Colleen ThorntonDoes travelling make you age faster?As I slog up the stairs Monday morning, having just arrived at work, I feel my body in a way I never used to. My muscles ache slightly…Apr 20, 2016Apr 20, 2016
Colleen ThorntonThe upside downside to living abroadOnce you’ve seen the other side of something and it’s good, returning to the familiar can be difficult, even when it feels like a relief…Apr 7, 2016Apr 7, 2016
Colleen ThorntonLove’s trickeryI met you one year ago and everything changed. My life hasn’t been the same since you. I lost something. You walked in ever so…Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016
Colleen ThorntonThe difference between the traveller and the touristLiving abroad can be much like travelling for an extended period of time, especially if you are a serial “liver-abroad” like me. You take a…Mar 14, 2016Mar 14, 2016
Colleen ThorntonSWF in Indonesia: Tales of Tinder and the Dating GameUgh. This best describes how I feel about the dating game, because in all seriousness it is a game. There are guidelines, rules and…Nov 19, 2015Nov 19, 2015
Colleen ThorntonBeautiful Goodbyes on The Road Less TravelledSaying goodbye is hard. Letting go is even harder. Even in all their beauty and enchantment, encounters of the road must meet reality at…Nov 3, 2015Nov 3, 2015
Colleen ThorntonWant to leave it all and travel the world? The difficulties of being a wanderer“Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” — Jonathan Safran Foer.Oct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015