About Me — Adrienne Beaumont
Believe it or not — it’s my real name.
G’day. I thought I had better start with that although I never actually say g’day in real life. But at least you know I’m an Aussie. Yeah, we do say Aussie, not Australian.
I have been described as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. Churchill was referring to Russia so I’m not quite sure in what ways I am like Russia.
I don’t fancy myself as a writer, but I do love writing, and am proud my daughters have inherited this love from me. They are all wonderful writers in their own fields. I have been writing on Medium for 3 years.
In the last fifteen years, I have written almost exclusively on travelling: a travel blog sharing my adventures (and misadventures). I branched out into writing travel tips for babyboomers travelling on a budget and more recently, writing about anything and everything.
I have spent a large part of my life rearing children. I have six, aged 35 to 53. Three have become travel buddies. We always have a fun time when we travel together, even when we get lost! With what little money I have, I like to focus on collecting experiences as opposed to material things and would rather spend my money on an adventurous holiday to a foreign land than on a fancy new car. Although I do have a fancy new car that I share with my…