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Bohemian Trails is an award-winning lifestyle blog inspiring you to lead a life of magic and meaning.

Welcome to Bohemian Trails

I’m Megan, a Scorpio sun and Libra moon who left my job in the music industry to travel and write full-time.

I started Bohemian Trails in 2011 as a creative outlet during a difficult time. Fueled by my love of writing and a deep desire to see the world, this passion project helped launch my career as a travel writer, content creator and consultant.

After a decade split between New York and San Francisco (with a brief stint in Hong Kong), I’m now based in sunny Barcelona. My hope is that Bohemian Trails inspires you to lead a life of magic and meaning no matter where in the world you call home.

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I’ve learned the hard way that I shouldn’t pla

I’ve learned the hard way that I shouldn’t place people on pedestals they never asked to stand on. A good friend recently said to me, “Megan, I think the older we get, the more we realize that things aren’t always black and white; a lot of times, they are gray. I’m learning that gray can be okay. Because no person is “all good” or “all bad” and while it’s easy to cast people into one bucket or the other, it sometimes does more harm than good. We either stay in situations longer than we should, or we don’t give people the opportunity to prove us wrong. I think there is a lot of grace to be found in the gray. It allows our opinions to change, to flow, and for our hearts to flourish.

I’m learning to redefine what it means to hide a

I’m learning to redefine what it means to hide and what it means to heal. Over the past few years I’ve done a lot of hiding, and I’ve done a lot of healing. Sometimes, the hiding was from myself—from parts of me I wasn’t ready to face or to forgive, and also parts of me that came to call me back home. Home to the person I was before I learned that who I was wasn’t enough. I like to think of ‘hiding’ less as an escape (although it can be) and more of a retreating. A going inward; a journey that only I can see through to the end, all the while knowing that there is no end—no perfect state of ‘healed’—because I am human and perfection is not among the pieces we are made of. What does healing mean to you?

One lesson I’ve learned this past year is that n

One lesson I’ve learned this past year is that not everyone wants to hurt me. Some people want to help me. Some people want to heal me. Some people just want to hold me. I’m learning that it can feel safe to be held. To be seen. To be felt. In a lot of the shadow work I’ve done over the years, I’ve been so focused on all the “bad” parts of me that I need to own. It had never crossed my mind that there were many loving, nurturing, sweet parts of me that I had locked away with them. Beautiful parts that I began to see reflected in others; Reminding me that they existed within me, too. I had simply forgotten them along the way. I am now in a process of calling them back home. So that I can love them again. What is the biggest learning you will be taking with you in this new year?

Peekaboo, I see you!⁠ .⁠ Looking through my fe

See the line where the sky meets the sea, it calls

See the line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me.⁠
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There's a little bit of Moana in us all! This has been a weird summer for everyone (weird year tbh) but a silver lining is that I've rediscovered how much I love to sail.⁠
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Back when I was travel writing full-time, I saved all my ocean adventures for 'on assignment' trips, which was fine because they came around every other week. But around the time my dad got sick, I started to significantly slow down my traveling, so adventures became fewer and fewer.⁠
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I've lost a lot of my confidence since then, but I'm starting to prioritize the things that make me feel good. Sounds so simple, but if you have a harsh inner critic like me, you know it's tough!⁠
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This summer, I've gone either stand-up paddle boarding or sailing every week and it has felt like a lifeline. I'm rediscovering how happy I am when I'm in the water, and how happiness can be the most natural thing in the world.⁠
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How have you made the most of your summer? And what is your favorite of the 4 elements (earth, air, fire, water)?⁠
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#sailing #sailingbcn #barna #barcelonasummer #moanamoment

Barcelona, reminding me why I moved here. ♥️⁠
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The funny thing about my relationship with Barcelona BEFORE I moved, was that I never really liked it very much. I had been twice before, each time for just a day and both times, I felt underwhelmed. I think it can happen sometimes with cities like Barcelona. Cities that literally everyone loves. Because it can be difficult to live up to the hype.⁠
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Since getting my Irish passport over a decade ago, I had dreamed of living in Europe again (I studied abroad in London). It never happened, but in those years I did get to call other cities home: New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong...I even lived like Briar Rose in the woods for a year, surrounded by animals and trees I'd sing to. 👑⁠
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When I finally had the chance to move abroad (because my life kind of fell apart), I barely had any fight left in me. It also felt like, since I had already hit rock bottom so hard, it didn't really matter where I went; just as long as I went.⁠
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For years, I had really thought it was going to be Berlin that claimed me but in the end, it was Barcelona. I truly believe that cities call you in at different moments of your life. I wasn't ready for Barna before; and so it waited until I was.⁠
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Living here has not been easy, but so few things in life that are truly worth it ever are. I've learned a lot here, and I'm still learning. I'm still crumbling away bits of me that need shedding, and making room for other parts of myself to find their way back home.⁠
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Do you believe that cities "call" you? Tell me!⁠
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📷 @susannadiary // edited: me⁠
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#barcelona #travelblogger #americaninbarcelona #flyaway #bnc #gaudiarchitecture

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