14 Reminders that You Are Loved
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and you may or may not be feeling the love in the air. If you are on the latter side, I want you to remember that no matter what your life might be looking like right now, you are loved. I’m not about to get preachy up…
A New Way To Look at Setting Goals For The New Year
And there we have it, a new year is upon us and with it a feeling of wanting to take on the world and conquer all those things we’ve been putting off. The new year ambition of wanting to do it all always gets me this time of year. I’ll write down a long list…
25 Interesting Facts You Might Not Know About Me
To celebrate my 25th birthday and so you can get to know me a little better, here is a list of 25 facts about me. Do we have anything in common? 1. I was born and raised in Louisiana. I was born in Shreveport at Barksdale Air-force base (my dad’s an air traffic controller). I…
92 Things to do for Fall + Free Checklists
Fall is here! This is absolutely my favorite time of the year, and not just because it’s my birthday. People just seem happier. The weather is nicer. And Christmas and Thanksgiving are hands down my favorite holidays. Between quarantine and growing older though, the holidays just haven’t felt quite right the past few years, and…
How to Spend One Day in Madrid, Spain
Madrid is the capital city of Spain, and the first place I’ve ever traveled solo! I flew into the city a day before my study abroad group (had to snag that cheaper flight), and was able to spend one day in Madrid exploring the city on my own. I really did not have any plans…
What you SHOULDN’T do Hiking the Sierra Nevada Mountains
The Sierra Nevada mountains are the highest mountain range in Spain and are in the southern part of the country. The easiest city to reach the mountains is from Granada (where I studied abroad!) and is a great day trip. One of the first things my roommate wanted to do was hike through the mountains.…
Must See: The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
The Alhambra is an important part of the history of Granada, Spain and is a must-see when visiting Andalucía, or Southern Spain. It was originally a military fort and then converted into a palace for royals during the Nasrid Dynasty. This is also where King Ferdinand and Isabella gave Christopher Columbus commission to find a…
Visiting Ireland and London for the First Time
One of the first travel goals I made was to travel to Ireland before I turned 21 – and I finally accomplished that goal in 2017! I have always been somewhat obsessed with Ireland – being a ginger and all. Originally I was supposed to spend a whole month studying abroad through my university. But…
Paradise in the Desert: A Guide to Dubai
Oh Dubai.. My dad and stepmom took a leap of faith and moved abroad to Dubai back in 2014. So I have had the opportunity to visit every summer and make the grueling 16 hour flight to the UAE. Dubai is a stunning city and does a fantastic job of letting you forget you’re in the desert, the only…
Spending Two Weeks in California with a Local
The summer of 2016 was my first time being on the west coast. Whenever my roomate Harley asked if I wanted to road trip back with her to Los Angeles I obviously had to jump on the opportunity. Spending two weeks in California was a blast, especially since my guide was one of my best…
That One Time I Road Tripped from Louisiana to Los Angeles
I lovee road trips. One of the best ways to see America is going on a good road trip – and the longer the better. Back in 2016, right after my first year of college, my room-mate and I took her jeep from southern Louisiana to her hometown of Redlands, California (right outside of Los…
That One Week I Slept in a Jeep
Freshman year of college was full of so many great memories – mainly due to the fact that I met an amazing group of friends who were down to do crazy things. One of those friends being my roommate, Harley. I was honestly like slightly dreading the fact of sharing a small space with a…
Story Time: How to Handle when Trips turn BAD
Bittersweet. That’s the taste I got from my first trip. Yeah it was awesome and fun, buuut as I’m sure anyone who’s gone on a long trip knows – shit doesn’t always go as planned. Our bad luck started out before even leaving the country. We had to drive about 5 hours to the airport…
My First Taste as a World Traveler
Let’s start at the beginning… The first time I got a taste of the travel bug was back in 2012, when I got a letter in the mail from People to People inviting me on a four week trip to France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. Obviously, I begged my parents to go. Their one request?…
