Urban Travel Girl » women http://urbantravelgirl.com thoughts on black women living globally through international travel Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Benvenuto! Bienvenue! Welcome! http://urbantravelgirl.com/2011/02/20/hello-world-2/ http://urbantravelgirl.com/2011/02/20/hello-world-2/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:00:09 +0000 urbantravelgirl http://www.urbantravelgirl.com/?p=350 MJ on Samois bridge without glasses_cropped viewCiao, and welcome to UrbanTravelGirl, a blog featuring my thoughts on black women living globally through international travel. I’m a passionate believer in the ability of travel to not only transform the way we see the world, but ourselves.  As an African-American woman, I’ve developed an even stronger sense of who I am by visiting more than 30 countries and territories — and by living outside the United States. I spent nearly one year working as a freelance writer in Florence, Italy and NOW live in the charming French village of Samois-sur-Seine, a 40-minute train ride south of Paris.  I don’t believe in letting other folks define ME — and you shouldn’t, either!

I hope to spark conversation among African-American women who love (or WANT) to travel abroad, who are never happier than when we’re in new and challenging foreign environments. I want to hear your comments about my trips – and I want to hear about yours. Wondering whether it’s cool to travel solo to Paris, or how you’d be received as a black woman in Rome?  Put it out here and we UrbanTravelGirls will jump in and give you the scoop. Looking for some fab, locals-only restaurants and boutiques in Florence, Barcelona or Buenos Aires? I’ll dish about it and hope other chicas visiting here will also share.

So what are you waiting for? Get out there, hit the road, discover your own global bliss — and let’s chat about it!

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