Patty Hodapp

Patty Hodapp has set up shop and racked up mileage all over Europe. Her addresses include a rural cottage on the West Coast of Ireland, a cramped apartment in central London, and a stained glass Italian villa in Florence. After a summer under the Tuscan sun writing about Italian men, disco-tecs, pasta, wine, and the renaissance culture in Italy, she backpacked solo to the Greek islands and Spain. She landed in the US with a fully stamped passport, a Mediterranean tan, and a thirst for more travel.On the road, she rediscovered her passion for writing abroad that began with her first freelance gig for The Mayo News, an Irish newspaper, in 2006. She is a deputy editor for The Lost Girls World, an online travel website geared toward women travelers in their 20′s and 30′s. Because she couldn't just pick one, she’s wrapping up her degrees in Magazine Journalism, Medieval Renaissance Studies and Religion & Media from Syracuse University, NY. She's also freelancing on the side, and of course, looking forward to her next big adventure.