Camel and guide crossing a golden-hour desert dune
Collecting experiences, not passport stamps.

AND SHE WANDERED

Travel stories, practical planning tips, and the little details worth noticing along the way.

Come Along
Michelle being playful with a museum sculpture
Who's behind this

Hi, I'm Michelle.

I said yes to a summer in France when I was sixteen, no hesitation.

I sobbed on the phone to my parents the first day. I stayed anyway. That was the beginning.

Late 40s. Still going.

This is where I share the places, people, and small discoveries that stay with me. If that sounds like your kind of travel, I'd love for you to come along.

Because when we show up in the world, curious and open, we find out we are not as different from each other as we thought.
Michelle learning to grind cumin with her guide's mother in Morocco Our guide Aziz invited us to his family's home outside the Sahara. His mother taught me to grind cumin by hand, laughing at me in the wedding dress they'd just dressed me in.