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September is considered one of my favourite months of the yr to journey. You might have improbable climate in each Europe and New England, it’s nonetheless seashore time in barely hotter areas, and the children are again at school, so it’s far much less busy.
Like most years, we had a September filled with journey plans. However this yr, we had some excellent instances and really unhealthy instances.
This month was stuffed with celebrations and reunions. My sister’s long-awaited marriage ceremony on Cape Cod. A good friend’s milestone birthday celebration within the UK. A convention stuffed with mates, simply down the street from Prague in Brno.
After which we acquired hit with COVID for the primary time because the pandemic started. First it got here for Charlie. Every week later, it got here for me. I’m nonetheless testing constructive as I kind this out, ready to get better so I can depart quarantine already.
Let’s check out the month!
![Kate stands on a sandy beach in Martha's Vineyard. She wears a long leopard print skirt, denim jacket, and sunglasses and holds her hair back while looking at the large waves.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kate-in-Katama-Beach-MV-1024x701.jpeg)
Locations Visited
Prague, Soběhrdy, and Brno, Czech Republic
Brighton, Watford, and Amersham, England
Studying, Malden, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Provincetown, Oak Bluffs, Winery Haven, Aquinnah, Chilmark (together with Menemsha), Edgartown (together with Chappaquiddick), West Tisbury, and Woburn, Massachusetts
Nashua, New Hampshire
![Kate in a long gray dress with her arms around her sister, with blonde wavy hair and a white embroidered dress, and Matt in a white shirt and dark tie. They are on a dance floor at a wedding.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kate-Sarah-and-Matt-wedding-786x1024.jpeg)
Highlights
Celebrating my sister’s and brother-in-law’s marriage ceremony on the Cape. Sarah and Matt truly acquired married in 2020, however this was their long-awaited BIG celebration. This was among the finest weddings I’ve EVER been to (truly, in all probability THE finest?!) and I liked the way it was stuffed with a lot love and enjoyable.
I used to be the maid of honor, and Sarah and Matt introduced collectively an incredible assortment of household and mates in a real celebration setting. One of many highlights was the favors — Cape-themed momentary tattoos in lighthouses, hydrangeas, clams, and sharks! We had a lot enjoyable with them!
The marriage was on the Nauset Seaside Inn in Orleans, which was fantastic in each means (and set on the Cape’s finest seashore, Nauset Seaside). Additionally wish to give a shout-out to One Step Forward, an impressive band that saved us dancing to Lizzo, Montell Jordan, and Earth, Wind and Fireplace!
![A teeny tiny ferry that just barely fits three cars crossing a channel to an island.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Chappy-Ferry-Marthas-Vineyard-1024x707.jpeg)
Visiting Martha’s Winery for the primary time ever. For greater than a decade I’ve joked that Martha’s Winery and Nantucket are my two largest oversights as a Massachusetts native who travels for a dwelling. FINALLY, I made it to the Winery.
And it was a fantastic journey. I used to be genuinely shocked at how not-crowded it was in September, and we loved beautiful early fall climate — assume sunshine, blue skies, and jean jackets at night time.
We lined the island in depth, gawking over the multicolored Aquinnah cliffs, strolling by the candy-colored Victorian homes of Oak Bluffs, taking the tiny Chappy Ferry to Chappaquiddick Island.
We stayed at Nobnocket Boutique Inn in Winery Haven, who hosted us, and in case you’re in search of a pleasant place to remain, I adored it right here. We had an infinite suite with a sitting room, the breakfasts had been scrumptious and gorgeously plated every morning, they introduced turndown cookies every night time, and it was only a quick stroll from downtown Winery Haven, rather more chilled out than the opposite massive cities. I might have stayed there for weeks.
Far more on the Winery is coming to the weblog quickly!
![Several people standing around a bonfire in the dark, including one girl in a 50s dress and head wrap, some swirling around sparklers.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bonfire-Party-Celebration-1024x750.jpeg)
Celebrating a detailed good friend’s milestone birthday within the UK. Charlie’s finest good friend Aeon throws a bonfire celebration in November yearly, however this yr threw one two months earlier for his birthday. It was a lot enjoyable — mates, meals, costumes thrown collectively on the final minute, having fun with our time in a historic house exterior London.
Charlie and I flew into Gatwick, so we determined to go to Brighton for an evening, because it’s a brief practice journey from the airport. I’ve wished to go to Brighton for such a very long time, and actually liked it! Such a cool seaside metropolis with lovely laneways, an amusement park-topped pier, fascinating structure, enjoyable pubs, and a proudly queer scene. I can’t wait to put in writing about it.
Our time in Watford coincided with a retro practice journey close by. An old school practice from the Nineteen Thirties made a visit from Amersham to Watford and again, so just a few of us acquired tickets for the journey. It was a enjoyable classic journey for transportation geeks!
![An aerial view over the city of Brno with lots of pastel-colored buildings, most with orange terra cotta roofs, and parks on hills.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Brno-from-Above-1024x768.jpeg)
Returning to my first Traverse convention since 2019. I like Traverse — Charlie and I met at Traverse in Trentino! — and it was so good to see so many mates. I noticed a number of inspiring talks and realized a ton.
Brno is a extremely cool metropolis, and has wonderful cafes and bars. It’s sandwiched proper between Prague and Vienna, so it makes a fantastic place for a go to! For me, the massive spotlight was Villa Tugendaht, a spectacularly functionalist house. Get tickets WAY upfront.
And Cailin got here and stayed with us in Prague for a few of that point, so it was so good to have a go to together with her.
Good instances in Prague. What did we stand up to this month? Festivals! September brings a number of the finest meals festivals within the metropolis, like Americká Fest, a wine fest on JZP (they really had Moldovan crimson wine, which Charlie and I had been so enthusiastic about!), and Pivo a Burger, a beer and burger fest proper in our neighborhood.
We additionally took our good friend and his two-year-old daughter to Farmapark, a youngsters’ park exterior Prague with cattle, playgrounds, trampolines, and extra. They even have camels you may feed! An important place to go to with youngsters if in case you have a automotive.
![Crowds of people walking down a street in Prague topped with Mexican paper flags, and a street kiosk serving wine.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Americka-Street-Festival-1024x768.jpeg)
Challenges
Charlie and I lastly acquired COVID. We prevented it for two.5 years, but it surely lastly occurred. We truly acquired it per week aside — it took him down first, then me.
I’m grateful that our signs had been gentle. I’m past grateful I made it to my sister’s marriage ceremony. (I examined twice a day main as much as the marriage, together with a PCR check the day earlier than. My constructive check got here the Tuesday after.)
I began feeling signs and examined constructive whereas in Martha’s Winery; we had seen a ton of the island already, however I actually want I had been in a position to discover Oak Bluffs and Edgartown extra. We then moved to quarantine at a lodge in Woburn for just a few days, then went again to my dad’s to complete the quarantine.
Some issues I must share about COVID:
You’re in all probability swabbing incorrectly. Within the Czech Republic, our house exams are saliva exams. Within the US, house exams are swab exams. The swab exams inform you to solely swab your nostrils.
However I not too long ago realized from these tweets that swabbing simply your nostrils isn’t sufficient. With a purpose to get extra correct outcomes, you have to be swabbing your throat and cheeks as nicely. (Your nasopharyngeal area is finest, WAY up your nostril, however I do know most individuals received’t be capable of go all the way in which up — simply go as far up as you may stand.)
Simply do throat, cheeks, nostril, as far up the nostril as you may go.
Don’t count on two companions to have the identical COVID expertise. It went by Charlie rapid-fire. To date it’s taking for much longer to undergo me. We anticipated me to observe his timeline, however nope.
Assume that any giant indoor gathering might be a superspreader occasion and plan accordingly. Like a convention, a celebration, a marriage, even an evening out at a bar. When you knew for sure that it will be a superspreader occasion, how would that change your actions?
You may select to not go. You may select to go, and masks the entire time (and skip unmasked components like post-event drinks). You may select to go, unmasked, and clear your schedule for the subsequent two weeks or so.
Understanding what I do know now, I’m going to be a lot pickier with the occasions I attend. And I’m NEVER going to plan two occasions in a row once more. Going to a convention adopted by a marriage led to a lot unimaginable stress.
![Lewis and Murray, two gray tabby cats, curled up on clothes piles on the bed with a mouse toy between them.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lewis-and-Murray-Lookin-Cute-1024x768.jpeg)
Weblog Posts of the Month
My Actual Iceland Trip Cost: Detailed Budget Breakdown — Probably the most detailed budgeting and journey value submit I’ve ever revealed, with tons of details about how a lot Amanda and I spent on our two-week Iceland journey.
45 Fabulous Free Things to Do in NYC — A vastly complete listing of fabulous and enjoyable NYC actions, with submissions from lots of my blogger colleagues.
Tips for Visiting Kvernufoss Waterfall, Iceland — Kvernufoss was my favourite waterfall in Iceland, but it surely’s not practically as in style as a few of its neighbors! Right here’s what to know earlier than you go.
![Kate and her three best female friends wearing formal dresses and standing on a lawn with the ocean in the distance behind them.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kate-and-Brood-at-Sarahs-Wedding-1024x736.jpeg)
This Month on Patreon
On the Adventurous Kate Patreon, I publish unique content material and never-told tales which you could entry for $6 monthly. We even have a non-public Fb group and members get free entry to the E book Membership every month.
This month’s long-form submit was about methods to throw a marriage that REALLY works nicely — utilizing my sister’s marriage ceremony as inspiration (and plenty of pics).
I had a hell of a narrative to inform from the Brno convention, however that might be for this month, plus some Iceland stuff too. Sadly I felt too exhausted to get it out this month.
![A narrow pedestrian-only street in Brighton lined with cute shops, brightly colored bunting stretched between them.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Brighton-Lanes-768x1024.jpeg)
E book Membership This Month
I needed to reschedule this month’s e book membership because of my COVID and never feeling up for operating an occasion, even when on-line. Our subsequent E book Membership might be on Sunday, October 23, at 1:00 PM Japanese Time! We might be studying Of Women and Salt, a novel by Cuban- and Mexican-American creator Gabriela Garcia.
“5 generations of girls, linked by blood and circumstance, by the secrets and techniques they share, and by a single e book handed down by a household, with an affirmation scrawled in its margins: We’re drive. We’re greater than we expect we’re.
1866, Cuba: Maria Isabel is the one girl employed at a cigar manufacturing facility, the place every day the employees discover power in every day readings of Victor Hugo. However these are harmful political instances, and as Maria begins to see marriage and motherhood as her solely choices, the sounds of battle are approaching.
1959, Cuba: Dolores watches her husband make for the mountains in reply to Fidel Castro’s name to arms. What Dolores is aware of, although, is that to outlive, she should win her personal battle, and commit an act of violence that threatens to destroy her daughter Carmen’s world.
2016, Miami: Carmen, nonetheless wrestling with the trauma of displacement, is shocked when her daughter Jeanette declares her plans to journey to Cuba to see her grandmother Dolores. Within the partitions of her crumbling house lies a secret, one that can hyperlink Jeanette to her previous, and to this fearless line of girls.
From nineteenth-century cigar factories to present-day detention centres, from Cuba to america to Mexico, Gabriela Garcia’s Of Girls and Salt follows Latina girls of fierce pleasure, sure by the tales handed between them. It’s a haunting meditation on the alternatives of moms and the tenacity of girls who select to inform their reality regardless of those that want to silence them.”
You can sign up here. Patreon members get entry within the personal Patreon group.
![A sign in a forest directing people to Ripley Falls, Arethusa Falls, and various hiking trails.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Appalachian-Trail-New-Hampshire.jpg)
New Hampshire Method Replace
Final month, I hit 25k classes inside 30 days on New Hampshire Method and utilized to Mediavine — however Mediavine was unable to evaluate my utility as a result of they’ll’t learn Google Analytics 4 (which Google assigns mechanically to new websites lately). They requested me to put in Common Analytics, wait 30 days, and apply once more.
30 days later, I reapplied on September 19 (37k classes within the final 30 days). I acquired the information on September 28 — I used to be ACCEPTED! As I write this, they’re getting ready to get the advertisements on.
This has been the BIG objective I’ve been working towards since beginning the positioning. I’ve been earning profits from lodge bookings and occasional excursions and actions, but it surely’s not sufficient to maintain the positioning. Mediavine advertisements will usher in vital revenue for the primary time, permitting me to recoup my sizable funding.
Listed here are some New Hampshire Method posts from this month:
New Hampshire Fall Foliage 2022: Where and When to Go — A information to the perfect foliage spots, and methods to time your journey for the perfect fall colours.
Best Bed and Breakfasts in North Conway, NH — North Conway is THE fall getaway in New Hampshire, and there are various fantastic B&Bs to select from.
What I Watched This Month
Not lots to share this month, however I did watch the remake of Father of the Bride with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan and actually loved it! A candy 2022 model of the story, transported to Miami with an enormous Cuban household, however with Nancy Myers-esque touches. It’s on HBO Max.
Oh, and Nice British Bake Off is again! Have any favorites? To date I actually like Syabira, Janusz, and Sandro. Sandro, OMG, he’s a scorching nanny from East London who works out twice a day and teaches baking to autistic youngsters! HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE THIS GUY?
And Charlie and I began watching a present neither of us have seen: The Sopranos. By now it’s a interval piece!
![A view from above of Prague's Old Town Square, surrounded by castle towers and candy-colored houses.](https://www.adventurouskate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lovely-View-Prague-1024x768.jpeg)
Coming Up in October 2022
This month was supposed to start in New Hampshire, doing extra analysis and getting foliage pictures for New Hampshire Method. We needed to cancel a part of the journey because of my COVID, however as quickly as I get better, we might be heading as much as the White Mountains.
Past that, I’ll attempt to slot in what we are able to! Perhaps going to the Frank Lloyd Wright homes and all of the breweries I haven’t been to in Manchester, NH. Perhaps Salem, Mass, which matches nuts in October. Perhaps elsewhere in New England.
I head again to Prague in mid-October and that can start a month with ZERO journey plans. Actually, I’ve been trying ahead to this break for months!
I overdid the travels this summer time: three weeks of Piemonte-Milan-Liguria-Sardinia in June and July, a July UK journey, two weeks in Iceland in August, one other UK journey in September, the convention in Brno, then 3.5 weeks within the States. Nice journeys, none of which I remorse, but it surely was an excessive amount of.
Perhaps it wouldn’t be an excessive amount of for 26-year-old Kate, but it surely was undoubtedly an excessive amount of for 38-year-old Kate who has a house, fiancé, and cats. I’m trying ahead to some much-needed cozy time at house with kitty snuggles.
What are you trying ahead to this month? Share away!
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