Lisbon, It’s a pleasure waking up with you. Sitting up straight in my hostel bunk and rubbing the sleep from my eyes. A breeze floats through the window, the clicking sound of women walking to work in heels echoes throughout the dorm. Breakfast here equates to dark shots of espresso and pastries. I hunt down […]
Lessons From a Two Year Old
Walking out of the airport terminal in Barcelona my stomach was in knots. I was about to meet the family I would be staying with for the next five weeks and I had about a million thoughts running through my mind, the first being, oh god I hope they aren’t serial killers. I was scanning […]
The Not So Glamorous Life of A Solo Female Traveler
Flashback to June. I was sitting in the international departure terminal in SeaTac airport, passport clutched in hand and my heart beating a bit faster than normal. I was about to embark on my first solo adventure abroad, hitting four countries in Europe and living with a host family for part of the time. Scenes […]
Paris By Foot
I got to Paris without a single idea of what there was to do. The only reason I even found myself in the city was because I had scored a $20 bus ticket from London and because, hello, it’s Paris. An aura of romance surrounds the city. Visions of fresh croissants, bottles of wine and […]
Taking it Easy in London
After my first couple days in London I felt like I needed a breather. In the 36 hours I had been there I had seen Buckingham Palace, walked over the London Bridge more times than I could count, visited Westminster Abbey, saw the Big Ben under construction, wandered through Regent’s Park, went on a pub […]
Snapshot of 20
I woke up this morning to an alarm that came too early. With heavy eyes I pulled my hair back and splashed my face with cold water, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Reaching for the coffee in the morning had by now become an old habit. While the machine whirred behind me I peered […]
Lessons From LA
Wow. I can hardly believe it’s been a year since I lived in California. It’s almost like Seattle and LA are on two ends of a scale. While the cool, rainy tree ridden Seattle will always have my heart, I gotta admit living in California was a whirlwind. You got Los Angeles, Hollywood, museums, show […]
I Dropped Out of College and Bought a Plane Ticket to Hawaii
After dramatically deciding to leave school in early 2016, packing up my car and deciding to move back up the coast, I found myself in the middle of a quarter life crisis. I had always defined myself as being a student. I marked the beginning of a new year in September, browsed course catalogs for […]
Doing the Damn Thing
I remember turning in my withdrawal paperwork like it was yesterday. While everyone else at my school was gearing up for the new semester I was packing up my dorm room to go back home. I had just flown in the night before and had no idea that this was how I would be spending […]
Four Days in DC
After zoning out so bad in the terminal that I almost missed my flight, managing to hop on a plane after only a 30 minute layover, and fighting off taxi drivers after struggling to drag my overstuffed duffle out through the airport doors, I had finally made it. I was in the land of freedom, […]