Going on a road trip seems to be the vacation of choice for Luis and me. We’ve been on an 11 Day Italy road trip (2017), a 7 day Portugal Road Trip (2018), a 12 day USA road trip (2018), and tomorrow we leave for a 7 day Northern Spain road trip! Also earlier this […]
We Tried Tried the Impossible Whopper and It Was…
Yummy, but we probably wouldn’t have it again and I’ll tell you why… While I was home, I was all about “doing American things”. I enjoyed big glasses of water in restaurants, going to rest stops on the highway, eating huge portions of food (or…ordering huge portions), drinking craft beers… and last, but not least/ going […]
Here We Go
Four years ago, I wrote this post while I procrastinated packing for my first year in Spain. If you read the post, you can read between the lines (or not between the lines- very obviously) that I was nervous and worried and excited about my impending trip to Spain. That post feels like a long time […]
Budgeting Thoughts and Apps for Budgeting
It may partly be due the fact that I am currently income-less and am harboring quite a bit of anxiety surrounding that fact, but I have been very interested in budgeting, saving, and organizing money for the last few weeks. If you have been reading this blog for a long time, you know that when […]
Family Roadtrip 2019: Montreal, Canada and Lake George, New York
Hello, hello! I hope you are off to a great Monday morning. So far, so good over here- I went for a run with my brother and today I am planning to completely organize my closet, which is a complete mess. Before I get to that, I want to finish up these vacation posts which […]
Family Roadtrip 2019: Visiting Mt. Washington
After deciding that it was too late to ascend and descend Mt. Washington and deciding to head home, we made a plan to go back the next day and make the drive up in daylight, and that is just what we did! Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at an […]
5 on a Friday: August 2019
Hello, Hello and Happy Friday! I want to quickly check in an say hello before signing off for the weekend ahead… not that I have anything big or exciting happening for the weekend, but I like the idea of spending less time on the computer on the weekend and then I’ll be back on Monday […]
Family Road Trip 2019: The White Mountains
If you’re just catching up, click here to read about our first day in Boston here. On the second leg of our road trip, we drove from Boston to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After being in a city, we were ready for some nature and the White Mountains fit the bill! After […]
Family Road Trip 2019: Boston and Beyond
For this year’s family trip (we actually do a lot of family trips and I feel very lucky to have the opportunities to do this and to spend this type of time with my family, even when we fight and argue….a lot)…we went on a road trip! The trip lasted 7 days and we went […]
Things to Make Your Long-Stay AirBnb More Comfortable
As you know, I just got back from a 3 week stay in Santiago, Chile and during that time, I was staying in an Airbnb. I am no Airbnb newbie, but this was my first long stay (more than 5 days) in one and there are certain items that I thought would have made my […]