WHO AM I?
I’m a 39 year old former travel writer and photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Born and raised in the US, I re-located to Copenhagen in 2011 to pursue a Master’s Degree and to experience what it is like to live and study abroad for an extended period of time. I currently work in Product Marketing in the Advertising Technology industry, but have previous experience in Mergers and Acquisitions and Commercial Real Estate. I am an avid photographer, videographer, writer, and have been dancing ballroom and latin avidly since 2004. Curious about my Master’s Thesis? View it here. It should be obvious, but just to be clear – please note that all opinions and content shared on VirtualWayfarer are representative of me and my personal opinions alone.
THE TRAVELER
I’ve had the travel bug since before I could walk. By the age of two we had begun a yearly tradition which stretched well into my College Career. Once a year we would pack up and head across the border and into Mexico for several weeks at a time.
By 5th grade that wanderlust was securely cemented when we rented our house, packed a year’s worth of possessions into four bags and caught a plane to Europe. Once there we spent 11 months traveling by train, car, bus and boat. During that time I was travelschooled and quickly learned to love foreign cultures, history and the world at large.
After our return I spent a conventional year in school before we struck out once again, this time I spent 7th grade on the road. Instead of revisiting Europe we took our 32 foot fifth-wheel trailer and RV’d across the U.S.
I am a passionate traveler with perpetually itchy feet. I’ve currently set foot in 50+ countries across five continents and since College have tried and take at least two trips internationally each year. My preferred travel style is as a budget hostel/backpacker, a travel style which I find to be both enjoyable and extremely social.
WHERE I’VE BEEN
August 1995 – July 1996
- Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Monaco, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
August 1997 – July 1998
- The majority of the continental U.S., parts of Canada, Northern Mexico
May 2004 – June 2004
- England, Scotland, Ireland
September 2007 – December 2007
- England, Scotland, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Greece
December 2008
- Spain
July 2009
- Northern Ireland, Scotland
December 2009 – January 2010
- Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
June 2010 – July 2010
- Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Germany
December 2010 – January 2011
- Argentina (layovers in Chile, Peru)
June 2011 – December 2011
- Denmark (moved), Sweden, Hungary
January 2012 – December 2012
- Turkey, Sweden, Dubai, Zambia, Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, Italy, Canada
January 2013 – December 2013
- Turkey, Austria, Scotland, Hungary, USA, Belgium, Italy
January 2014 – December 2014
- Ireland, Germany, Italy, Denmark
January 2015 – December 2015
- Spain, England, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
January 2016 – December 2016
- Lithuania, Poland, Italy, Germany, Myanmar, Thailand, Finland, Iceland, Zanzibar, Tanzania
January 2017 – December 2017
- Lithuania, China, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Austria
January 2018 – December 2018
- Lithuania, China, Norway, Sweden, Vietnam, Italy, France, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Vietnam, Laos
January 2019 – December 2019
- Lithuania, Norway, Scotland, Colorado, Georgia, China, Thailand, Oman
January 2020 – December 2020
- England, Norway, Svalbard
January 2021 – December 2021
- Norway, Arizona, Thailand, Oman
January 2022 – December 2022
- England, Arizona, Colorado, Norway, Lithuania, Austria, Italy
January 2023 – December 2023
- Germany, Turkey, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway (2x), South Korea, China
January 2024 – Present
- England, Germany, Spain, Slovenia, Italy
Misc:
- Hawaii, Alaska, Southern Mexico, Baja
**Disclaimer – Because they passed that idiotic new legislation here’s the mandatory disclaimer: I generally don’t accept advertising anymore and haven’t for years. But at some point I might at which point I’ll disclose it. There may also be several legacy ads or links somewhere buried in my years of content. Those ads really don’t generate any money, but they might and apparently that has the potential to corrupt my judgment (or not). There may be some old broken affiliate links as well – but have no fear, whatever I’ve recommended is a genuine recommendation – at the time I just ran it through an Amazon affiliate link/etc. which no longer works.