Dede Sophie

It gives me immense pleasure to let you all know that yours truly has been featured in the free press journal newspaper . The article where they talk about me is titled ‘ Meet the Globetrotters: These individuals have left their job to travel the world ”. In this article, Free press journal brings the journey of three individuals who quit their jobs to travel the world. Read the article to know more about me, my travel style and how I eke out a living while doing full time travel. This article also talks about why I chose travel over a job, what I do for a living, my favorite destination and travel companion and other interesting tidbits. The screenshots here will give you a sneak peek into this free press journal feature, but I would recommend that you go to their website to read the full article and get to know about the other two travel personalities. Thank you for the love and keep following me on my travels and keep reading my blog.

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – CARRIE! The San Francisco Chronicle called her debut novel,  Midori by Moonlight 1 , a “terrific first novel.” Now Author Wendy Tokunaga is back with her second book, Love in Translation , which again explores the themes of Japan and Japanese culture and being a stranger in a strange land, which have played a major role in her life and writing. I now turn the stage over to Wendy, who’s here telling us all about:  Love and Songs in Translation As someone whose second novel has just come out, it may surprise you that when I was young, my dream wasn’t to be a writer; I wanted to be a rock star. The only writing I did was songwriting for the bands I put together on my quest to become the next Joan Jett, Blondie or Pat Benatar. At the same time I’d become mad for Japan and Japanese culture and was studying the language. When I heard about something called karaoke, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. The Japanese actually invented karaoke (singing p...