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Jul 123 min read

"Where there is kindness there is goodness. Where there is goodness there is magic." Love in Disneyland Paris

I could do a post about the cultural differences between Disney World and Disneyland Paris, but instead I have a story to share that made...

Jul 52 min read

Love

Love on the Celiac River Cruise 2021

I came into this experience genuinely so afraid. Afraid of how it would go with my sister, afraid of how I would handle it, afraid if I...

Jun 281 min read

Love

"Living the French Dream" in Nice

Getting to visit Nice I got to have a sense of pride with my French speaking skills. I haven't taken french in about 9 years since I sat...

"When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad"

Jun 212 min read

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"When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad"

When I was growing up, my favorite place in the world was my grandmother and grandfather's house, aka Mama and Papa. It was the only...

Jun 142 min read

Love

"If someone is gracious enough to give me a second chance, they won't need to give me a third" Love in Vienna

A few years ago, my sister and I went on one of the Celiac Cruises along the Danube River and one of the port stops was Vienna. We were...

"Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable"

Jun 72 min read

Love

"Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable"

Throughout my entire life, I have always had a fire in my belly. I have always felt deeply and been filled with passion. This has been...

"Opening yourself up to someone takes a lot of courage and trust"

May 311 min read

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"Opening yourself up to someone takes a lot of courage and trust"

In Barcelona, especially on the GLUTEN FREE FOOD TOUR, I learned the value of opening up. The other two ladies on the tour, who were...

"Just seeing Madrid coming into view, I was so ready to explore and meet new people"

May 242 min read

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"Just seeing Madrid coming into view, I was so ready to explore and meet new people"

I had the most amazing experience with making friends in Madrid. On the first tour I went on, I ran into two fellow solo travelers and...

May 172 min read

Love

"Picture it...Sicily..." 2024...

In Palermo, Sicily I got to do this really cool mafia tour which broke down the relationships between the reality of a community in...

May 103 min read

Love

Making Lemonade out of Lemons in Lisbon

I started a new tradition with this trip. I was going to focus on the positive. Call it genetics, call it the world I was raised in, call...

"When I'm in NY, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I'm in a movie"

May 31 min read

Love

"When I'm in NY, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I'm in a movie"

I was born and raised in New York. Although I love the city and the people, I never felt comfortable and at home there. The more I...

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a ticket to Nashville"

Apr 262 min read

Love

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a ticket to Nashville"

With this trip, I had started a new tradition where every new year, I would pick out a week long trip and a weekend trip out of a bowl...

"This is Los Angeles, there's always an alternative route"

Apr 192 min read

Love

"This is Los Angeles, there's always an alternative route"

As a kid, I thought I was going to perform on Broadway. It was a dream that even as a little kid I knew would always remain a dream. When...

"I am happy (in) Leeds and want to stay"

Apr 121 min read

Love

"I am happy (in) Leeds and want to stay"

When going to Leeds, there was a lot of chaos happening with my travels. I was so used to being on the go, needing to be on tours...

"For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own..."

Apr 51 min read

Love

"For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own..."

As I've said in the past, there's a level of comfort that comes from being in London that it feels like home. This feeling only becomes...

"Florence, seeing you are so great that over sea and land you flap your wings"

Mar 291 min read

Love

"Florence, seeing you are so great that over sea and land you flap your wings"

This trip was the perfect balance in being able to visit my sister but also having time to myself. I'm an introvert and definitely...

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”

Mar 222 min read

Love

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”

As most people know, I tend to travel alone. This freaks a lot of people out that I, a single, tiny, female, would travel alone. So, for...

"In London, everyone is different, and that means everyone can fit in"

Mar 151 min read

Love

"In London, everyone is different, and that means everyone can fit in"

The first time I went to London, I was in college doing a mini study abroad program. With having celiac I thought my dreams of traveling...

"Road trips are like doing something without doing anything"

Mar 82 min read

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"Road trips are like doing something without doing anything"

This is more of a thing in the United States than it seems to be in Europe: the concept of road trips. My normal road trip is about 12...

Mar 14 min read

Love

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"

This is pretty much going to be a combination of what I learned in Berlin and Munich in relation to hearing so much about the worst parts...