Top Female Travel Bloggers over 40. Update: Check out the Top Female Travel Bloggers 2019 list here. As many of you would be aware, one of the reasons that I started my blog A Not So Young Woman Abroad was because of my own frustrations trying to find the information I needed when I was …
San Francisco is one of the places in the world that I love to return to, it’s a great place to travel to as a solo female traveller. New adventures await me each time I visit. On my very first visit,in I was accompanied by my daughter Lana, as part of a trip for her 21st …
Just 4 hours from Paris on the SNCF very fast train, Lyon is a great place to spend a couple of days soaking in French culture and experiencing French cuisine. It’s also a lovely place to visit as a solo female traveler. Filled with history Situated on the confluence of the Saône and Rhône Rivers, Lyon …
Where to next is my biggest travel dilemma. Like many others I have an expanding bucket list of places I want to visit or revisit, however, my love of travel and seeing the world makes it difficult to limit myself to this list. So many people contact me to ask for help to decide where they …
My morning started early in Rome. The sun was shining and by 9 am the temperature outside was already heating up. It was going to be a long day as I was making my way back to Paris, but I was ready for the trip on the train. I love the high speed trains that …
Living in a foreign country as an expat is one of the most exciting experiences you can have. In 2010, I was lucky enough to live in Portland Oregon for almost a year. I had quit my job in Australia and was renovating a couple of condos there with my American boyfriend (that’s a story …
I have to admit that Paris is one of my favourite destinations. Walking in the footsteps of famous authors and artists opens up my mind to the many possibilities in life. The smell of fresh baked bread, the sight of beautiful architecture, the culture of the French people, fills me with excitement and a strange …
I’ve always been afflicted with wanderlust and been interested in far away lands and different cultures. When I was young there was nothing more I wanted to do than to don a backpack and travel the world. My family came a little earlier than I expected and although I love every moment of being a …
From the moment you hit the button to book your flights, the excitement hits. You tell your friends of your next adventure and the first thing people ask is who are you travelling with? The answer, I’m off on my own, often gets responses like, you are so brave, don’t you get lonely, or aren’t …
History tells us the stories of great cities that have risen out of the ashes of tragedy. In 64AD the ancient wooden city of Rome burned for 6 days and 7 nights, wiping out 70% of the city. The Rome we see today with it’s amazing architecture and stone buildings is the result of that …
Wondering what to pack for your travels? Over the course of my career in the corporate world, I travelled around Australia on a weekly basis. At one point I had over 600 staff based across Australia. My life reminded me of the movie “Up in the Air”. I remember distinctly one grueling month of travel …
It was a glorious spring afternoon when my train from Lyon arrived in Marseille France. The sun was shining and being a weekend people were out and about enjoying a break from the cold weather. Many people had told me that Marseille might be a bit too ‘cosmopolitan’ and ‘edgy’ for a woman travelling on …
One of favorite my memories of childhood was watching my mother and my grandmother hanging out the clothes on the Hills Hoist clothes line in the backyard. This daily ritual would lead to my life long adversion to what I call “Old Girl’s Undies”. Those shapeless, somewhat soleless pieces of cloth that no one …
Your first time in a new country as a solo woman traveller can be a little daunting even in countries where you do speak the language. For your first time in a country its best to plan your stay (or at least the first few days of it) before you go. Living in Australia, my …