There's No Place Like Oz

7 Thrifty Travel Tips

Brooke vs. the World has asked travel bloggers to put together their best thrifty and resourceful travel tips for a helpful, free ebook. If you think you’re thrifty and would like to participate, check out the Featured image

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My 7 Links: Blast from the Past Posts

It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing about my life on There’s No Place Like Oz for over a year, but it’s true! A few weeks ago, I contemplated highlighting some of my favorite posts on the About page or in a “best of” post, but I’ve kind of had a few Oz to USA […]

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Re-entry and Reverse Culture Shock

The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home. -Freya Stark- It’s been two months since my plane touched down on the east coast of the USA and I officially returned home after living in Australia for a year. Perhaps more than any other two-month period of my life, […]

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Saying Goodbye

It’s only been two weeks since the last day of my year-long adventure in Australia. The day brought many mixed emotions, and the difficult ones were perhaps heightened by the fact that I’d only booked the flight home two weeks prior. Though I never knew exactly when my time in Oz would come to an […]

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You Happen to Life

Whether or not you call it a bucket list, you most likely have one. The list of feats, adventures, and experiences to conquer before you “kick the bucket.” Or if you’re like me and always trying to find a more positive way of phrasing things, I have a “list of things to do in life.” […]

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Australia Work and Holiday Visa (WHV): My Packing List

When you’re going to be gone for a year, what do you pack? Most people probably think of a proper backpack when “long-term travel” comes to mind. creative commons However, with an assortment of back problems, I know I can’t carry something like that around, no matter how strong and supportive it might be. And […]

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Light On

It’s time. Time to take my bag to the car and hit the road for Dulles. Time to be in transit (car rides, airport waits, & flights) for the next 30 hours. Time to take one last deep breath and then the plunge. It’s time to return to Oz. This countdown has been a long […]

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Nave, Dave, & Chris

Before I take off on this adventure, I want to say thank you to three guys who helped me get this site up and running! I’ve had journals or blogs in the past, but I knew I wanted something new for this experience — particularly, my own domain. The only problem was knowing where to […]

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Deep breath before the plunge…

Ever since the first days of February I’ve been on a roller coaster of emotions. Maybe it’s because this trip went from “happening” to “definitely happening” once the Department of Immigration approved my online visa application in 20 minutes. It’s likely due to the fact that I was getting ready to enter my busiest time […]

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Runaway Career Counselor

Long before I decided to embark on this journey, but definitely during the time I talked about wanting to do it, I received an email from one of my best friends. It seemed to come out of nowhere, but I’m guessing he had been pondering this for a while. It was a relatively short message, […]

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