But the real adventure has only just begun. — It seems like yesterday when I was starting out on my big adventure to Europe. I was so excited to be lining up to check in for my flight to London, knowing that I was on my way to see my daughter living her best life, before moving on to…

Asking my readers advice on what I should do next. — When I first stumbled upon Medium I was in a very bad way. My life and career had imploded because of false accusations directed at me from a career criminal. I found myself arrested, suspended from my job and facing a long and stressful court trial to prove my innocence…

Let the healing begin. — In another life I was a police officer. And told I was a good one. I loved my career, serving the community for quite a long time. And during that time I had the privilege of training to be an intelligence analyst. What does an analyst do, you may ask…

But it still hurts a little — Right now I am in Roma, Italy. Possibly my favourite city in the world. In the middle of a trip of a lifetime. And feeling blessed because my daughter Regan, my most favourite person in the entire world, has just spent four days here with me. But I am a…

Yes it can be done. Own photo – at Fountain of Trevi I am now almost halfway through my big adventure. For those who would like a recap of how I got here please feel free to click on the following link. For everyone else, I sincerely hope you continue to read about my adventures. My Big Adventure What happens when you take your life savings to travel the world?karenpatricia.medium.com …

Part one of my big adventure — Authors own photo – the Vltava River I previously wrote about embarking on my big adventure. Little money, no job, plenty of debt and a decision to escape to Europe for a few months. What could go wrong? …

What happens when you take your life savings to travel the world? — As many of my regular readers would know from previous articles, life hasn’t been too kind to me these past few years. I have gone through some pretty traumatic incidents. Experienced the death of loved ones, breakdown of relationships with people I loved as well as losing friendships with those…

I found out it doesn’t have to be about the presents — I have always been someone who loves Christmas. I have been known to go overboard. Really overboard. Growing up in Australia, we were upside down so Christmas meant long hot summers, cicadas chirping away in the evening and plenty of flies and mosquitoes to keep us on our toes. The…

Despite what Hallmark would have you believe — I have a wonderful friend who is single. She is currently living her best life over in the United Kingdom. She wasn’t always single, having survived a divorce she never saw coming. But now she is free to do what she wants, when she wants and most importantly where she…