A Season Of…

Deep belly laughs, the kind that leave my cheeks hurting and abs sore.  Hugs given halfway in the doorframe because they couldn’t wait for me to enter fully.  Warm days full of sunshine and cool nights. Rooms filled with friends, listening and laughing and cultivating gratitude.  Electing for this life, getting the choice in where…

Zadar & A Little Road Trip.

I’ve compiled a handful of pictures from a 24 hour time period, where we began our journey from Plitvice Lakes and ended in Split. To be honest, Zadar was not at all what I was expecting and I fully blame the weather. Grey, rainy skies really do have a way of coloring a city and…

Austin, Texas for a Girls’ Trip!

Planned from three different corners of the world, my two very best friends (who I’ve known since 7th grade, or in other words, half of my life… when did that happen?), and I set out to see what this hip city was all about. Adventure we did; from jet skiing in Lake Travis to floating…

Roomie Reunion in Arlington, VA.

About a month ago, I took a small plane to a town I had never been to to visit with my dear friend (and former roommate). It was planned a few months before that, when we both knew we would have left the island and summer would be in full swing and we would want…

Pintxos & Funiculars & The Sea In Between.

After what seemed to be an unusually hard couple of days for myself and a handful of my closest people last week, it was fitting that Simone and I had a trip planned to distract ourselves and get a change of scenery. Yes, I know, it hasn’t been all that long since I experienced a change…

Milano + Firenze.

While Semana Santa, Spain’s Holy Week, ended on Monday, Mallorca had given students time off into the end of this week and given I work in a school, I also had the week off. Which could only mean one thing- another opportunity to travel! Let’s be honest here, any chance to travel I take. Simone and…

Ireland.

From the time my feet touched the ground in Ireland to when I took off once again, it was apparent that the luck of the Irish was not with me. I thought maybe being a teeny bit Irish may give me a leg up with some good fortune, but to no avail. There were hiccups…

St. Pat’s Day & Memories.

It’s St Patrick’s Day and I’m feeling a little reminiscent of the ways I celebrated in the years past. During my time at Michigan State University, St. Patrick’s Day was always looked on with excitement. The last two years that I spent in East Lansing as a student I lived with Ann and Kaley in an apartment…

Paris is Always a Good Idea.

All of five weeks ago, I received a message from Ann expressing the sentiment that due to work schedules and vacation time and my timetable of returning to the states, she did not think she would be able to come to visit in June as we had planned from before I even arrived in Spain.…

When Lauren Comes to Mallorca…

My dear friend Lauren paid a visit to me just over a week ago now. There’s nothing like having someone visit to make you appreciate the space you live in with fresh eyes. We made a day trip to Soller and the Port, and meandered around Palma, visiting the necessary sights, and then some. But…