During my undergrad at UW-Madison, I never appreciated the college-town surrounded by nature environment. It took until I moved to a big city, Miami, to remember how lucky I was to spend 4 years in a small city with such …
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A Weekend on a Boat in Key West
One of the best things living in Miami is how close I am to other tropical places! Key West is just a 3.5 hr drive from Miami, along jaw dropping highway bridges across the Atlantic. The drive alone is worth …
Chicago in 36 Hours
A whirlwind of a weekend vacation! Lots of delicious food & seeing family and friends packed into a tight weekend trip. Here’s what we go up to Friday night – Sunday morning! Friday Night We didn’t get a flight until …
White Water Rafting
On a whim, I accompanied one of my friends to Pennsylvania for the weekend to partake in some fall activities (since we don’t really have fall in Miami). We arrived early Saturday morning, and had to drive straight from the …
The Black Hills
Day 1 – Mount Rushmore and Setting Up Camp Mount Rushmore The Black Hills trip is a continuation of my Badlands road trip. The Badlands are only ~2 hours away from the Black Hills, making it a super quick jump …
Getting Blown About the Badlands
Hello! I recently went on a week-long road trip with my dad through South Dakota. I have separated it into two blogs, this first is about the Badlands and the second about the Black Hills (you can find it here). …
The Oslo Fjords
The last leg of our Europe trip was visiting some friends in Norway! It was a relaxing time and we spent half of the time with our friends and the other half in Oslo. Since it was pretty low key, …
Celebrating National Sweden Day in Sweden
I had a short 2 day trip in Sweden that just so happened to coincide with National Sweden Day! Day 1 – Gamla Stan Navigating the trains We arrived in Sweden in the early morning of June 6th excited to …
I Spy a Castle!
We arrived at Copenhagen’s airport and the first thing I loved was how convenient the Copenhagen metro system is! While it is expensive (as is everything here) getting the Copenhagen card saved so much time and money because you can …
Beer and World War II History: 2 Days in Berlin
The next stop in the whirlwind post-graduation tour around Europe was Berlin for 2 days. We arrived late in the afternoon from the train and decided to spend the evening relaxing before the first full day. We picked up some …