I had moved from Iowa to Ireland and was doing some touring in the countryside when I came across the ‘World Ploughing Championships’ in the small Irish town of Carlow. I started walking down one of the rows and coincidentally
While on a cruise from Japan to China, I received the devastating news that my grandmother had passed away back in Iowa. I had to make the very difficult decision about whether to fly back for the funeral or
Traveling solo, I arrived for a short stay on a tiny island in the South Pacific. As a small town Iowa girl, I never dreamed my travels would bring me to a Fijian island that was only four acres long.
One day while I was working at the US Consulate in Sydney, Australia I got a call from a woman from Iowa who was visiting Sydney and doing some research on business opportunities in Australia. As we talked, it turned
On a whirlwind tour of Europe, my friend and I met a couple of guys from South Africa. For some reason, we would cross paths with them in a few different countries, including Monaco, over the next few months. A
During my last month of living in London, I was having a coffee at a local café in my neighborhood when I struck up a conversation with Sam who was a Jordanian doctor also living in London. We connected immediately
In 1992, I was sailing on a ship, the SS Universe, for a study abroad program called ‘Semester at Sea.’ We stopped in Egypt and I flew to Israel. One night my friend and I met a couple guys in
Back in the 90’s, after I had moved to Japan (from the US) I took a train to a job interview several hours away from Osaka. After my interview, I went back to the train station and was surprised to
One day, I had the surprise of my life when, having just finished the ‘Sound of Music’ tour in Salzburg, Austria, I was getting off the tour bus and coincidentally ran into my dear friend, Nikki, from Australia! We both