When my father suddenly passed away, my life as I knew it changed forever. A little over a month later, my marriage broke down and I found myself getting divorced at 30. I struggled to cope with both losses and was soon diagnosed with depression. Before long I was admitted to hospital having made a plan to end my life and I found myself at rock bottom.

Amidst all that pain and despair, I discovered something that gave me back a sense of hope.  Solo travel taught me to fall back in love with not only life, but most importantly, with myself. I quit my 10 year career to embark on a year long solo travel adventure, and in doing so, I aimed to rediscover who I was as a newly independent woman.

Even though the Covid-19 pandemic scuppered my plans, in between lockdowns I embarked on my most life changing solo adventure to date: a solo road trip across the UK. I spent nearly 10 weeks solo travelling in a self converted BMW MINI Car Camper, clocking over 5,600 miles, making it all the way from Southampton to John O’Groats. It was without doubt the most challenging yet most rewarding experience of my life.

When global travelling finally resumed, I solo travelled across Spain for 3 months and fell in love with the Andalusia region. So much so I decided to relocate there in 2023. Now I’m a fully fledged expat, embarking on a whole new solo life abroad I like to call ‘Emily in Spain’.

Thank you for discovering my blog page and I hope it inspires you to give solo travel a try. You never know, it may just change your life.