Driving a Lap of Australia – solo – is my greatest accomplishment to date. I spent 338 days on the road, and slept in my vehicle for 158 nights. This was my year in Australia: on the road in my Nissan X-Trail, driving and road tripping, living my best life and having incredible adventures. Living… Read More What I Learned About Life Living Out of My Car
I never planned on driving a Lap of Australia. It wasn’t something I set out to do. But on 18 March, I arrived back in Sydney and finished driving around the entire country of Australia! This is one of the greatest achievements of my life, and I genuinely can’t believe I actually did the damn… Read More I Drove a Lap of Australia – Solo!
I can’t really believe I’m actually writing this post… 8 years ago today I bought this space on the internet and Away With Maja was created! This year has been one of the biggest yet – it genuinely doesn’t seem real. I created Away With Maja to share my adventures and travel tips, and to… Read More 8 Years of Away With Maja: Blogging Reflections and Business Goals
Today is a big day – it marks 6 years since I moved to England! I got off a plane back in 2016 and arrived in the UK. And wow, what a journey it’s been since then. I moved to be with my (now ex) husband, dealt with so many complex issues about living abroad and… Read More 6 Years in England: Then and Now
6 years ago today, I sat down and bought this space on the internet. I wanted to share my travels with more people, to offer tips and advice, and to let other people around the world go away with Maja. I’ve written these reflection posts every year since I started blogging. You can catch up… Read More My 6-Year Blog-A-Versary!
A year ago I thought my life was over. My marriage ended and I thought I was done. The reality was that my life was only just beginning. Somehow I’ve made it through a year of hell – somehow, I’ve survived. This last year has taught me so much. The fact that I’m still alive… Read More What I’ve Learned About Life After Surviving A Year Of Hell
I truly cannot believe that I get to write this post – that I have been so lucky and so fortunate as to be able to have lived in my beautiful city of York for five years, and to get to live here indefinitely. Five years ago today, on 13 October 2016, I landed in… Read More 5 Years in England: Why I Love Living in York
Five years ago today, I brought this space on the internet to life. Happy Five-Year Blog-A-Versary to me! I had no idea when I bought this domain in 2016 where it would take me, or what it would mean to me. This blog is my baby. During the times when I felt like I had… Read More My Fifth Blog-A-Versary: 5 Years Of Away With Maja!
This is probably one of the most painful blog posts I have ever had to write. The past few months have been the absolute worst of my entire life. I have experienced insurmountable pain and it has been so real and so raw. Unfortunately, I lost my job on 16 September, the day before my… Read More I Lost My Job, My Husband Cheated On Me, And Lockdown: Surviving The End Of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of our society. But some of the most immediately effects have been on the travel industry. As the world went into lockdown, countries closed their borders, trips were canceled, travelers were stranded… travel has been chaotic. As disappointing as it has been to cancel so many trips,… Read More 11 Travel Lessons The Pandemic Has Taught Me
I can’t really believe it, but four years ago I bought this space on the internet and launched Away With Maja. Wow. Four years. If you had told me when I was up late at night in my bedroom at my parents’ house, poring over themes and WordPress how-to’s, that I’d be where I am… Read More 4 Years of Away With Maja: Blogging and Business Recaps and Goals
This one has been a long time coming. But I thought it was about time to sit down and write it. I am fortunate enough to have found the man of my dreams, married him, and get to live with him. That is something I never take for granted—Adam is literally the best part of… Read More Why I Love To Travel Solo – Even Though I’m Married
Three years ago, I bought this tiny space on the internet, and Away With Maja was born. I like to write reflection posts when this date comes along each year. (You can read my reflection from 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, and 2 years!) And life has taken me in a crazy different direction… Read More My Three Year Blog-A-Versary!
This year of 2018 has been a year of big changes. I always talk about 2016 as a really important year—the year I got married, and moved abroad to England. But even though this year hasn’t seen major life events like that, I do feel like it’s been a year of huge change. This year,… Read More Reflections On A Year Of Change
Five years ago, I took off on a weekend trip to Riga, Latvia. I didn’t think that weekend would change my whole life, but somewhere along the line, it did. I’d decided on a whim (aka the cheapest flights out of East Midlands Airport) to go to a country I’d barely ever heard of, for… Read More A Love Letter To Riga
This month, it will have been 8 years since I took my first proper international trip. Even though I went to Sweden when I was 5 with my family, I don’t really count it—I was just a kid! And I barely remember it. But in March 2010, I set off on a Spanish class trip… Read More 8 Years Since I Caught the Travel Bug: Reflections On Spain
Happy 2-year “blog-a-versary” to me! Away With Maja has officially turned 2, meaning I’ve been blogging here for TWO full years! Can you believe it?! Since starting blogging here, I’ve written a lot about my reflections after 6 months of blogging, 1 year of blogging, and 1.5 years of blogging. So I only thought it… Read More 2 Years of Away With Maja: Reflections on Blogging and Next Steps
The first monthly recap of the new year! I’ve had a lot of rough patches in January, and to be honest, I’m happy to see this month go and start fresh with February. A lot of things went wrong this month, most of which I had no control over. However, I did get to start… Read More January 2018 Recap
Happy 2018! While I’ve already shared with you my top experiences of 2017 (and my worst experiences of 2017!), I wanted to do follow up my Best Places I Visited in 2016 post with one from this year. I went to some pretty amazing places that I would love to share with you all. Some… Read More The Best Places I Visited In 2017
Travel can be a wonderful, amazing, life-changing, adventure. I’ve already written about my top experiences of 2017! But it’s important to show that travel isn’t always great. Sometimes it really, really sucks. I want to be honest and real with you all—because no matter how many great photos I post on Instagram or how things… Read More My Worst Travel Moments of 2017