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Summer Reading List 2019: 5 Powerful Books by Women

Don’t forget to put “trip to the bookstore/library” on your packing list! I listen to a lot of podcasts while I travel, but I also love to pass the time with a good book. I love the feeling of the paper, the smell of a freshly printed book and the possibility of marking the pages with dog-ears to go back to my favourite parts later. … Continue reading Summer Reading List 2019: 5 Powerful Books by Women

Around The World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly: Not Quite Travel but an Adventure!

When the journalist Nellie Bly set out on a journey to beat Jules Verne’s fictional character, Phileas Fogg, she proved that women are up for any adventure. In 1889, renowned journalist Nellie Bly proved that a woman could make a trip around the world in record time while travelling (mostly) by herself. With the support of her newspaper, Pulitzer’s New York World, she sets off … Continue reading Around The World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly: Not Quite Travel but an Adventure!