I was psyched planning a trip to Fiji. Just saying that you're traveling to Fiji sounds exotic. Plus I didn’t expect to be in that area...

The rest of the South Island post-Queenstown was just kind of a rush up the east coast. I didn’t have a lot of interest in the...

Queenstown is the place to be in New Zealand. This little town in the South Island is packed full of adventure activities, options for...

Wanaka was the last stop before the South Island highlight of Queenstown, and I mostly just expected it to be Queenstown-lite: quieter,...

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...

The activity I had probably been most looking forward to in the South Island was exploring the Franz Josef Glacier. It was totally unlike...

After working at Electric Avenue for one month as well as having saved money from my vineyard and data entry jobs, I took off for the...

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...

I arrived in Wellington after three weeks in the North Island rafting, base jumping, hiking, staying in hostels, and riding the Kiwi...