Welcome to the section of Josie Wanders where you can read in diary format the details of my travels. I started this for the gap year I took in 2017-2018, but will continue with future travels too. Here is where you can find all the day to day trials of long term travel and come across the hidden gems that can improve your trips. Enjoy my travel diaries.
Our trip to North America was coming to and end. We had just finished up an amazing road trip from Vancouver to Calgary, and now we were getting on a plane to fly back to Vancouver. We had a bit over 24 hours until we would board our flight to head home to Australia. … Read more
After our weekend in Seattle we were back in the car for another road trip – this time we were off to Calgary. I had a hard time putting together the bones of this part of the trip, because there is just SO MUCH to see in this part of Canada and I only had … Read more
We left Vancouver just before lunch to drive down to Seattle for the weekend. Our daughter Bailey was with us to make it a party of three. She had briefly been to Seattle on a day trip with friends before, but really, this would be the first time any of us had explored the city. … Read more
On our arrival back into Vancouver from our cruise, we docked at about 7am. It took until about 9am for us to disembark, and another hour or so before we dropped off our luggage at our hostel. Our plan was to head out and explore Vancouver some more for the day. We were checking … Read more
I’ve never done a cruise before. I’ve always hesitated when considering one because every other member of my family suffers from motion sickness. I couldn’t think of anything worse that having to deal with that for the whole time. It would not be fun for them, and it would not be fun for me. I … Read more
After a few days in Vancouver, Bailey, Simon and I were off to Vancouver Island. We decided to go the public transport route and in the end I was glad we did because everything worked like clockwork and we saved a packet! We went by train, bus, ferry, then another bus and all up it … Read more
It’s time for the next adventure. A new country, a new continent even. This is the first time I have been to North America. Over the next few weeks I will be visiting a corner of Canada and a small part of the US. I am starting in Vancouver. It’s a pretty long trip … Read more
Eurotrip 2019 Saalbach-Hinterglemm is this amazing little town in the middle of the Austrian Alps. I would love to claim I had discovered this little gem all by myself, but that’s not the case. My cousin Emma found it a few years ago, and since then this has become her holiday place – so much … Read more
Eurotrip 2019 Our drive into Slovenia had us arriving into Bled just as the sun was going down. We had taken the scenic route for most of the drive from Hallstatt in Austria, until going up and down hills and hairpin bends got a bit much (spectacular scenery though!) and we jumped on the motorway … Read more
Eurotrip 2019 When I first started planning this trip to Europe, Hallstatt was one of the first places added to the list of places I wanted to go to. There are so many beautiful photos if this picturesque lakefront town floating around, I just had to go and see it for myself. This article … Read more