Travel Blog

Why I love The French Riviera Nice, France, was the first overseas destination I ever went to. I’ll never forget the excitement I had leaving Los Angeles! I was in love with films from the 50’s and 60’s shot there. There was so much glitz and glam on the French...

Travel Tips for Tokyo and the 10 Best Things to do There!         Hey everyone! So, after an amazing time in Tokyo, I wanted to share my experience with you, as well as some photos of the things I got into. Hopefully I can inspire, or help you with...

A Cordis Hotel Experience in Shanghai I recently had the pleasure of staying at a Cordis Hotel property in Shanghai, and to say I was blown away would be a major understatement. As it stands right now, Cordis has locations in Auckland, Beijing, Hong Kong, and...

What is Women Empowerment and Why is it so Important?  A few ladies told us what they thought.   Women empowerment is...Self love. A desire to grow and evolve while still feeling completely at peace with your quirks and the little things that make you the...

You went where? To Kazakhstan? For what?    We all know how painful it can be to go home for the holidays sometimes.  Being newly divorced, I knew going home for the holidays would bring a barrage of questions I just simply wasn’t ready to...

  After spending countless hours drooling over photos online of Norway’s famous hikes, it was time to see these sites in person.  I decided in September that I would travel to Oslo, the capital of Norway.  There are countless hiking options...

      I can see you scratching your head.  Moldova. Even the locals asked me why I would choose to visit Moldova.  It seems a fair question for this tiny country tucked away from mass tourism. Moldova was once part of the...

  Tips When Using Your Eurail Pass   Using your Eurail Pass!  1.    Make sure you write down your destination and date in your rail planner before boarding the train. This is very important. Unless you have a continuous pass, you can...

               In August 2017, I embarked on a mission to travel to every country in Europe, including the transcontinental countries. Those are countries that are in both Europe and Asia. To kick off my 51-country tour, I began...

      Imagine yourself driving around an entire country in one day. It’s a pretty crazy thought, isn’t it? Well I did just that when visiting The Republic of San Marino. San Marino is a tiny country surrounded by Italy with a population if 33,000 people...

                   When I was young, I was always fascinated with the collapse of the USSR.  I have always had an interest in Eastern Europe and the Ex-Soviet countries and their...

Azerbaijan! “Azerbai- what?” This was a typical reply I would get when I was telling my family and friends I was heading to Baku, Azerbaijan. 95 percent of them had never heard of the country nor could pinpoint it on a map. Fair enough. When I first heard of the...

  Mysterious and Mesmerizing Malta             Malta! What a place! What an absolute, unexpected, mysterious paradise! What do you picture when you think of Malta? Do you have any idea of what it looks like? Do you know any more...

                  Portugal! An understated destination, but yet has so much to offer its guests.  I remember the first time I went to Portugal, I had no idea what to expect. I started by going to The Algarve, a popular...

I loved Copenhagen! What a beautiful place with such a cool vibe and even cooler people. Danish people are some of my favorites, they’re calm, cool, and collected and have this understated chicness to them. This city is different to some of the other European cities....

London, Eye Love             There is a true reason why London is the most visited city in all of Europe. It’s beautiful, diverse, historic, eclectic, exciting, and you never run out of things to do. It’s truly a...

        Sweden was always a country I wanted to go to. I had heard how clean it was, how safe it was, and how beautiful the people were. Additionally, I have always loved stories and movies about Vikings and the Nordic history and culture. ...

Iceland Takes the Top Seat When you think of Iceland, you think of a very cold and icy place, right? When I told people I was going to Iceland, they would look at me as if I had said I was going to Antarctica. They would tell me to pack my thermals and to take a parka...

 What is women’s empowerment and what does it mean to me?            When discussing women’s empowerment, it can open a door to a million deeply rooted conversation; while many feel there is one single issue or one single fix or...

            One of the most frequently asked questions I receive when I tell a person about this project is, “how are you planning on paying for this mission? “Do you have investors? Did you save up for years? Did you put it all on...