A year and a half ago, when I started blogging about my travels, I tried to come up with a blog name that was clever while representing the fact that I am a solo traveler who also happens to be single. The Single Occupancy Blog was born. … [Read more...] about Single No More?
Life-Changing Travel: It Can Happen Anywhere
In the early days of this website, I waxed poetic about travel in a short, heartfelt love letter. What I’d settled on was that travel had the power to transform me by changing my perspective of the world--and my place in it--in both small and substantial ways. As such, I’m always eager to read other viewpoints on the transformative nature of travel. … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Travel: It Can Happen Anywhere
A Date with the Dead at the Glasgow Necropolis
Of all the things to do in Glasgow, the Glasgow Necropolis was my favorite attraction, hands down. They call it the “City of the Dead” and it really is like a city unto itself. The inhabitants just happen to be--well--deceased. … [Read more...] about A Date with the Dead at the Glasgow Necropolis
The Flipside of Travel Expectations
I had a dream, many years ago, about the first time I would visit London. In my dream, I touched down in an airplane that looked oddly like a Boeing 677 Stratocruiser painted in a dark green, worn to a dull luster by time. As I stepped off the flight and unto the mossy cobblestoned runway in the center of London (wha?), I dropped to my knees, brought my face low to … [Read more...] about The Flipside of Travel Expectations
A Single Snapshot: Flying Standby
I’ve got eight seconds to decide whether I jump on that flight, or wait for the next available one nearly a full day later. In my mind, I’m scanning through my options, rapid-fire, like a spinning rolodex. Do I take that last seat, knowing the only reason it’s been offered to me is that I’m traveling alone? Or do I offer it to Olivia? She’s been waiting around in … [Read more...] about A Single Snapshot: Flying Standby