A few weeks ago, I finally checked my fourth continent off the bucket list Argentina was not only my first trip to South America, but also my first "solo" trip When I returned, everyone wanted to...
My friends are all probably sick of hearing me talk about Austin by now As I alluded to in my last Odds & Ends post, the Texas state capitol never used to be on my radar as a city I wanted to...
"Summer" as a young professional is strange The weather doesn't quite match, everyone takes their vacations at different times, and there's this odd feeling of anticipation for some unidentified...
If I had a dollar for every time I mentioned having family in Taiwan and someone said, "Oh, I love Thai food!" I would have a lot of dollars My travels haven't taken me to Thailand yet, but from...
I don't get to travel to the other side of the world to see my grandparents in Taiwan very often, and it's not every year your company gives you five days off between Christmas and New Years...
For the past three years, I've spent the weekend of fall break in Charlottesville with some of my best friends There's no shortage of fall activities to do there! Not having a fall break anymore...
Raise your glass if you're ready for riding boots, flannels, and apple pie everything! Now that I'm not in school anymore, there's nothing stopping me from willing summer to end so I can frolic in...
When planning my trip to Seattle, I initially wanted to do a day trip to hike at Mt Rainier Unfortunately the trails were still too snowy (yes, in early July)! It all worked out though, because Joyce...
For the third and final installment of my Canadian Rockies series, I'm sharing photos from the places that don't really fit into the rest of the trip While Banff is probably the most well-known (and...
Remember the cup song that Anna Kendrick sings for her audition in Pitch Perfect I've decided that the "ticket for the long way round / the one with the prettiest of views" must be about Banff...
This year is Canada's 150th anniversary, and its gift to the world was free admission to all Canadian National Parks in 2017 with the Discovery Pass I'm sure the country's tourism revenue has...
One of my biggest regrets in life is not keeping up with blogging while I was abroad I'm working on backing up photos to clean up my laptop, and I wanted to dust off some photos from the archives...
