Inspiring others to see the world
During my travels, I’ve come across a lot of travel apps and websites that have made my travels much easier, and I want to share my secrets to help YOU travel more and more easily too! If you have a trip scheduled, whether it’s somewhere you’ve been 15 times before or it’s your first time, check out some of these travel apps to see how you can make your experience better.
Every traveler has a travel bucket list. Mine is forever growing and insatiable. These 20 things look amazing, and I have to see them all in my life!
Have you ever gone overseas and realized that you’ve been stereotyped? Sometimes with something simple or funny. I actually laughed out loud the first time one of my Spanish students said to me, “What do you like better, Spanish food or American food?” Quite seriously, I said, “What’s American food?” And her quite serious reply Read More…
While James and I were living in Spain last year, we obviously worked with Spanish people. In Spain, everyone is of Spanish heritage and identifies as Spanish. However, in the melting pot of America, not many people identify as “American.” If you ask an American what their nationality is, they will likely say Irish, German, Asian, Read More…
All-inclusive resorts sound like a great dream when traveling, right? Everything is provided for you, you can eat and drink as much as you want, you pay once and you’re done, you get to meet the same resort staff every single night, you eat the same touristy food every day, drink the same watered-down drinks from the Read More…
Tourist traps lure in unsuspecting tourists. They try to fool you into thinking they offer a good representation of what the country has to offer and what the locals eat all the time. Tourist traps might look appealing from the outside, but they usually leave you with empty wallets and unfulfilled appetites. You might be saying to yourself, Read More…
After the MTV show “Jersey Shore,” the beach-side towns of New Jersey have become famous worldwide. While there are certainly some places that do attract fist-pumping guidos, not all Jersey Shore beach towns are what you might think. In any beach town in New Jersey, you can find great seafood restaurants, fun bars and nightclubs, and Read More…
If you’ve ever tried learning another language, you understand how hard it is. You know that even one small letter change can change the whole meaning of a word, which could attract lots of tilted heads, strange looks, uncontrollable laughter, or maybe even security protocols. Here are some of the funny stories I’ve experienced in learning Read More…
If you’re anything like me, you love to travel. And I hate to break it to you, but that travel bug only gets worse as you grow because you start realizing what else is out there and what you’re missing by not traveling. As you travel, you will meet thousands of people and start figuring Read More…
Lately, I’ve been leaning towards posting cityscapes or faraway views on my Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages, so I started thinking: How many pictures do I have of cities from above or afar? In most of my travels, I get sucked in by the tallest spot in town and have to climb it to get Read More…