What a successful travel weekend!! This has by far been my favorite, I think because it had the perfect combination of place, meaning, nature, city, history, relaxation, nice and memorable Airbnb, and exploration/exercise. I loved everything about it, and I stand by it: Heidelberg is my new favorite place in the world. I acted like…

Once again, I’ve had another great day in Heidelberg. I set no alarm this morning but still woke up around 9am. I was so excited to see the view from my window, and it was even more beautiful than yesterday. I took a video: It rained last night, but I was happy to see that…

When I arrived in Heidelberg last night, I was instantly captivated. Well, almost instantly. I nearly panicked trying to figure out how to get to my Airbnb because the central station was under construction and I couldn’t find a taxi (and didn’t know how to call one), but eventually I was lead to a place…

So I’ve recently decided that I don’t want to drink. That made going to Oktoberfest in Munich an interesting decision, but I wanted to go to see what it was like and experience such a huge German event, and I’m honestly glad I got to experience it without drinking. There were some things I really…

Our first full day in Germany has been a packed one. Warning: some of this section may be hard to read. If you’d prefer not to, please skip down after the first few pictures. We started with our only plan for the day, and to be honest, the most important thing on our list: going…

Vienna will always be special to me—not because it’s a beautiful, artistic, historic city, and it is all of those thing, but because it’s the first place I traveled through completely alone. I went by myself, booked my own transportation and housing, decided what I wanted to do each day, and found my way around…