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My Ultimate Guide to Solo Female Travel

March 2, 2023 by Kathleen O'Donnell

Traveling alone as a woman is a powerful experience—but it’s also often an intimidating one.  How should you get started traveling alone for the first time? Where should you go? What do you need to know to keep yourself safe? And what will it be like once you’re on the road alone?  Fortunately, I’ve got … Read more

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How to Travel Alone for the First Time as a Woman

February 28, 2023January 15, 2021 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler at the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece

You don’t need to be brave to travel alone for the first time – you just need to practice! Here’s how I did it, and how you can too.

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Croatia Solo Travel for Women: Why It’s Wonderful

February 24, 2023September 25, 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell

Solo female travel in Croatia is amazing – it’s safe, it’s easy to get around, it’s affordable, and it’s friendly.

Categories Solo Female Travel, Croatia, Europe Tags Croatia, solo female travel, solo travel 2 Comments

Backpacking Beauty Essentials: Staying Semi-Glam on the Road

February 24, 2023February 29, 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler with carry on beauty products

Traveling with your life strapped to your back isn’t a very glamorous time – but with a few backpacking beauty tips, it can be a bit more presentable.

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Top Greece Travel Tips: What You Need to Know Before You Go

February 24, 2023February 22, 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Temple ruins at Epidaurus in Greece

Months of living and traveling in Greece have given me an insider’s view. Here are my top ten Greece travel tips to help you plan a visit of your own.

Categories Greece Tags athens, food, Greece, solo female travel, Travel Tips 3 Comments

Hiking Hadrian’s Wall Solo: How I Did It

February 24, 2023October 30, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler at the end of the Hadrian’s Wall walk in England.

At the end of my year of solo female travel, I took to the fields and walked along Hadrian’s Wall from one coast of England to another. It kept me calm and sane in a time of change and endless questions.

Categories How To’s, United Kingdom Tags England, solo female travel, walking 2 Comments

What I Learned by Traveling the World Alone

March 2, 2023October 20, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler in Mostar Bosnia

A whole year as a solo female traveler – what I learned, what I loved, what I wrote about in my blog along the way.

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The Long Pause: Finishing a Year of Traveling Alone

February 24, 2023October 9, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Greece beach in Crete with clouds at sunset

An ending, a Boston summer, and yet another new beginning as I move to Athens, Greece and become a digital nomad.

Categories Reflections Tags digital nomad, Greece, solo female travel 7 Comments

Take a Walk: How to Sort Out Your Life On Foot on Hadrian’s Wall

February 24, 2023July 16, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler along Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England

I spent 7.5 days walking across Britain: 84 miles from coast to coast along the ancient Roman emperor Hadrian’s Wall, sorting out my life and future.

Categories Reflections, Europe, United Kingdom Tags ancient history, backpacking, England, solo female travel 2 Comments

Dreaming of a Wardrobe of Joy Instead of Travel Outfits

February 24, 2023June 24, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler in the White Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Sometimes traveling alone as a woman in Europe involves a lot of window-shopping: picking out the outfits I’d wear in the glamorous lives I invent for myself in Greece, Venice, and Ireland.

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