Before I went to Portugal in March 2020, I made a list of all the things I wanted to see while I was there - as I usually do. One of the places that I wanted to visit was Belem while I was in the city of Lisbon. I decided I’d go there because it was listed as something everyone does on all the websites I found while researching prior to my trip. Unfortunately, I hate to tell you, I thought Belem was incredibly overrated and here's why. When I read about Belem, a district of Lisbon, I thought ... VIEW POST

I spent most of February 2020 reading about this new novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, while panicking about my upcoming trip to Portugal. I’d booked my flight several months earlier and I was really excited to get to explore the country to which I’d been putting off a trip for years (a better place just always came up and took precedence). Everyone assured me that I would be fine, though this didn’t stop me from bringing a thermometer with me in my backpack. After hopping off the plane in ... VIEW POST

Wow! What a year it has been, am I right? To say I had a crazy start to 2021 would be an understatement and it’s why I’ve been MIA. I don’t know if you noticed, but I haven’t written in months but since travel is beginning to become a thing again, I wanted to start writing about it again to hopefully inspire people to get out there - safely - when they can. I’ve been getting out there a little myself, too. At the end of June I was on a plane for the first time since March 12, 2020. I ... VIEW POST