14th June 2017 / Solo travel, Stories / 9 comments

Everybody who’s been travelling solo for a while remembers their first solo trip, probably because the emotions were just more intense. It’s like the traveller’s version of losing your virginity. You don’t forget the first […]

3rd May 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 11 comments

(Scroll to the bottom for the Tilley hat giveaway!) Twenty-five years ago today, I was lending in Paris on my first solo trip, which also happened to be my very first trip to Europe! After at […]

5th April 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 8 comments

Ever since I wrote my post “Solo travellers in your 40s or 50s” I’ve been amazed at the number of people reading the post (over 10% of my entire traffic) and leaving comments. It turns […]

22nd February 2017 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 4 comments

I sat alone in the nearly empty hotel restaurant. A few couples were also having dinner on this St-Valentine’s night. When the waiter brought my expensive fish dish, I couldn’t resist. “Today is my birthday” […]

27th December 2016 / Retrospectives, Solo travel / 0 comments

It has sort of become a tradition for me to review and summarize the year that’s ending, from a travel point of view. If you’d rather see where I’m going next, jump to the end! […]

22nd November 2016 / Interviews, Solo travel / 7 comments

Have you noticed all the blogs focusing on female solo travel these days? There are blogs written by solo men travellers of course, but they do not advertise themselves as “solo male travel” blogs. Here […]

17th October 2016 / Interviews, Solo travel / 2 comments

Last winter, a reader and fellow Canadian contacted me through the blog, asking if I had visited some countries he was considering for a solo trip. Interestingly, I hadn’t been to any of the countries […]