Category: EuroTrip 2016
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At the Top Of the World
For those of you who have followed my blog since the beginning, you know I am very afraid of heights (if you haven’t, go read my series on my fear of heights, posted in July). But at the same time, I like to challenge this fear by doing crazy stuff…
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When Your Train Splits in Half
After 45 days, I have prided myself on the fact that I have only gotten lost on a regional train once – which was also the first train I took (from Amsterdam to Den Haag). (On the other hand, I have gotten lost on trams inside cities in pretty much…
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The Final Third Has Begun
When I originally planned my trip, I unintentionally designed it into three sections. The first third was me, on my own, traveling around Iceland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany; the second third was my parents and I in Eastern Europe; and the final third was originally me, on my…
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Venice: The Sinking City
Four years ago, after my first year in University, one of my university friends and I toured the north of Italy together. During that trip, we got the chance to visit Venice – only we couldn’t afford to stay in the city, so we only spent about 8hrs there. In…
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Eastern Europe by Car
Update on my travel life: While planning my trip, I realized train travel through Eastern Europe (at least on the route that I had planned) is damn near impossible. Just to get from Bratislava to Budapest, you either have to take a 3-hour bus (bear in mind, I hate taking buses…
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The Epic Struggle with the Lion’s Mane
During my trip, there are two things I have struggled with: my backpack, and my hair – aptly named ‘the Lion’s Mane’ because of its resemblance to Simba. As most people know, I have always struggled with my hair. When I was about 11 years old (6th grade), I got…
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Giant – The Bane of my Traveling Existance
A few weeks ago I alluded to my struggle with my backpack. Its a 65L+15 (aka its 65L and can expand to 80L, only really it is 70L) that is basically as big as I am. Over the course of the past 40 days, the backpack and I have struggled…
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The Bombshell That is Life
A few weeks ago, while sitting in a hostel room with my new friends Daisy and Jess, I received an email that blew up my life plan for the next year and a half. My new unfortunate reality: the teaching program I was set to participate in while in Colombia…
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Budapest is BEA-U-TI-FUL
Budapest. Definitely one of my favorites. I convinced my parents to go on a BigBus tour around the city, complete with an audio guide detailing hundreds of interesting facts about the historical buildings around the city. My favorite? The city was the location of one of the bloodiest sieges in…
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There is an Argument to Be Made for ‘Come With Nothing’ Traveling
If you saw my last post, you know that I was freezing in the last city my family and I traveled to (Bratislava). It was cold, rainy, and equally as grey as Vancouver likes to be – also known as the weather that caused me to leave Vancouver. Needless to say,…
Ginger Without Borders 