Our taxi wound through the colorful cobblestone streets of Cartagena, carefully navigating the one-ways to our hostel in the middle of the old town. O and I had spent the night prior sitting on the rooftop of our hostel in Bogotá, enjoying the company of a new friend and now the exhaustion was setting in. …
Category: Travel
Last Year in Havana…
As the plane descended into Jose Marti International airport I could feel the butterflies in my stomach going ballistic. It was early March and O and I had just left behind copious amounts of snow in Toronto for a seriously last minute and vital escape to a tropical paradise. We spun the proverbial globe and …
It’s been a year!
This week marks exactly one year since I started this blog and wow, what a year! I seriously can’t grasp how quickly time flies. It has been one amazing adventure after another with some amazing people and I’m incredibly grateful for all of it. I’ve always loved travel and had a direction in life, but …
Paradise found in Puerto Vallarta
Have you ever been so in love with a place that when it was time to go, you felt like you were leaving your home? Like you were leaving behind the love of your life? I’ve had that feeling three times in my life. The first was leaving Naples, where I grew up and all …
Guest Post: The Beautiful Mess That is Valparaíso
A quaint coastal town, once a bustling port that served many of the pacific shipping routes, Valparaíso is a beautiful hidden jewel on the Chilean west coast. The streets and houses are painted with many works of art and everywhere you look there is something new to discover. The houses and shops scattered throughout the …