Winter Walk On A Foggy Day | Riverside | Travel Journal

5 °C and out for a walk. Today, the sky is a soft grey. Some trees are holding onto their leaves for as long as they can before winter turns up the volume, and some trees look like stalks of fine thyme after you’ve raked fingers up along the stems to add every single leaf […]

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“The Sunshine Coast” Of England | Travel Journal

Eastbourne. This isn’t my first visit here but the view through the window this morning was enough inspiration to share some of this place in a post. It’s a seaside town that’s directly east of the highest chalk sea cliff in England, called ‘Beachy Head.” Eastbourne used to be a market town longtime ago and […]

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Travel Journal – Bom Dia! | Video

Greetings, here’s a short video of a trip to Portugal. You’ll see: Thanks for coming by and reading today’s post. Your visit to itsjoywithin.com means a lot. In this 9-year journey of blogging, there have been over 300 articles with online writing steps, work at home tips, creative career talks, recipes, encouragement and multimedia refreshment […]

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A SHORT TRIP To Wales | Views From The Cliff | Travel Journal

Recently, I saw someone’s comment on social media about ‘when fresh air was free.’ Fresh air is still free, and in these times when freedom of choice is suddenly up for debate while rights are selectively being granted to others, every opportunity to breathe clean air, stretch your legs and enjoy scenery or go for […]

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A Visit To Germany | Singing In An Art Garden, A Visit To A Florist & Farm

Though it’s the third time I’ve been to Germany, this is the first toss staying in a forest. Amidst a humanly un-countable amount of trees (confirmed by the drone flown), deer, wild pigs and wolves nowhere (yet) in sight, there’s plenty of time for reflection and observation of the beauty of creation. What started out […]

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Improve Your Quality of Life | Deep Breaths, Long Walks And Healthy thoughts

Quality of life. More and more, it seems we’re all being reminded about what that is and how much it matters to each gifted day and our overall journey. In these odd times in this upside-down world, being proactive about our priorities, thought life, health habits, interactions, peace of mind, time, intricacies, stress level and […]

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Walks In Creation | Nature Walks And Your Health | Travel Journal

When’s the last time you went on a slow nature walk, where you weren’t pressed to rush back home, meet anyone or do anything else right after? Nature walks can be so therapeutic; nourishing to the soul and our state of mind before during and after. You don’t need to save up to do it, and […]

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Toronto travel diary (Part2) – Food, Flowers & Festival

Here’s Part 2 of the video on my Toronto trip earlier in July. I went for the “Barbados on The Water” Festival for two events as a part of Spice & Co. , and along with the sound checks, meeting and mini rehearsal, made some time to enjoy the sunrise, walk around and explore some serenity […]

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