*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Don’t you find that when Hallowe’en comes around you unconsciously begin to prepare yourself to be scared? You even seek out opportunities to get your adrenaline pumping and some of the most haunted places in your area or abroad. …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click a link I make a small commission and you help support the blog Every year thousands of female horseshoe crabs migrate up the beaches of southern New Jersey to lay eggs, in one of the biggest horseshoe crab spawning events in the United States. It’s an incredible yearly event and a chance …
Andrews Bald hiking trail is an easy trek to get you started when visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It can be batched in with Clingmans Dome on the same day, as both are found on Clingmans Dome road and has great views when you reach the trails terminus. Make sure to pick your time, as parking can be a …
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has some of the best hikes on the east coast. If you want to see the tallest waterfall in the park, you need to do the Ramsey Cascades hike. This four-mile hike (one way) has some steep sections and is a fairly difficult hike, but completely worth it. Basic Hiking Trail information Length This …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click on a link I make a small commission with no charge to you Rome gave me my best and worst experiences during my time in Italy, starting when I boarded the train from Grado and realized I had left my credit card with my boyfriend (who is now my husband). He was …
This page contains affiliate links. By purchasing from these links you help support this site! The city of Florence is one of those cities I just couldn’t help but love. If you love art, like I do, you will love Florence. It has all the things you could want for main attractions in an art mecca, the Statue of David, …
I spent only one full day in Venice but the city grabs you as soon as you enter her walls. My travels in Italy felt like I was just sampling what it had to offer, one day in Venice, two days in Florence and one whirlwind day in Rome. For a look at a longer Venice itinerary, check out this …
Barcelona is an incredibly beautiful and culturally rich city to visit. Here they speak Catalan, although it is such a melting pot of a city that most people speak English or Spanish. But because Barcelona fought so hard for their rights to be independent and rejoice in Catalonia we felt it was only right to learn some Catalan prior to …
When people think about National Parks we tend to focus on the parks in the United States, but that is very shortsighted. There are national parks in every country around the world. In Canada, there are 37 National Parks and 11 National Park reserves, sometimes called provincial parks. These are all run by Parks Canada and some of the best …
*This post contains affiliate links, if you click on a link in this post and make a purchase you are helping to support this blog. When I started traveling I had no idea what I was doing. I felt like a fish out of water, floundering around trying to figure it all out. I made mistakes, lost money, ate bad …