There isn’t more food focused city in Wisconsin than Madison. From the massive weekly farmer’s market to an incredible assortment of locally owned restaurants, Madison is a foodie’s paradise! This is the city that taught me how to be a foodie. I summarize all my favorite restaurants in this quintessential Madison restaurant guide.
How to Spend 1 Perfect Day in Ghent, Belgium | Ghent is a combination of storybook streets and romantic canals, a hidden gem that is only half an hour away from Brussels by train. I am convinced Ghent is the most underrated city in Belgium! With 24 hours in Ghent, you will see (and taste!) the best that this Flemmish city has to offer.
Are you an American traveler with limited vacation time? Don’t worry, a one week vacation in Guatemala is a great way to get a taste for the country. You can easily see Guatemala’s Big Three —Antigua, Lago de Atitlán and Tikal— in 7 days. Guatemala is an easy flight from the United States and Canada, and this 7 day itinerary will help you plan the perfect one week vacation in Guatemala!
The small town of Modena was the entire inspiration for our trip to Emilia Romagna after watching Massimo Bottura’s episode of Chef’s Table on Netflix. We spent a long weekend eating our way across several cities in northern Italy. This helpful 5 day itinerary sums up some of our favorite culinary experiences in Italy! This is the perfect food lover’s long-weekend itinerary in Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Do you have any 2020 environmental goals? 2019 was a year defined by travel for me. Through my job and for fun, I traveled 23,000 miles by aircraft and 25,000 miles by cruise ship, which means I single handedly melted 3,326 square feet of ice in 2019. I am not ok with that, which is why I decided to carbon offset my travels and make more sustainable travel choices in 2020.
I am an avid thrift and vintage clothing shopper, because everything that I wear is secondhand. Thankfully, Chicago has an abundant source of secondhand clothing. Chicago’s vintage clothing scene is competitive, but the city’s selection is impeccable. This is a guide to the best vintage clothing stores and thrift clothing stores in Chicago, Illinois from local sustainable fashion blogger.
Prior to starting my Semester at Sea voyage, I was searching all over the Internet for any and every piece of information I could find about how to prepare for the voyage. Most of YouTube videos or blog posts that I found didn’t have super useful tips about how to really prepare for the experience which inspired me to write this blog post! I completed my first Semester at Sea voyage as a student in Fall 2010 and recently sailed again as a staff member on the Spring 2019 voyage. I want to share what I’ve learned about Semester at Sea to empower future voyagers to come onto the ship as prepared as possible!
Humble Beginnings of My “Mom, I’m Not Dead” Travel Blog After I returned from the volunteer project, I largely stopped writing on that blog until my next big travel adventure in 2010 when I enrolled in Semester at Sea, a 4 month, 12 country voyage around the world. Once again, I started writing a summary of my days and experience…