Need some photos to inspire you to visit Vietnam? I’ve got 22 right here, finally edited to my liking almost a year after my trip last February! (Yes I’m horrible at editing things quickly. I just got the hang of Lightroom). Before I left, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. While many of the popular…
Okay, full disclosure I didn’t actually hike Seoraksan (or Mt. Seorak) in Gangwondo. I was on a field trip with my education office, and we naturally took the cable car up to the top instead. Facebook memories reminded me about our trip, and I realized I hadn’t written anything about it! To be honest, the trip is…
One of the places I’ve been wanting to visit for a while now is the Rittenhouse. While the hotel itself has been around for a little over a quarter of a century, its roots go all the way back to the early 1900s. Named after the square it overlooks, the Rittenhouse has undergone numerous transformations…
One of the things I’d love to do next spring is embark on a multi-state, extended southern USA road trip. If there are two areas of my home country that seem the most foreign to me, it’s the south and the midwest. With half of my friends now scattered in North Carolina and Georgia, it…
One aspect of Korean culture that absolutely charmed me was the way it celebrates its European influences. There’s something undeniably cute about their approach to things like Paris or the “Little Prince.” In my two years, I thoroughly enjoyed spending weekends exploring mural villages or checking out small areas dedicated to French towns. I decided to spend…
Quite a while ago I cobbled together a fun guide on the best travel gifts for her. These were mostly things I wanted or bought for myself, and boy, has a LOT of that changed since then! I thought I’d do a proper update on some of the best gifts for female travelers to help…