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…
It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of these because it feels like nothing’s happened due to COVID restrictions. Yet, life always goes on and a lot has happened (I could go on a rant but I won’t). I’ll just say wear a mask and vote Trump out of office 🙂 Laughs Laughter truly is…
When I quit my job to travel at the end of 2019, I fit in 3 big trips before the pandemic hit hard–3 weeks in India, a month-long Eurotrip, and just over 2 weeks in Costa Rica. I stayed in hostels every single day on those trips except for a 4-day stint in London where…
Throughout the recent Black Lives Matter movement, there have been A LOT of resources shared in hopes of educating white people about the history and struggles of Black people. As a reader, I’ve been especially interested in the BIPOC book recommendations that have gone around because I’m always on the hunt for new books to read,…