My time in Italy has gone by like a whirlwind. Not that it's over--I still have a couple of weeks left! I can't complain though. The girls I'm with, and family is fantastic. We spend most of our time eating, playing games, swimming, Netflixing, or just saying "What do you want to do? I don't …
We woke up Sunday morning for our 10:00 a.m. check out. While we were packing up, I noticed that my phone wasn't charging anymore. Neither was Melanie's. We tried flicking the light switch on before we realized that they shut the power off in our room. That's one way to get people to check out! …
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 …
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 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 …
Here is the promised other part of my trip to the Netherlands. As I said before, the week was pretty busy and we spent most of the time exploring around the city. I also had to teach and write during the day, so that limited some of our time as well. Despite this race against …
Since I have been in Amsterdam since Monday, it is only fitting that I write about it right before I leave...as I'm in the airport...... and post it days later. I squeezed a lot of different activities into the past five days, so I most likely will come back to this trip, and do a separate …
After an incredible hike in the Swiss Alps, we headed back to Zürich. The weather continued to grace us with sun and not the planned rain. We grabbed some gelato and headed through the old city and made our way around Lake Zurich. The waterside was full of people sunbathing, listening to music, and enjoying drinks. …
These past couple weeks of ' traveling vacation' (but not really because I still work everyday) have been super busy. Every time I blink, I'm trying something new in a place I've never been before. Last week, I left Spain and headed to Switzerland to see one of my very good friends and old roommate/teammate …
Chasing Spain 