Welcome to Let’s Fly Everywhere!
My name is Emma, and I’m the storyteller and Photographer behind Let’s Fly Everywhere and have been fuelling wanderlust since late 2011.
I’m a British-Canadian expat, living in Toronto, Canada.
I LOVE to travel and am incredibly fortunate that I’ve found my way into a career (and several companies) that allow me to travel the world as I earn a living.
I guess you could say, I travel to work and I work to travel!
I travel as a tourist, for business and as an expat (now with the privilege of two passports), and try offer a unique perspective on how to make the most out of every trip (even a 1 day business trip), by looking at travel through a different lens. I also love photography, and am rarely found without a camera in tow.
My Story
My story is not unusual – I went to school, studied hard and got a good job that I enjoyed. I worked with some of the most talented people I had ever met. I also have an amazing family and great friends – life is good.
Late in 2010, everything changed for me.
My employer at the time (a global Defence & Security company), announced another round of redundancies (layoffs for my North American readers) – the forth or fifth round in just under two years.
For the first time, my team and I were affected and I was formally put “at risk” of losing not only my job, but potentially my ability to support myself through travel in early 2011. To say I was devastated, would be an understatement.
For more details, check out my very first post.
My life was about to change whether I wanted it or not, so rather than feeling sorry for myself I changed my perspective and saw this potential redundancy as a gift.
This was my opportunity to define myself and live my life on my own terms, instead of doing what other people expected of me. I didn’t know it then, but it was the best thing that could have happened. Not only to me, but for me.
Believe or not, I was one of the lucky ones. Although I had no idea what I was going to do, I knew it was going to be very different from anything I had done before.
All I knew for sure, is that it was going to involve some travel, but not in the typical, tourist-y way.
I didn’t just want to travel around the world, I wanted to live around the world.
About Let’s Fly Everywhere
Born in 2011, Let’s Fly Everywhere started life as an online journal documenting my experience as I prepared to pack my life into two suitcases and move to Canada for my two year, working holiday adventure.
Once I moved, it became a mechanism to to keep family and friends back home updated on my adventures, proof I was still alive and share my insights into the differences between the UK and Canada.
As my stay in Canada in Canada turned from 2 years to 12 (and counting) Let’s Fly Everywhere has evolved into a collection of images and stories documenting my expat and travel adventures for work and play; mainly focused on food, music, architecture, photography and the ocean.
My love for Creme Brulee and great wine also feature heavily and have now become part of my “must-do” list in every city I visit!
Over the years, I’ve shared my highs, lows, some tears and lots of laughter on my adventures from Working Holiday, to becoming a Permanent Resident to (finally!) becoming a Canadian Citizen late last year!
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
Although my journey here has been far from conventional, I am very proud and happy to be here, and even though my immigration story has come to end (at least until I decide to pack up and jet off to live in another part of the world) Let’s Fly everywhere will continue to document my travels and life as a British-Canadian travelling the world!
Above all, Let’s Fly Everywhere is a space of inspiration and discovery. I hope my story will inspire you to dream bigger, fly further, climb higher, explore new places and seek out new adventures. If you are looking to make a similar move, or are curious what life as an expat is like, be sure to check out my “Expat files”.
“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
Thank you for joining me on this journey.
Work With Me
I’d love to collaborate with like minded people and brands where there’s a good mutual fit.
Feel free to leave a comment, share your own experiences, or connect with me shoot me a quick email at emma@letsflyeverywhere.com or follow me on instagram: @letsflyeverywhere and @emmajlogue
Bon voyage!
Emma