Tag: solo

• The Art of Solo Thanksgiving

  

  Sometime around July or early August of this year, I had the thought: “At least this year I won’t be alone for Thanksgiving.” As I’ve mentioned in previous Thanksgiving Day blogs, Thanksgiving isn’t an elaborate holiday for my family. For the last decade or so, my parents have gone to Colorado Springs, where they eat…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  November 26, 2020

  blogging, faith, holidays, Life

  being alone for the holidays, enneagram, gratitude, Greek food, holidays, homelessness, M-dogg, solo, Thanksgiving

• Italy Diaries, Part 3: “THESE are the Dolomites!”

  

  I will refresh your memory a little since it’s been approximately four centuries since I started my Italian blogs. In parts one and two, I spoke about the awesome couch-surfing hosts I’d met who made my trip what it was (in part one, I explored Treviso and Jesolo Beach; in part two, I went to…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  December 11, 2014

  food, hikes, holidays, photos, travel

  awkward explanation, Bessano del Grappa, couch surfing experiences, Dolomites, Feltre, gelato, hiking, Italy, learning to speak English, solo, tearing an apple in half, trains, travel

• Liz Gilbert, I’m Taking Over Your Life

  

  I’m in Italy! It’s happened! The transformation into Liz Gilbert is almost complete! Mwahahaha Okay, so it’s not my intention to actually take over Liz Gilbert’s life. In fact, when I started my blog and created my title to mimic Eat, Pray, Love, I never imagined I’d follow Liz Gilbert’s literal footsteps around the world.…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  July 29, 2014

  humor, travel

  bad luck, Eat Pray Love, food, gelato, Italy, learning Italian, Liz Gilbert, solo, travel, traveling alone