Tales from a Beautifully Bizarre World
Sober reflections on travel, life, and the chaos in between.
Welcome to The Sober Globetrotter blog—where the detours are the destination, and sobriety isn’t a limitation, it’s the lens. This blog is part journal, part travel guide, part spiritual side quest—with a few snacks and catastrophes along the way.
It’s about what I learn when I get lost, what I feel when I’m far from home, and all the stupid, uncomfortable growth that happens when I fully commit to the journey. Expect travel tips, personal truths, weird moments, and the occasional unsolicited life lesson.
I’m Ginny—former chef, current globetrotter, and semi-professional overthinker—inviting you to wander with me through the strange, the beautiful, and the brutally honest.
We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.
Pico Iyer
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There are always things I wind up not doing on a trip – but they’re what keep me coming back, knowing there is more to explore. Here are my top 7 from Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo is the largest city in the world, and would take a lifetime to explore – but here are the top 10 things I experienced in my early-spring, 10-day adventure!
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I was sober, but drowning in depression and despair. Then I started traveling, and the devastating losses became mind-blowing freedom.