Monthly Recap

July was one of the biggest months I’ve had in a long time. Travels in three countries, tons of summer fun, good times with friends all over the place. And the biggest thing…Charlie I got engaged! The whole story is on my annual birthday post, which I published last week. But let’s get on to […]

Today is my 38th birthday. I’m celebrating in Prague for the second year in a row. Each birthday, I write a post going over the past year. I write so much in my monthly recaps that you guys know what I’ve been up to the past year — visiting my final three Italian regions; spending

This month I achieved a travel milestone that took me 17 years: I visited my 20th and final region of Italy. Sardinia was the final holdout, and it feels amazing to finally be on this island! It’s so different from the rest of Italy. It feels a bit surreal to get to this point. Suddenly

May is the most beautiful month of the year in Prague, but this year I took two little side trips, each four days each: one to Calabria, Italy, and one to Reykjavik, Iceland. And the weather was pretty close to perfect in all three destinations. This month also included quite a lot of writing in

After a quiet March, it was time to hit the road again! This month I enjoyed the benefits of living in Europe with easy travel to two different countries: Italy and Germany. Looking back, it’s been so bizarre to arrive in a new country to live in, then to be locked down for so much

Today I want to talk about how Europe is right now. Over the past month, I’ve heard lots of people saying that they are afraid of me for being in Prague. People have been casually mentioning “civil unrest” in cities like Prague, Krakow, and Budapest. Charlie is getting similar messages through his work. I want

It’s impossible to write anything this month without first talking about Ukraine. Like many of you, I’ve been devastated while watching Russia invade Ukraine, and deeply worried for the Ukrainians in danger. Ukraine means a lot to me, as many of you know. I visited Ukraine in 2017 and was bowled over by the elegance

January 2019 wasn’t my first trip to Mexico — but it was my first time escaping winter in Mexico. I went to Isla Holbox and Mérida and loved it so much, I came back to Mérida to live for two months in winter 2020, followed by a month of more Mexico travels. Mexico forever, I

And with December 2021, we have the month of Omicron. Good times, huh? Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever go back into old monthly recaps to see how I reacted to events. And I do. I’ve gone back to March 2020 a few times. We had our flights booked long before Omicron was identified: Prague

This month was a wild ride — at first it felt like things were getting back to normal. I went to my first travel trade show since COVID began. I got to see so many friends I hadn’t seen in years. I had Thanksgiving with an actual group of people. And by the end of