Everyone has one friend that looks perfect in every single one of their travel photos. From their perfect makeup and hair to their adorable outfit, they are always instragram-ready. Achieving that effortlessly cute look requires a lot more planning than I imagined. Now, as a self-described basic white girl, I …
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. A traveler’s backpack is often one of their most prized possessions, and with good reason because a lot of work goes into picking out your backpack and making sure its just right for the kind of travel you are doing. This …
Ever since I started learning Spanish at 7 years old, I have wanted to visit Spain. Specifically I wanted to see Madrid and Barcelona as those are the two cities you always learn about in class. I visited Madrid back in 2013 and absolutely loved everything about the city, but …
Every traveler has the one tool that they couldn’t plan trips without. For some, its an excel spreadsheet for their itinerary planning and for others its a trusty notebook, but for me it’s my Pinterest boards. From long term destination ideas to country-specific advice to packing lists, Pinterest has everything I …
Before, during, and after my recent trip, as I listed the stops I had planned, people always stopped me at Geneva and asked why it was on the list. Well, as a proud Model United Nations nerd who spent four years of undergrad traveling the US and pretending to be …
The first stop on my epic 2 week backpacking trip through Europe was a city that is becoming quite familiar to me: London, England. This is the third time I have been to London in 4 years, the first being with my college marching band for the Olympics in 2012 …
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Hi, my name is Debbie and I am an over-packer. If there were such a group as over-packers anonymous, I would definitely need to attend meetings, but alas there is not and I am forced to confront my overpacking problems on …
Greetings all! Tomorrow I will be setting off with a friend on a two week trek to London, Amsterdam, Geneva, Barcelona and Paris as part of my Easter break from school and I am ecstatic about it! Now planning this trip was no simple task since we did everything from …
This post is is a peak into what my daily life entails and what I usually do as a Grad Student here in the UK. I want you guys, my readers, to get to know me and my life a little better and I figured telling you about what I …
Every traveler has that list of items they either won’t leave home without or that they are waiting with baited breath until they can buy them said items. Whether its something that gives you the comfort of home, a method of entertainment on a long trip, or just comes in …
Note: This post contains affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Before my big move to Manchester from Florida back in September, I decided to invest in a good set of lightweight luggage. I decided that I preferred to take a lot of clothing and even bedding with me rather …
I grew in the Southern USA where shopping is a pleasure because you go to Publix for all your needs and wants. Forsaking Publix with its weekly BOGOs, amazing Sub counter, and fresh-baked cookies in favor of discovering the world and living abroad still leaves me with cravings on a …
One of the questions people ask me when I mention my travels is “How did you afford all that?”. I have visited 20 countries and counting, did 3 study abroad programs in undergrad AND spent an entire year living in England for my master’s degree. Now, I definitely have debt …
At the start of each year, it is customary to set goals for the coming months. This year, I have decided to make a more concerted effort to blog regularly about anything and everything that is going on in the world in general as well as in my life. Last …
When I tell people where I am going to school next year many of them look at me with a confused expression and promptly ask me “why would you choose to go abroad” or “Doesn’t the US have great schools though?” and while these are understandable questions, my answers are …
