About Me - Between England & Everywhere

Welcome to Between England and Everywhere!

Who am I?

Hi, I’m Kylie! Born and raised in Essex, Eng land! Lover of all things travel and adrenaline related with a side of sea, sunsets, VW Camper Vans, reading, photography…and ice cream!

And as well as a blogger, I’m a 3x author (Between England & Iowa: A Year In The Life Of An Emigrating Wife was my first book) and an online ESL tutor.

My childhood consisted of trotting all round the UK doing the whole typical British caravan holiday thing and I wouldn’t have changed it for the world!

It pushed me in the direction of wanting to be a kids club rep, so I signed up to a Travel and Tourism course at College in 2005, where I fell in-love with foreign travel and was even award Student of the Year.

I have been trying to see as much of the world as humanly possible since, all while holding down a full-time job!

10245290_10152378261554432_5049150187234251325_n — Queenstown, New Zealand

In 2016 I emigrated to the USA, after going through the CR1 visa process.

When most people relocate, they choose a place that they know or have researched into and like the sound of, so what happens when you move to be WITH someone rather than move to be in a new location?

To be honest, before I moved, all my Iowa knowledge came from Bill Bryson…strangely enough, Iowa was one of the few states where I knew it’s state capital (Des Moines! Even though I had no idea on how to pronounce it…”Dez Mon-Ez?”) and the only other fact was that their summers are so humid “even flies drop out of the sky”.

Cue grabbing the local tourism guide and planning lots of future adventures!

Six Flags Great America Illinois — At Six Flags Illinois, USA

In 2020 (The Year That Must Not Be Named), I relocated back to the UK to give being a full-time travel writer and online ESL (English Second Language) tutor a shot.

I’ve wanted to try being self employed for a long time and I kinda threw myself in head first. I haven’t ‘quit work to travel full time’, but I’ve got the freedom to set my own schedule.

I COULD take my work overseas, but I think not having a guaranteed STRONG WiFi connection would give me anxiety. Especially when my job requires high speed internet to work! Hooray for location independence!

So just like my blog name, join me on my travels in…

ENGLAND, IOWA & EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN!

I also want to show people that it’s possible to travel if you make it a priority. In the UK, people automatically get give 5 weeks of holiday/vacation in a year. In the USA they don’t even have to give you one week.

So by day I’m an English tutor and the rest of the time…well…I could be anywhere in the world!

My aim is to inspire you on how to maximise your time in a destination with my tried and tested travel itineraries! It’s my passion and even though you may not be able to hit up EVERY ‘must see’, you’ll be surprised at just how much you can experience!

I’m an expert in: adventure travel🎢, beach destinations 🏖️ and packing light (mid-budget backpacker)🎒