

Portugal
Eight day Portugal itinerary including Lisbon, Sintra, Obidos, Porto, Coimbra, and the Duoro Valley in November.


Switzerland
Let me tell you about one of my best friends! Jackie and I met our sophomore year of high school at Walsh Jesuit, and it was a friendship...


Florence
My friend Leah and I spent four nights in Florence as part of a spring break trip while studying abroad. Her friend from home was doing...


Stockholm
I didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Stockholm. My friend Leah and I were there for three days in 2010 as a stop on a two week long...


Naples & Pompeii
I had heard mixed reviews about Naples. Well, mostly negative. The positive ones all seemed to be along the lines of how it was "real". I...


Rivisondoli
If you want to see the real Italy in the form of a beautiful, charming, traditional village in the hills, you need to go to Rivisondoli...


Rome
Rome is easily the most mind-blowing city I have been to so far when it comes to man-made structures. It's hard to imagine a place so...


Vatican City at Easter
My first few days in Rome exploring the Vatican and attending Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square I got it into my head a few months ago to...


France
I'm going to jump back to June of 2007, probably the earliest trip that I'll write about. I was 18, had just graduated high school three...


Brussels & Bruges
Brussels was not somewhere I was ever particularly interested in, but when Ryanair is selling flights for 10 pounds to Copenhagen and 6...