It was hard to get a visual of the city as we drove in from the airport, scrunched on the hard leather seat of the back of a New York taxi, watching the news on…
28 November 2018
Where I’m traveling in January 2019
I hope to fit in some little trips in the states over the holidays, then in January I will be traveling to Ireland for the first time and then returning to Italy, making stops back…
22 November 2018
Daily gratitude practice
This Thanksgiving, I thought I would call to mind the practice of gratitude, and the ways I have tried to incorporate gratitude into my life. I truly believe gratitude is one of the keys to…
18 November 2018
Post-graduation life update
So I realized that I haven’t published one of these in a while, and I think they’re interesting especially to look back on. It really makes me believe the whole idea of ‘living into the…
13 November 2018
New York travel guide
Published November 2018. New York was seriously everything and more, better than I ever imagined. As I said in one of my Instagram captions, it is such a beautiful place with so many different people,…
25 October 2018
How to make the best trip itinerary
As I’ve been planning for my upcoming trip to New York, I thought it might be helpful to document my process for anyone looking to be better trip planners. I don’t like to make a…
14 October 2018
Paris travel guide
See also, where to eat in Paris. Aside from just aimlessly wandering around and awing at everything, this is what I did in Paris that I found worthwhile! Paris is an amazing city in that…
3 October 2018
Fall in Saint Paul guide
As the air changes and a slight chill replaces the heat of summer, I always exhale a sigh of relief because it means the arrival of my favorite seasons. It’s hard not to love autumn…
11 September 2018
Heartbeats of Florence
I often try to make my daydreams as real as possible, if I feel a particular place or feeling slipping out of my memory. I try so hard to return to a moment, and it…
11 September 2018
Stomach flu in Switzerland
Arriving to Interlaken, Switzerland in the early, early morning, I didn’t get the chance to fully appreciate its beauty, but instead focused on getting myself settled in the bunkbed of my four-person hostel room. It…
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