By the end of the trip, we had hit the major sites we wanted to see in Germany, so we spent the last two days out in Eileen’s corner of...

The real Oktoberfest! It was such a major bucket list item that I was so excited to finally get to experience in person. I wasn't sure...

It took a bit of planning to figure out how to fit everything I wanted to see in such a short space of time. The most trouble I had was...

Germany has been on my to-visit list for ages, so when I saw that American Airlines was offering super cheap deals from Cleveland over...

There's no arguing that the scenery is amazing, but honestly, my favorite things about Iceland are their batshit crazy folklore and adorably odd quirks that come from living in a country of only a little over 330,000 people. Yep, the population of the entire country is less than that of Cleveland. I learned so many fun facts about Iceland during my few days there that I don’t even know where to start. How about with the fact that phone books are listed by first names and th

My friend Leah and I spent four nights in Florence as part of a spring break trip while studying abroad. Her friend from home was doing...

I didn’t spend a whole lot of time in Stockholm. My friend Leah and I were there for three days in 2010 as a stop on a two week long...

Everyone visiting Scotland will (I hope) check out Edinburgh and the Highlands, but there’s also a lot to see off the beaten path. Elgin...

Amsterdam. When I was 21, it might as well have been Narnia. It was that city teenagers spoke of as some kind of mythical utopia. While I...

You likely imagine bagpipes, kilts, green hills, and the Loch Ness monster when you think of the Scottish Highlands, and you are exactly...