Since leaving home for Europe alone at age seventeen, Karen Gershowitz has traveled to more than ninety countries. 

In pursuit of her passion for travel, she lost and gained friends and lovers and made a radical career change. She learned courage and risk taking and succeeded at things she didn’t think she could do: She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She visited remote areas of Indonesia on her own and became a translator, though only fluent in English.

Karen is the author of Travel Mania: Stories of Wanderlust.   Her second book, Wanderlust: Extraordinary People, Quirky Places and Curious Cuisine  will be published October 2023. She writes regularly for Journey Woman and International Swans.

Her example will inspire armchair travelers to become explorers and embolden everyone to be more courageous.

Find more on Karen including links to her books at:

https://karengershowitz.com