Richmond, VA – Day 1
Yesterday I drove from New York City to Richmond, breaking the trip eating lunch in Baltimore with Family. The drive was uneventful until the final stretch, when Virginia decided to stage an entire season of Highway Disasters. First came an SUV engulfed in flames, shooting fire high into the sky while surrounded by firefighters, ambulances, and police. Although it slowed traffic heading south…
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Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/
Since leaving home for Europe alone at age seventeen, Karen Gershowitz has traveled to more than ninety countries.
In pursuit of her passion for travel, she lost and gained friends and lovers and made a radical career change. She learned courage and risk taking and succeeded at things she didn’t think she could do: She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She visited remote areas of Indonesia on her own and became a translator, though only fluent in English.
Karen is the author of Travel Mania: Stories of Wanderlust. Her example will inspire armchair travelers to become explorers and embolden everyone to be more courageous.
Karen lives in New York City.
