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Belize – From Belize City to San Ignacio
Belize – Part 2 – Belize City After spontaneous travel by land from Maya Riviera in Mexico to Bacalar, then into Belize (Ambergris Caye), here is part 2! Thirty two years ago I visited Belize and Guatemala. I am here to rediscover it in this solo second chapter, post divorce and empty nest. This was…
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Belize – Ambergris Caye
Journey to Belize (Part 1) https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad for hotel recs (small commission received). Dec. 13, 2024 What a very long day! Started with early breakfast at Casa Chakum in Bacalar, Mexico. I awaited for what I thought was my private taxi to the border to Belize. Instead, a shuttle came and we picked up six others,…
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Mexico – Maya Riviera to Bacalar
Unico Resort – Maya Riviera, Mexico As part of my divorce recovery plan, while losing my family home of twenty years, and during the pandemic, in a frenzied state of mind, I bought prepaid vacations in Mexico. So grateful I did. Four years in a row I have been able to take my daughter on…
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Books in Review – First Quarter 2025
Books – The Winter Edition Books in Review – I’m well on my way to my goal of fifty books for 2025. As mentioned, I “lost” the ability to focus on reading books during the pandemic and divorce, so this is pure joy to be able to get so lost in a book. I carry…
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Five Years a Nomad
FIVE YEARS. Five years as a nomad from a creature of habit and familiarity. Five Years a Nomad. Divorce, Empty Nest, Pandemic, Mid-Life, 50s. The Perfect Storm! This is extraordinary to me. I was the ultimate creature of habit, routines, and familiarity. I chose to live at home and go to UC Santa Barbara so…
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Paris and Chantilly
PARIS 2024 But first Chantilly! This was all an expected last minute pivot when I had a bit of a break in accommodations in London. Meant to be. Perks of being a nomad! https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad (for hotel recs; small commission received). My favorite (budget) hotel in Paris: https://expedia.com/affiliates/paris-hotels-hotel-le-pavillon.Qg1NgqC What a great day! Train from London to…
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2024 Year End Book Review
Books – Fourth Quarter Review 2024 – the Autumn Edition I managed to read a total of 46 books this year – on Audible, my Kindle, and many many “real” books! On Tubes, in pubs, on trains, planes, curled up on sofas, laying in bed, poolside, at the beach… oh to read a book! What…
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Liverpool
Two Trips to Liverpool! From London I was able to visit Liverpool two separate times by train. There is so much to see and do, of course mostly it’s all about the Beatles! For hotel recs: https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/liverpool (I receive a small commission on bookings through here.) October 2025 – Had the pleasure of returning to…
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Nomad Life 2024
PERKS OF BEING A NOMAD – LONDON EDITION (Nearly five years into being a nomad. Reflections of the last six months in and around London, sandwiched around family time in California. Fully accepting of divorced empty nester status. Can’t clip my wings now! From the journals.) June 2024Perks of being a Nomad – and chatting…
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ITALY – From Genoa to Rome (2022)
Post divorce finalizing, mid-empty nest. Son coming to end of his four month cycling by himself through West Africa, Daughter working on a major film in Hollywood. Nothing stopping me from continued nomadic journeys. Let’s do Italy! From the journals: After finally getting back post pandemic to the Cannes Film festival to pursue my film…