post an update about how many countries I've visited so far, people always ask what my goal is. Like…

After a whirlwind few weeks of yachting, partying and drinking way too much, I decided it was time for a break. A vacation from my vacation, if you will. The problem with hanging out with people who are on vacation, or "holiday," as they call it overseas, is that they are going hard. It's…

When I started planning this world tour, I was focused on being able to travel for a full year, uninterrupted. I saved and budgeted based on that timeline. I needed enough money to live without working for an entire year. Thanks to years of being broke, I was able to cut back so much that I not only…

I'm more than two months into my Journey and in true Gypsy form I've been covering plenty of ground. In just eight weeks I hit 10 countries. (Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and now Greece.) I spent the most time in Sweden and Turkey but so far I…

Being in Turkey for two weeks during Ramadan has been an eye opening experience. Growing up in America with a Catholic Arab father deeply affected my view of Muslims. They were bad. Period. I wasn't sure why. It didn't matter. After 9-11 people would ask me if I was Muslim (because of the Arabic…

Turkey is in Europe? You could have fooled me. Europeans enjoy a fairly progressive and free spirited lifestyle. They aren't hung up on modesty or keeping sex and violence off the television. And in most European countries, getting knocked up before marriage is no big deal. In fact, marriage isn't…

From the moment I got to Sweden, it was very obvious my time there was going to be an exercise in both self confidence and self control. The women are simply gorgeous. Tall. Blonde. Fit. And here's something new, they're nice! Sure, I can be a huge bitch, but when it will benefit me, I can turn…