Welcome to An Ocean Away! This blog is about my journey as a repeat expatriate, my observations on different cultures, and the amazing places you should visit as soon as you can.
Latest blog posts about Ireland
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
Travel tips for vacay with kids
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
— Ernest Hemingway
Continuous reinvention
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”— Mark Twain
Must-see places
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”— G.K. Chesterton
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