Steps in Every Corner

Category: My Postcards

  • 7 Reasons Why Hostels Are a Great Way to Travel on a Budget

    Staying in hostels will change the way you travel. Before I went on my first backpacking trip to Southeast Asia, I was ultra-skeptical of hostels. I had so many worries – cleanliness, safety, my own social anxiety. I could not fathom sleeping in a room with ten complete strangers. But I built up the courage…

  • My Experience as a Volunteer in Southern Hungary

    I had been in Budapest for a week at this point (the “s” is pronounced “sh” in Hungary, by the way, so pronounce it “Budapesht” if you want to sound local). My first week on my completely solo long-term trip abroad. Me, my backpack, and my one-way ticket. I somehow wasn’t nervous at all, and…

  • Why I Became a Solo Female Backpacker: Learning to Travel Cheaply and Alone

    I have an oddly specific memory of being fourteen years old in my bedroom with my lifelong best friend who I still talk to regularly. This is the age where you start to develop a sense of consciousness: there is, in fact, a life after high school. And it is, in fact, up to you…