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Shannon O'Donnell

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Shannon O'Donnell left in 2008 on a year-long round the world trip. That initial trip turned into an open-ended journey around the world and over the years she has shared her travel stories and photography on her travel blog, A Little Adrift. Her travel focus gradually shifted, and Shannon launched her passion project, Grassroots Volunteering.org a community sourced database of local, sustainable organizations all over the world. In tandem with her volunteering site, Shannon published The Volunteer Traveler's Handbook to share ethical ways to volunteer abroad. On visits home to North America, she speaks about international travel and voluntourism. ...more

A Little Family Travel… Gelato, Bells & Big Bikes in Rome With a Toddler and Grandparents

Last updated on November 23, 2025 by Shannon

I spent the better part of a week in Rome this past spring with my 3.5-year-old son and my 60-something parents. Having done all the things in Rome while backpacking Europe in my 20s, I went in with modest expectations, a lot of snacks, and a toddler who has specific ideas about the pace and sites fit for our trip (spoiler alert: He wanted to find playgr

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Joseph Campbell
“They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else's path and you are not on the adventure.”
Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work

Gustave Flaubert
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
Gustave Flaubert

Kahlil Gibran
“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”
Kahlil Gibran

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