Travel

Ok, serious suspense-inducing life update for you guys. I know I’ve been teasing it a bit dramatically over on Instagram but I wanted to take the time to write a blog post to explain…

This summer I had the pleasure of visiting the incredible seaside country of Portugal and I’m still gushing about the lovely gems I explored during my trip. Portugal is packed with chic cafes, cobblestone streets…

As travelers, we don’t always anticipate that things will go wrong on our trips — and often they don’t. But what happens when disaster strikes unexpectedly? It can be a very dangerous position to…

When my friend Betty first invited me to join her on a trip to Norway’s arctic circle in December, I was a little hesitant. Ok, make that a lot hesitant. I consider myself to…

Have you ever stayed in an A-Frame cabin overlooking the Finnish seaside? Or slept under the stars in a geodesic dome in Chile? Maybe a tranquil treehouse in Nashville is more your speed? Either…

One of the questions I get asked constantly is how I travel so much and how people can live this lifestyle. And to that, there’s a simple answer and a not so simple answer.…

It’s no secret that Instagram is like an assembly line of travel inspiration. In fact, sometimes it can feel a bit too overwhelming seeing a constant stream of new places I’ve never laid eyes…

Ah, the yearly recap post. I personally love reading recap posts on other people’s blogs because I find it both fun and inspiring to reflect with people on their past year, where they went,…

In light of all of the recent Instagram conversations swirling about travel bloggers and online course scams, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Brace yourselves, because this is a long one. I have…

I’ll be honest — I had a lot of questions before my trip to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Questions like, what should I pack? How do I even get there? Will I get…

Morocco is one of those places that I think I’ll revisit for the rest of my life. It’s not because it was easy to get to or because I had the best trip of…

After spending two weeks living like a local in Buenos Aires, I was itching to get out into nature and pull a 180 from my daily schedule of coffee shops, taxi cabs and busy…

If you’ve been following along on my Instagram over the last six months, chances are you’ve seen me posting a thing or two about a little something called Unsettled. But what exactly is Unsettled…

Colonia del Sacramento is a tiny little colonial town and UNESCO Heritage site that sits on the southern border of Uruguay just a 1 hour ferry ride away from Buenos Aires, Argentina. There are…

The Four Seasons brand of course needs no introduction, but it’s especially exciting that the luxury hotel group’s Austin property has just officially completed a beautiful renovation this month to bring the city’s visitors…

To be honest, I heard a lot of skepticism about the Blue Lagoon before my visit. Some past visitors raved and talked about how they had a great time, while others called it completely…

It seems that everyone I talk to these days has an Iceland trip on their bucket list—and I can’t blame them. I loved exploring the Southwestern region of the country during late September and…

To cap off my most recent visit to Bali, Christina Galbato and I headed to an oasis in the jungle that literally blew our socks off. Bambu Indah, located just 15 minutes outside of…

It’s no secret that I live for a chic cafe. Something about ordering up my favorite hot beverage (attempted in the local language) followed by camping up at a table amongst locals for a…

As someone who grew up in Maine, I may already be biased to its beauty, but to me there’s just nothing like this New England state in the summer and fall when the weather…

I have fond memories of growing up visiting Ogunquit, Maine. It’s a town with a population of barely 1,000 people yet in the summer it comes alive with visitors hungry to soak up the…