Daniel and I fondly refer to our early 2016 European backpacking trip as “Big Europe”. It was, indeed, a big trip! I’ve written travel guides and summaries of our time in each of the stops along our backpacking trip, and I thought it would be helpful to compile all of the guides onto one page… continue reading
Scenes From the Week, Volume 127: Copenhagen Edition
Welcome to my Scenes From the Week series! In these posts, I share the highlights from my previous week ranging from the simple, everyday things to the more memorable events. One of the primary reasons that I blog is to keep a scrapbook that I can look back on in the future, and these posts… continue reading
Travel With Me // 5 Things to Do in Geneva
After spending a couple of days in Lucerne, we headed back to the western part of Switzerland to spend one full day and a couple of nights in Geneva, our last stop on our tour of Switzerland! Our time in Geneva was short, but we really enjoyed it and learned a lot while we were… continue reading
Travel With Me // Lucerne in Two Days
I’ve struggled to get this post on Lucerne together for a variety of reasons. The main reason is one I’ve mentioned before and which is consistently the culprit behind my blogging breaks – busy season is in full swing at work. However, I can’t fully blame my lack of inspiration to blog on busy season since I’m on… continue reading
Guest Post: Men’s Guide to Packing for a Winter European Backpacking Trip
Today my husband Daniel is sharing his first ever guest post on the blog! In this post, he shares his perspective on backpack packing tips and his packing list from our European adventure. I shared my personal packing list from this trip a couple of months ago, but this post offers a lot more packing strategy tips,… continue reading
Three Months in Europe: Keeping the Budget
Earlier this year, my husband and I did something crazy: we packed one backpack each, hit pause on our normal lives in Austin, and took off for a (nearly) three month adventure in Western Europe. If you’ve been reading along on my blog before, you’ve heard me talk about this countless times since I am in the… continue reading
Three Months in Europe: Packing the Backpack
Earlier this year, my husband and I did something crazy: we packed one backpack each, hit pause on our normal lives in Austin, and took off for a (nearly) three month adventure in Western Europe. If you’ve been reading along on my blog before, you’ve heard me talk about this countless times since I am in the… continue reading
Travel With Me // A Day in Oxford
For our day trip to Oxford, we traveled in by train from Bristol just as we did for our day trip to Bath the day before. The train journey to Oxford was much longer than to Bath (about an hour and a half), but it was still very convenient and worth the savings in hotel prices…. continue reading
Hello Friends! + A Big Announcement
Hello Friends! It has been entirely too long since I’ve posted in this space. All I can say is my job caught up to me again with long hours, and we have been doing quite a bit of traveling. I believe that since I last posted, I went to Chicago for a work training, DC… continue reading
Travel With Me // London – Planning & Other Recommendations
Today, I bring you the third and final post in my series on our trip to London this past May! This post will be much shorter than the other two. I just wanted to have a place where I could share how we planned our trip and any tips and tricks that we picked up on along the way. I won’t get into the details of our trip in this post, but if you are interested in seeing detailed information about what we did in London,… continue reading