Tea & Travels: Tales of a Nomadic Life

by Kate R. Mathieson

In this light-hearted and humorous novella, Kate Mathieson traces her journey from suburban Sydney life to the rice paddies of Taiwan, a country with many engrained social customs, most of which she seems to strangle. Living amongst rice paddies and posing as an English teacher, Kate encounters fruit that smells like old socks, a classroom of students who don’t want to learn and a country that was never made for vegetarians.

Bitten by the travel bug, Kate makes her way to London, to begin a backpacking adventure around Europe. Here she flirts with danger, with an Italian model, and with the idea of escaping her daily life forever.

This is a memoir written especially for every nomadic misfit who thought they should pack up their life and travel across Asia and Europe. A perfect summer read. Best accompanied by a cup of tea.

153 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 4, 2015

About the author

Kate discovered she wanted to be a writer at the age of 8, when her love of Nancy Drew novels inspired her to start writing.

In 2009, she took a one-way ticket to Africa, re-wilding herself. Her story would become her breakthrough memoir, Ways to Come Home – a finalist for the 2017 Finch Memoir Prize.

She is currently a writer-in-residence working on her first romantic comedy fiction book, and loving every minute of the juicy details.

A contemporary writer, naturalist and poet, Kate is happiest with the wind on her face and leaves in her hair. She is a cheese lover, whiskey enthusiast and loves walking in the rain, with her one-eyed rescue dog, Maximus.

Reviews

[Jennie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can definitely tell that this was a free book off of Amazon. The editing is atrocious. I like travel narratives, so the story was still entertaining, but the writing wasn't especially great.