Hitch hiking kind of sucks. But not because it is dangerous or scary. It sucks because you’re hustling all the time and you can never relax. You are buried in maps, always putting yourself out there for judgement and inviting constant rejection. It is a tough sport. When it is bad, it is really, really bad. AndContinue reading “On Hitchhiking”
Author Archives: Katie Seibert
Poker Face
For me, Estonia was a bar in Tartu and 6 hours laying face down on a massage table. I’m serious. I did go to Tallinn, but I really have nothing to say about it other than it’s a city and I had amazing strawberries. We were looking for some excitement, but it never presented itself.Continue reading “Poker Face”
Into the Wild: The Miraculous Norway Adventure
It was sometime between when I filled my camelpack with glacier melt and started a fire with my own hands that I realized Norway might be my favorite country so far. This might come as a surprise since my last two entries have been a little on the down side, but that is only aContinue reading “Into the Wild: The Miraculous Norway Adventure”
The Deepest Conversation in a While
On a run in Norway I had the following conversation: M: so, are you happy? K: I don’t know. I don’t think I am. M: That is the saddest thing I have heard in a long time. It’s true. I don’t know if I am happy. It’s not on the table yet, but thereContinue reading “The Deepest Conversation in a While”
Adventures in the Highs and Lows
This was taken from an email I wrote to a friend. I realized that I am not exactly comfortable sharing my lows on this blog. I guess it comes from the idea that I am on this trip and I want to be having fun all the time, and I want my friends and familyContinue reading “Adventures in the Highs and Lows”
This is Morocco Part 2: “How many camels, please?”
This might be more of a rant than anything else, but I can’t help it. Again, I’ve had a great time here in Morocco, but I could never live here. In the past 25 days I have come to a better understanding of Arab culture, and you know what? It’s not for me. This isContinue reading “This is Morocco Part 2: “How many camels, please?””
This is Morocco Part 1: Hospitality
I want to share a chronicle of what I have done on my trip so far in Morocco and how blown away I have been by Moroccan hospitality. But I also have a lot of thoughts and (a lot) of feelings about what it has been like traveling as a western, white, lesbian couple in a MuslimContinue reading “This is Morocco Part 1: Hospitality”
Progression: A guy walks out of a bar…
It was July 11th 2011 and I found myself at Cafe 101 on Van Ness celebrating my cousin Josh’s 24th birthday. I was there with my girlfriend at the time, Zarah, along with Jesse, Grace and my friend Whitney. At one point Zarah wanted to step outside to smoke a cigarette. I followed her outContinue reading “Progression: A guy walks out of a bar…”
Portugal: The Paradise and the Wasteland
The Paradise and the Wasteland My arrival to Portugal was a complete anomaly as far as hitch-hiking goes. This realization came to me as I found myself standing at the exit of a truck stop some 20 kilometers north of Santarem on May 1st. I was in poor spirits. The previous day was about asContinue reading “Portugal: The Paradise and the Wasteland”
The Way
Foreword: I decided sometime during the Camino that I was going to start writing my blog in the first person. I originally started this as something different. I suppose at the time I did not feel as though I truly owned this travel persona that I was inhabiting. But as of now, I have fullyContinue reading “The Way”