This post is a little bittersweet to work on for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I was backpacking Costa Rica when the pandemic shut down the world, so I had to cut my time there short and fly back to the US a lot earlier than planned. Secondly, my brand new phone stopped working for…
Although I was on track to make it to 30 countries by 30 (darn pandemic), I’m beyond grateful that I’ve now been to 15 countries plus the US. I thought it would be fun to go through each country and share one beautiful thing out of all my travels that has left me in tears,…
After hopping around France, Belgium, Holland, and England, I made my way over to Scotland. By this point I had fallen in love with Paris, eaten too much chocolate in Brussels, partied in Amsterdam, saw my favorite soccer team win in Liverpool, and went to waaaay too many musicals in London. I felt like I…
If you find yourself here, on my travel blog, then you probably know that I love to travel. I’m sure you’re also more than aware of the global pandemic that shut down the travel industry seemingly overnight in March 2020. When that happened and the world trip that I quit my job for was canceled,…
I can’t believe it has been A YEAR since I went to India and I’ve yet to formally write about it on my blog. (I did share some real-time updates while I was there that you can read here and here.) Part of the reason I haven’t written about my trip yet is because of…
Musings With less than a month until election day and with everything that’s happened in the past 4 years, I spend a lot of my current free time hoping that Americans do the right thing on November 3rd. So many lives are at risk if Trump stays in office. Vote early if you can! In…
It took me 28 years to work up to traveling on my own. I chose to visit Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam to kick things off! Solo female travel in Western Europe is a safe and easy option for first timers. I spent a total of 9 days between those 3 cities before heading off to…
Back before COVID shut down the world, I spent 4 nights in Belfast as part of a larger UK/Eurotrip. I thought I would be able to add another country to my tally, but it turns out that Northern Ireland is not technically a separate country from the Republic of Ireland. However, the United Kingdom is…