Edinburgh
Edinburgh is one of my top 5 favorite cities in the world! This is definitely in part due to being one of the most haunted cities in...
Reverse Culture Shock
I remember going away to college for the first time and not visiting home again for a few months. It was the longest I’d lived away, and...
Europa Park, Dachau, & Strasbourg
By the end of the trip, we had hit the major sites we wanted to see in Germany, so we spent the last two days out in Eileen’s corner of...
Oktoberfest in Munich
The real Oktoberfest! It was such a major bucket list item that I was so excited to finally get to experience in person. I wasn't sure...
Rothenburg ob der Tauber & Neuschwanstein Castle
It took a bit of planning to figure out how to fit everything I wanted to see in such a short space of time. The most trouble I had was...
Berlin
Germany has been on my to-visit list for ages, so when I saw that American Airlines was offering super cheap deals from Cleveland over...
Wellington
Kia ora! (That’s a Maori greeting you will hear often in NZ, although not as often as "sweet as, bro".) Where do I even start with...
Carolinas Road Trip
Back in 2012, I flew down to North Carolina to meet my good friend and pro party buddy Lauren. We’d been inseparable in Northern Ireland,...
Fiji Part II: Viti Levu
While I definitely enjoyed the pretty islands through the Yasawas, it was the bus tour through Viti Levu that I was really looking...
Fiji Part I: The Yasawas
I was psyched planning a trip to Fiji. Just saying that you're traveling to Fiji sounds exotic. Plus I didn’t expect to be in that area...