As a part of our family tradition of going on a trip for our sixteenth birthdays, my family landed in Florence, Italy for Sammi's 16th, which also fell on the day after my high school graduation. I could already tell it was going to be one of my favorite stops on the trip (out of Rome, Venice and … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Florence
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Favorite Travel Memories: Paris
It was my first trip without my family. Christine and I signed up for a trip to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris with EF College Break. I had been to Paris four years or so before, but there's something magical about being there for New Years. The chic Parisians in their winter clothes. The … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Paris
Favorite Travel Memories: Dublin
1. The Brazen Head Pub, 2. Sammi and Lindsay with their empty Guinnesses and mine still half full It took me the whole day in Dublin to recover from my London New Years. An early morning Ryanair flight and an afternoon nap later, Sammi, Lindsay and I went downstairs at our hostel to read. A group … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Dublin
Favorite Travel Memories: Cork
It doesn't take much to make a favorite travel memory in Ireland, but this one had nothing to do with Guinness or pubs (although I've got some of those too). My sister, her roommate, and I were at the mid-trip fork in the road. I had hit London pretty hard in the first half for New Years … [Read more...] about Favorite Travel Memories: Cork
I Left My Heart in Split
How do you sum up your favorite trip you’ve ever taken? I don’t know what made me love Croatia so much. Could it be that I was thrilled to get to be on my own time frame after having everything planned for me in Thailand? Was I looking for something more familiar, like the European trips I had … [Read more...] about I Left My Heart in Split