This weekend I headed down to Florence with Melanie by my side. Last summer was my first time exploring this romantic city with Kurtis. It was so strange being back. Every where I looked there was a memory of what I had done the previous time I was there like getting caught in a rain …
I had a lazy, lazy weekend. I scrambled to put together plans to go to Florence, but found myself reading beneath the olive trees instead. I'm currently reading "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood after both the new TV series and book were suggested to me. I've been trying to fill the hole in my …
My first week in Italy has gone by so quickly! I use my meals to tell the time instead of a watch because I eat so damn much here. Italians seriously know how to eat. I can't even count the different amounts of cheese I've had since I've been here. It's a lot. When I'm …
This is going to be a short post. I know I've been MIA for a bit, but I've been packing, finishing up a bunch of different projects, and spending time with Kurtis. Tomorrow I will wake up bright and early to catch a flight to Pisa. I'm going to au pair for my second summer, …
Since I've returned to England, I haven't really touched on the new city I'm living in--Hull. Kingston Upon Hull or Hull for short is on the East Coast of the U.K. Apparently it was named "The City of Culture" for 2017. I guess this is England's way of taking a not so nice town and …
This is a topic that I've held to my heart that I'd like to share. Originally, this post was going to be about what it likes to work out as a retired collegiate athlete, but it morphed into something else. This post is especially for those people who like to compare their middle or high …
Wow. I had a long and thoughtful about me post written, so some of you could get to know the 'not a girl, not yet a woman' twirling around Chasing Spain. Apparently my draft was sucked into the black hole of the internet, which means it's 9:00 p.m. here, and I'm starting from scratch. If …
(This photo has nothing to do with today's blog post. It just felt soothing) Initially, I was going to wrap up my never-ending posts about the Netherlands, including my trip to Keukenhof and Zaanse Schans. I'm going to deviate from my usual travel post, and babble at you for a few minutes. Since the start …
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