Welcome back to the plastic free-ish challenge. Last month I gave up plastic water bottles. Eeek this might have been the hardest change for me. I have focused the post on using a reusable water bottle specifically for travel. It’s not a challenge to not use plastic water bottles at home – I’m assuming you have cups. I burn through…
UPDATED FEB 2020. Welcome to my first New Zealand blog post. I’ve visited a few times for family trips but this is my first time writing about it. Today we are taking a visit to Rotorua. During our North Island road trip, my dad and I did local things at the other stops on the trip and hit the touristy…
UPDATED FEB 2020. Would you visit a concentration camp when you visit Europe? I have visited Auschwitz, Dachau, and Mauthausen and, while I wouldn’t say it’s a fun day of travel, I think they are worth visiting. It’s not an exciting thrill, you won’t get any great Instagram shots, and, to be honest, it might just be a sad experience…
UPDATED FEB 2020. If you are here for some real talk on solo traveling, then you’ve come to the right place. Today I’m talking about developing a solo travel mindset. I’ll be sharing 5 things you need to get over before you start taking solo trips. These things are my thoughts about some of the common traps people get into…
Here we are again with another update on the plastic free-ish challenge for 2019. Today I’m sharing a reusable bags review. By now, we kind of all know that plastic bags are bad for the environment and most of us probably also have a couple of reusable bags of our own. I was in that boat as well but I…
It’s time to celebrate because SUMMER IS COMING! I, as a big time hater of all things winter, couldn’t be more excited! I’m so ready to walk away from the depressing gloom of winter and welcome in the sunshine, blue skies, long days, and overall the warm, uplifting, positive energy that summer brings. To help you get ready for the…
UPDATED MAR 2020. As I said in my Aruba posts, I wasn’t traveling for a blog trip and had zero intention of writing about this. I was actually on a break from work, but I just loved so much of the food in Columbus that I wanted to share (and possibly just re-live all these delicious meals because my at-home…
UPDATED FEB 2020. Aruba isn’t just a destination for cutesy couples on their honeymoons. If you’re a solo traveler you can visit and have an extraordinary travel experience too. I certainly did. As you know, I didn’t go on a blog trip, but I wanted to share as much of the tips and advice as I could because well, hey,…
UPDATED FEB 2020. When I was researching things to do, it seemed that Jeep tours in Aruba were quite popular. Though, as I was researching I found a few blogs that said they were a big waste of money. I decided to do one anyway to find out for myself. Are they a tourist trap or a memorable travel experience?…
UPDATED FEB 2020. Recently I had been going through a bit of a rough patch. I pushed through as far as I could, but things just kept piling up. Eventually, the stress caught up to me and I knew I needed to take a break. The destination was Aruba and the schedule was a whole lot of nothing. I was…