New birthday trip - this time for my best friend. We traveled to London for a four-day girls trip complete with potions, photos, tons of tea and all of the nerdy things. Our four-day stay would be at an Airbnb in the western part of London - Clapham South and the planned mode of transit... Continue Reading →
No time for jet lag and there will be drinking Birthday time again - this time I planned a trip to Ireland with my two travel buddies. I like to travel at a faster rate than I earn PTO at work so this would be a quick trip with weekend travel. Additionally, my two friends... Continue Reading →
Last September, I booked a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland for my birthday. My main goal was to see the Northern Lights and I felt long overdue for a trip. So, I found a relatively inexpensive flight/hotel deal through Travelocity and began planning the journey. The trip ended up being 4 full days in Reykjavik with... Continue Reading →
”It isn’t how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it’s how you spend the time.” - David Brenner Venice is one of the easiest European cities to wander that I’ve been, even being a town built on water with various canals to get anywhere. Similar to Barcelona, the street names are posted... Continue Reading →
“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” - Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild... Continue Reading →
In 2015, I embarked on a ”bonding experiment” with one of my aunts - we both like to travel so why not take a trip together. Destination of choice: Italy - Rome, Florence and Venice to be exact. An 8-day Journey by rail allowing approx. 1 and a half days of exploration in each location.... Continue Reading →
"Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else." -Lawrence Block I travelled to Reykjavik for my birthday last Fall. My goal for this adventure was to see the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). However, I was not completely knowledgeable of all the factors... Continue Reading →
A Memory and a Conversation 