Kathryn Hunter

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  • How I booked a €900 Resort for €90 on Sheradill

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    I may be an affiliate for products I recommend. If so, when you purchase or sign up through a link, I receive a small commission. I only recommend products I use and love, since your trust is far more valuable to me than any commission I may receive.  I have the simplest tastes. I am always…

  • Structure for Creative Nomads

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    Working in Your PJs The flexibility of being self employed is both a blessing and a bane. We talk about how we can make our own schedules and take time when we need it. But then, it seems as though the day gets eaten up by minutiae and distractions, and we finally get to work…

  • First Days: Settling In

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    First Days, Settling in to a New Home For me, one of the hardest things about long term travel is starting new each time I move. It takes time to get my feet under me. To make this transition a bit easier, I have some steps that I take ahead of time so that I…

  • Planning Your First Solo Trip? Let’s Talk.

    Planning Your First Solo Trip? Let’s Talk.

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    When I first started solo traveling long term, I had very little information about how it would all work. I’m pretty good a planning so I laid out what I could and then took off. If you want to look at pieces of that story, my old blog The Social Caterpillar is now in ebook…

  • Language Learning Tips: Speaking

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    Speaking Before we get into the different ways you can practice speaking, I want to talk a bit about nerves and frustration. It’s easy to feel afraid of sounding stupid. When we start out, our vocabularies are limited, and we need to use simple sentence structures. Unfortunately what we often want to express complex ideas…

  • Travel Snacks and Meals

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    Travel Snacks I’m preparing for a 11 hour train trip soon, Berlin to Gothenburg. And while the trains will have food cars, I’m not inclined to rely entirely on food available on any moving vehicle. So, travel snacks are a must. This trip leaves at 7 am and arrives at 6 pm. Realistically, this means…

  • Language Learning Tips: Listening

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    Listening First, I want to start with the idea that listening and understanding are two different things. Obviously they are connected, but as learners, we’ve got to remember that listening does not mean you’ll immediately understand, no matter how much reading and writing you’ve previously done in your target language. The first step is really just…

  • Trip Planning with Pinterest

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    Trip Planning with Pinterest Pinterest is a fabulous search engine, especially for those of us who are visual people. With the added benefit of being able to store what we find in designated spaces, it’s the perfect tool for trip planning. If you don’t already have an account, it’s time to open one. Once that’s…

  • Language Learning Tips: Writing

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    Writing Last week in this language learning series we talked about ways to practice and improve our reading in other languages. Now, on to writing. Once again, I’m going to assume you know the writing system of your target language. If not, you’ll need to run some searches, like “touch type (language)” and “writing worksheets…

  • Choosing the Best Souvenirs

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    Your Best Souvenirs Souvenirs, the mementos that bring to mind our favorite travel memories. So why do we buy flag lapel pins that we’ll never wear, garish sunglasses in the shape of monuments, and museum tote bags? I don’t have an answer, but I do have a list of some of the best souvenirs that…