As Sophia and I were getting into some crazy times at work in the wintertime of 2023, we started having an itch to take a trip to Miami. I had raved about how such a good time I had when I solo tripped back in November of 2021, I convinced Sophia to join me on … More Miami is Calling…
I was happy to drop off the rental car at the airport and get back to relying on public transportation and Ubers, the day we got back to Rome. As much independence you can have while driving around, you can still feel stressed with trying to follow the new rules of the road in another … More When In Rome …
Although I had just gotten back from a 2-month trip in Europe, I still had an itch to go back. My best friend, Sophia, had gone on her first solo trip to France in October. I was so proud of her! I always encourage everyone to take a solo trip. It truly is a great … More Life in Toscana
My trip to Lisbon was broken up among my side trips to Porto, El Algarve and Sintra. I figured it would be better to recap all of Lisbon together, rather than along the short trips. So here is the best for last of the summer. I arrived in Lisbon and caught an uber to my … More From Lisboa, with love.
After a month in Spain and a nice two weeks in Italy, I decided to make a visit to Portugal. Originally, I had no idea what I wanted to do in the last leg of my trip, but my cousin had just moved to Portugal and she offered me a stay at her place in … More Portugal Diaries: Porto
So, remember when I went through all the trouble to try to do my WFH program from Italy? Well, I managed to squeeze a week in one of my favorite cities while I worked, Roma. I’ve only been to Rome once before. This was about 5 years ago, when I traveled to Europe for the … More Why Not Take a Crazy Chance?
My friends know that I am a die-hard FC Barcelona fan, so I was hesitant about visiting Madrid. Not a fan of Real Madrid…but I couldn’t let that stop me from visiting all the other great things in this city! One thing that let me know I was in Real Madrid territory was that as … More Madrid Diaries
The main reason why I said “Yes” to this last destination is that one of my favorite movies is P.S. I Love You. I thought to myself, “Maybe I’ll find my Gerry here.” So I decided to place Ireland on our travel list. Honestly, I don’t regret a thing. Our flight arrived at the International … More Dreamland Gan Choinne
On our first full day, Sophia wanted to visit the Louvre and spend our Sunday at the Gardens of Versailles. She booked our Louvre tickets the night before so all was set. We took a bus to the Louvre, went through security and found out that our museum tickets were booked for Sunday! Sophia felt … More Paris Mon Amour Pt 2.
Our first train ride to Florence was easy. We took a direct train to Florence and spent about 3 hours traveling. We got off the train and I had the chance to practice my Italian. We couldn’t find a place to catch a bus or metro to where our hostel was. Sophia figured out that … More Firenze.
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