It’s been a little more than a year since I returned from Cuba, and one of the things that I absolutely miss the most is Cuban music and dancing. I’ve compiled some clips of different music and dance performances I saw while I was there to help me cope, and I do have a few CDs from the trip, but I think the real solution is … Continue reading Travel Video: Cuban Music & Dance
After driving 4500 miles around the American West last August, I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite parts of the drive. We saw some really gorgeous parts of the country during those 10 days, and we’ve compiled a list of some of our very favorite drives–winding roads with gorgeous scenery, inspiring outlooks, and opportunities for viewing wildlife. A few of … Continue reading 12 Scenic Drives in the American West
In August 2015, Ryan and set off on a 4500-mile road trip through some of America’s greatest national parks and the American West’s most beautiful natural areas. We affectionately called it our “Epic American Road Trip”. We traversed nine states and visited six national parks over the ten days of our trip. I wanted to share a brief itinerary of what we saw and did … Continue reading American West Road Trip: 10 Days, 9 States & 6 National Parks
I recently flew out to upstate New York for work, and as I was packing for the trip I was trying to remember if I had any sort of packing list for the things I would take on the plane with me. As I was thinking about this, the idea for this quick post came up, and I thought I’d share it with you so … Continue reading What to Take on a Plane
It’s getting close to the three year anniversary (really? three years!?) of my trip to Europe, and since Edinburgh was my favorite city of the three that we visited, I’ve been reminiscing about it a bit and wanted to share some tips on how to have a fun trip to Edinburgh on a budget! I’m hoping to go back to Edinburgh in a few years … Continue reading 10 Free & Cheap Edinburgh Attractions
I have collected here 100 of my favorite travel quotes! They are organized into ten categories below (wanderlust, adventure, travel companions, etc). Let me be the first to say that I spent way too much time on this project. I made a little quote art for each one, and I also did my best to research the person who said the quote and to verify … Continue reading 100 Epic Travel Quotes
Our Epic American Road trip this summer really helped out my state count! So far I have visited 25 out of 50 states (plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico!). This May I’ll be visiting New York for some training for my new job, and I’m hoping to head to South Carolina this summer to visit a good friend there and possibly attend the Alpha Omega … Continue reading States Visited to Date
This year was a special one for my sisters and me–this is the only year when we are all in college at the same time. We’d wanted to do a spring break trip together, but unfortunately our breaks didn’t match up. So instead we decided to do a winter break trip! We were somewhat low on funds, being broke college kids (Click here for tips … Continue reading Winter in Winnipeg
Solo Travel and especially, Female Solo Travel are some super big buzzwords in the travel industry of late, so I thought I’d put in my two cents. I’ve never gone on a trip completely alone, but I’ve definitely spent time alone while traveling, flown alone to visit people, and in general spent lots of time going it solo while traveling, especially after my Cuba trip. … Continue reading Random Thoughts on Solo Travel
Ernest Hemingway is strongly associated with the city of Havana. He lived, fished, and wrote there for quite some time, and his best novel (in my opinion), The Old Man and the Sea, uses Cuba as a backdrop. He was known as “Papa Hemingway” by Cubans during his time. So if you’re ever in Havana and you want to check out some of his old … Continue reading On the Hemingway Trail in Havana, Cuba