I remember the first time I travelled outside the US. I had just graduated with a fashion design degree and wanted to attend a summer program at a fashion school in Florence, Italy. The weekends would be spent travelling up and down the country in exploration. In Rome, my camera was stolen from my backpack…
In April 2024, I went on an 8-day tour of Egypt with Holiday in Egypt on Tour Radar. It didn’t include flights but seemed like a great deal for what was included. Turns out tipping was required and extra, and the site fees were also not included. Then other necessary upgrades came up, like whether…
*updated from May 2018 More often than not, London has poor weather. Even when the weather is bad you want to have a life and get out to explore. It can be rather uncomfortable so I made a list of things to do if you happen to visit London during horrible weather or you plan…
If you didn’t get it from the last two travel blog posts, I’m moving to Portugal! Not only am I moving away from the 2nd largest city in Europe, but I’m also moving to the countryside, which means saying goodbye to all the comforts of living in a big city. I feel like I’m ready…
So now we move onto the second half of my road trip across Portugal. Although I loved northern Portugal, I hear it rains a lot, and I’m not really a fan of rain. I knew this already but needed to see for myself what it was all about in the north. I conducted a ton…
I went on a three-week road trip across the west coast of Portugal. This was a scouting trip to see where I might want to buy a property for a retreat center. Portugal isn’t that big, but I feel like I just barely scratched the surface. It’s a lovely country, with beauty everywhere you turn,…