The idea of taking a career gap to travel – especially mid-career rather than at the beginning – has conjured up negative assumptions among employers. Sometimes taking a career gap can create the illusion that the individual in question is trying to ‘escape’ or is ‘taking a step back’. While employers’ attitudes towards career break […]
The Tao of Not Traveling
At seventeen years old, I set out from home on my own for the first time. I was gone for ten months on a trip which took me around the globe in a northwestward fashion, at once both slowly closing and widening the gap that separated me from my parent’s farm in Manitoba, Canada. There […]
Change of plan in Italy as Rome’s Pantheon will stay free to visitors
Despite talk of introducing an entrance fee to the Pantheon, Rome officials have announced that the ancient monument will remain free to visitors. Italy’s culture minister Alberto Bonisoli has formally nixed the plans — put forth by his predecessor — to establish a paid ticket to the site. “The Pantheon will remain free. Contrary to […]
The 52 Places Traveler: Meet the 52 Places Traveler for 2019
“I’m ready to embrace all the uncertainty that comes with an opportunity like this and see where it takes me.”