June 14, 2010 For the past week, I have been visiting family on the East Coast in New Jersey and Philadelphia. It was a blast to see everyone and spend time with them before my big move to Australia.. On Sunday, I headed to Brussels (Background: one of my best…
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Italy
July 23-26, 2007 – Rome We are finishing our 3rd day in Rome, and so far, it is VERY HOT! We arrived on Monday morning. We couldn’t sleep on the plane because the PA system kept dinging at us nonstop, throughout the flight (Like those Southwest commercials – *DING!*). So having…
Lost in Iceland
July 11 & 12, 2009 We left Friday on a red-eye to Boston and got there at 8am, Saturday. We went to breakfast, then checked in and walked the Freedom Trail. Apparently the ‘tall ships’ were in town, which is the first time they´ve been to Boston since 1976… So, we…
Travel as Therapy
However mean your life is, meet it and live it. – Henry David Thoreau How Travel can be Healing & Why Iceland Worked for Me In 2008, my world turned upside down. Within a matter of months, I got dumped from a boyfriend of 5 years, my sister died, my…
Le Meurice
After discovering that a family friend would be in Paris, I was invited to be his guest at a wedding on the Seine with a rehearsal dinner at a Michelin 3-Star Restaurant. What a treat! For the rehearsal, I wore a killer dress (more on that here) and was excited for the…
Voluntourism: My experience in Cambodia
Voluntourism is “the conscious, seamlessly integrated combination of voluntary service to a destination and the best, traditional elements of travel — arts, culture, geography, history and recreation — in that destination.” Source: http://www.voluntourism.org In 2011, I guest-lectured at the University of Queensland for an undergraduate Tourism class on my experience with…
The Journey Begins…
I’ve decided to start a travel blog…I’ve decided to start a travel blog because I want a collective place to organize my experiences and photos. More and more, I’m finding that others are enamored with my adventures, so I want one place to share all of my thoughts and passions. I’m not…