WHO I AM
Raised in Portland, OR, I’ve traveled the US with Broadway shows, started a late-night cookie delivery biz, and summitted Kilimanjaro.
In 2020, my husband and I decided to blow up our lives.
We sold our house in SE Portland, I quit my stable university job, and
started planning for a year of travel (admist a global pandemic).
Latest from my blog
Follow along as I post about my current and previous travels.
World of Wine (WOW)
Our first week in Porto was actually spent at a charming Airbnb in Gaia (across the river from Porto) and we were only a few blocks from the World of[…]
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Cute Coimbra
Coimbra is a very cute college town that’s about a 90-minute bus ride from Porto. We spent a day there and it was our favourite day trip that we took[…]
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Lovely Lisbon
We spent a long weekend in Lisbon around Thanksgiving and definitely could’ve spent more time exploring Portugal’s capital city. There are a lot of similarities to Porto — lots of[…]
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Porto’s Amazing Street Art
Porto’s amazing sights, exceptional ports, and delectable food get a lot of attention, but honestly the street art scene there is also next-level good. A lot of it can be[…]
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Porto Food
The food in Porto was absolutely outstanding and this included everything from traditional low-brow Portuguese food to fancy prix fixe meals to non-European cuisines including Brasilian, Vietnamese, Argentinian, and more.[…]
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Personable Porto
We spent about two months in Porto and we both absolutely loved it. Honestly, it’s a little hard writing this post because it makes me miss the city quite a[…]
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Bewitching Óbidos
We visited the charming town of Óbidos at the start of the Christmas season and instantly fell in love with it. Walking into this historic village felt like entering a[…]
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Singular Sintra
We visited Sintra after spending a few days in Lisbon and on our way to Óbidos. The picturesque town is in southwest Portugal in the foothills of the Sintra mountains.[…]
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Museum Hundertwasser
As part of my solo trip to Prague, I also visited Vienna. My now-husband and I were fortunate enough to explore Vienna about 14 years prior. The primary purpose of[…]
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
Pretty early on in our stay in Zagreb, we heard about Plitvice Lakes National Park and knew it was a must-visit destination. After doing some research, though, we also discovered[…]
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Breathtaking Bilbao
After hiking just over 100 miles on the Camino (see previous posts here, here, and here), my friend, Laura, and I spent a couple of days in Bilbao. We had[…]
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