Have you ever arrived somewhere and gotten a sign that you were in the right place?
When I arrived to Ecuador for the first time, I saw a rainbow.
If that’s not a good sign, I don’t know what is. Continue reading “11 Reasons Why I Fell Crazy in Love with Imbabura, Ecuador”
“Why are you so quiet?”
If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me this, Continue reading “How Being Shy & Introverted Has Made Me a Better Traveler”
8 years ago, I was sitting in a hostel, eating dinner and drinking wine with strangers from the U.K. and South Africa.
That dinner changed my life.
It was our last night in Mendoza, Argentina. My friends were talking with a few girls from the U.K., who were taking a gap year at 19, just because. They dropped names of big cities and famous landmarks like it was nothing. Continue reading “5 Lessons I’ve Learned While Traveling the World Alone”
It was cold, gray, and dark by 4pm.
My friend and I decided to visit Berlin after Prague because we realized via Google Maps that it was only a four-hour bus ride away. Several fellow travelers had boasted of its eccentric culture and lively night life.
They failed to tell us that it’s better to go in the spring. Where the wind does not give you whiplash, and the sky does not make the city seem like a post-apocalyptic movie set. (Or at least where we stayed at.) And where you have more than 7.5 hours of daylight for sightseeing. Continue reading “This Is What It’s Like To Visit Berlin in the Winter”
I know what you’re thinking:
(Probably not, but let’s pretend I do):
What is a cuento? Continue reading “A Cuento of Two Cuencas: Ecuador and Spain”
Inspired Around the World 