Baltic Sea Cruise Shore Excursions & Port Tips

Where To Visit At Each Port on Your Baltic Sea Cruise This past September, my family and I took a Baltic Sea cruise round-trip from Copenhagen. We first started in Oslo, headed to Gothenberg, Warnemünde (Berlin), Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, and Nynashamn (Stockholm) on the Regal Princess. We spent hours upon hours reviewing all of the…

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Downtown LA: Best Places to Eat

Where to Eat in Downtown LA Downtown LA has become a mecca for cutting-edge chefs to open up new restaurants.  And, that is why the food here is some of the best and most innovative in Los Angeles.  Downtown Los Angeles still has somewhat of a negative stigma associated with it; however, if you actually…

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What To Do At Tivoli Gardens–Unlimited Rides

Spending the Day at Tivoli Gardens When one of the top tourist attractions in a city is an amusement park, you know that you have made a good choice in your destination.  Before my Baltic cruise this summer, I spent a couple of days in Copenhagen with my family, since the cruise ship departed from…

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An Afternoon of Lao Cuisine

Full and Fulfilled After An Afternoon of Lao Cuisine A couple of months ago, I went to a “Women In Travel” conference in Irvine, California and met many incredible travel bloggers, vloggers, entreprenuers, and business women. During the opening presentation, I met Darlene who is a travel blogger at International Cuisine.  I was immediately blown away…

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Cannes Film Festival: Walking The Red Carpet

Cannes Film Festival: 2 Films, 2 Red Carpets, 1 Grand Prix I was very fortunate that one of my best friends from college was the vice president of a production company and had to work at the Cannes Film Festival for two weeks.  Since I was teaching English in Spain, I just hopped on over…

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Barcelona: What to See, Where to Eat and Party

BARCELONA The ultimate guide to everything Barcelona…this city is my first love and I want everyone to experience its gloriousness. THE NITTY GRITTY Community: Barcelona is the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and therefore most natives speak Catalan as their first language.  While they know Spanish as well, native Catalonians are very proud of…

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My Love Hate Relationship With Coachella

Coachella: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful Time for some real talk.  I never had any desire to go to Coachella.  Let me rephrase, I never had any desire to pay $375 dollars for a wristband which quickly turns into $1000 plus with accommodation, food, gas, drinks, and outfit money to go…

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Running of the Bulls: Sans Accommodation

Don’t Go to Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain Without a Place to Stay for 2 Nights The title really says it all because, funny story, I did just that.  It was a spur of the moment decision to go to Pamplona because I was in Barcelona for 4th of July with some friends…

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Liebster Award Nomination Time

I Was Nominated For A Liebster Award…So Let’s Do This Thing If you haven’t guessed yet…I won the Liebster award!  Twice!  Thank you so much to Beth from Vacation Coffee and Alex from The Antisocialite for nominating me.  You should definitely check out their blogs because they are both awesome!! So basically the Liebster Award…

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The Festival Hopper’s Guide to September 2016

The Festival Hopper’s Guide to Summer in Europe 2016: September for 2 weeks September is one of my absolute favorite months to travel throughout Europe.  The weather is perfect, not too hot and not too warm ( I know, I know sorry I am talking about the weather), the crowds are slowly dissipating from the…

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