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24/08/2024

Oh how I miss them.💔 Lucy, Ella, and ABoyNamedSue.🐕
🐾At least they got to experience life in Spain. I loved that house in Teía. The big front garden with a strong wall and gate that they could see out of made it perfect. Flying 3 dogs across an ocean and then back to Austin Texas was extremely stressful but so worth it.
🐾 The ashes of my dog Catfish also came and his ashes are buried outside of Barcelona.

21/08/2024

🚐Waiting for the bus to Podgorica (a two hour trip when it’s not tourist season).
Could be 2/12 to 4 in season-like now.
🇺🇸My second trip in a week to the American Embassy. The last trip I had to get up at 4:30 am to make my scheduled appointment at the consulate.
🔌On the way home, the main bus station in the capital city does not take credit cards for bus tickets. I went to an ATM and just then the electricity went out.🤣luckily it came back on quickly and the 3rd ATM worked. I was proud of myself for being able to ask a question in broken Montenegrin and was understood.
⏰I waited for an hour and 45 minutes for the next bus home. There were 2 car accidents on the narrow, winding, mountain roads. 4 hours home.

🚐This trip, the bus is 45 minutes late and they can’t find the key to the bathroom. 😆

I’m not even going to mention all the hoops I had to jump through yesterday or the ones I have to jump through tomorrow. Before work.

18/08/2024

Solo travel to Barcelona 2019
La fiesta del barrio Gracia Barcelona

18/07/2024

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10/07/2024

5:30 walk looking at Kraśići

30/06/2024

🇺🇸I teach English while I live abroad. Most of my students currently are Chinese students who I teach online at Allschool.
Allschool is a global platform. If you know of someone 18 or under who wants an affordable way to learn English, direct them to my Allschool teaching link https://L.sparku.com/EQzFQKQv

My face-to-face classes in Montenegro are mostly with adult Russian and Ukrainian students. Both individual and group classes in fun locations around Tivat, Montenegro.

I also teach children in-person at a Montessori style pre-school for Russian and Ukrainian students.💕

I invite them to join me on my free Telegram channel at. https://t.me/EnglishTeacherKaren

My travel website is being updated but here’s my teaching website.

http://TinyURL.com/KarenJoVennes
Special thanks to my friend Eliana Parenti for creating it.

22/06/2024

Dubrovnik Croatia. I took a bus from Kotor Montenegro. The trip was about 2 1/2 hours one way. We had to disembark at border control leaving Montenegro, then again just a mile or two when entering Croatia. There is a really good bus system taking you from the main station to the old town for exploring. The water is a stunning turquoise.
There is free WiFi in much of the touristy old town area but it doesn’t always work. You can buy a day pass for about 32 euros. The wi-go did not function in the restaurant where I had some traditional pancakes and jam. Everything in Croatia is w but more expensive than in Montenegro. I had no real plan so I landed in a spot that was overcrowded with tourists. They did not serve coffee because they don’t want people to linger. They want to turn the tables quickly. If I’d had more time I would’ve gone off the beaten path and relaxed in a family style establishment for locals. Dubrovnik is stunningly beautiful and I look forward to diving in again sometime soon.

13/03/2024

In September I went to Istanbul. A girl friend from back home decided to meet me there so I wasn’t solo. She turned out to be not exactly a friend. Another narcissist. Nothing like International travel to prompt one’s mask falling off.

But, Istanbul was vibrant and beautiful. And, re-connecting with an old acquaintance who I hadn’t seen in decades (he’s a fellow soloworld traveler and the opposite of false) was a nice balance to the crappy friend who’s photos I deleted.

26/02/2024

Currently in Eastern Europe living in Tivat Montenegro.

08/01/2024

Rooftop New Years Eve Party in Montenegro.

18/09/2023

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Colorado, mountains, band gig,

18/09/2023

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Colorado, mountains, band gig,

06/01/2023

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Solo travel planning takes some attention to details. Here's your checklist, on trend for 2023, with jumps to in-depth information.

22/09/2021

2019 Solo trip to Barcelona. Pre-Covid days at the Lindy Hop Festival. So...much...fun!!!!

15/09/2021

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Tips for Driving or Walking in Europe Driving the narrow lane from Killarney to Kenmare Driving in a Foreign Country. If you plan to drive in Europe or any foreign country (for those readers in the US) having an International Drivers Permit may be required along with your valid US license. The Inter...

13/08/2021

The Wild Atlantic Way. Country Kerry Ireland. Solo trip November 2020.

02/08/2021

The streets of Oslo. Alone at night. It was nice to be in a place where all people are housed and age and warm. April 2020

19/07/2021

Always something beautiful to discover in Barrio Gotico. ☆ " Nothing more than you"

12/07/2021

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To The Loo & How to Say Toilet Paper in 8 different languages Navigating How to go potty in a foreign country. This post includes How To Flush The Toilet and the words for toilet paper in 8 different languages. How to ask for the bathroom in various countries: Spain: “¿Donde estas los servicios, ...

05/07/2021

The Rambla Del Mar. The Monument of Christopher Columbus. Port of Barcelona. The Mediterranean Sea. Barcelona, Spain.

18/06/2021

Hearing flute music as you walk through the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona feels like walking through a magical portal into a new world.

18/06/2021

Hearing this flute music as you walk through the Arc de Triomf of Barcelona makes you feel as if you are walking through a magic portal into a new world☆☆☆☆

16/06/2021

Forest bathing just outside of Barcelona Spain. It's hard to believe this forest is just a few metro stops from Barcelona. So many beautiful bird sounds. Spain has wild boar called Jabalí that live in the outskirts of Barcelona. They remind me of the mascot of University of Arkansas called Razorbacks.

15/06/2021

The church at the top of Tibidabo. Church and amusement park all in one.

14/06/2021

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Blog post · March 30, 2021Sculpture Artists To this day,  I can not look at a piece of sculpture without hearing the voice of an old friend, David Crook, purposefully mispronouncing the word as “sklputcher”. Oslo, Norway He’d jokingly said it in order to assure those of us who’d attended t...