The musings of an amusing traveling blonde
I think most people would agree that 2017 was kind of a weird year, but hey- at least it turned out to be a pretty good travel year for me. I must admit the first half of the year felt kind of like repeatedly stubbing your toe into a coffee table, but the second half…
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*For privacy reasons some of the details in this post have been adjusted- which I’m happy to do- but I must start with a disclaimer that my new acquaintance chose the name Bob himself. I would never do that to someone (apologies to all the Bobs out there.) If it were up to me, I…
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After Bali, the boys and I spent two nights on the Gili Islands, an archipelago of three small, largely unknown islands off the coast of Lombok. I promise those are all real names of places, yet I myself still don’t know if it was reality or an elaborate two day dream. We spent our first…
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I have a vision. An idea of how things are supposed to go, of how they’re suppose to look. Almost everything is planned, and well thought out. My trips may look effortless, but I’ll be the first to admit they’re not. This trip itself is a culmination of hours on a computer searching for flights…
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As previously mentioned, Singapore was one of my favorite cities. It’s beautiful and luxurious, clean and organized, and arguably one of the most urbanized cities in the world. Their metro is great, the food even better, and as a bonus, potted flowers line their roads. And, it’s not far from Bali and tons of gorgeous…
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A year ago today I was about to begin the biggest adventure of my life- the Camino de Santiago, which, over the course of three weeks, showed me what I’m made of, gifted me some of my dearest friends, and paved the way for an incredible year. So it’s only fitting that on this Camino…
Read MoreIceland has been conquered and it’s time to go home to rest and reset before the next big adventure. In these past ten days my father, brother and I made a full circle around the entire country (which sounds a little less impressive when you realize that Iceland is the size of the state of…
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The biggest, and arguably only, setback here in Iceland is the cost of food. The other night I had a simple chicken breast for dinner at a no-frills restaurant in a small town. It was almost $40. Truth is, if I were here on my own, I would probably have sleep for dinner. Even pizza,…
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