I’ve never been in a country where there is such a palpable presence that not many people talk about it. However, some people are openly discussing Communism and how much of an impact it had on the Czech Republic. From last night’s ghost tour, I learned that the Czech people do not call it “communism”,…… Continue reading Communism: The thing that everyone and no one talks about

Now I see why everyone falls in love with this city. The buildings are all old-time charm and the people I’ve interacted with have all been really kind. ¿Donde eres? Said a Spanish speaking tour guide offering me a walking tour. He was cute and smiled nicely. Where are you from? You need to come…… Continue reading Prague is beyond words spectacular!

I managed to do 2 things today: step in gum and find the right bus to the airport from my AirBnB. The bus was really easy to take at 2 euros and took no longer than 25 minutes. The gum, was a bit stickier. Hahahahaha. Gotta find the humor in situations. Luckily I had tissues…… Continue reading Why hello Country #20!

Today the sun was shining in such brilliant fashion that I decided to retrace my steps from yesterday and attempt “Europe’s most beautiful balcony” again. It is definitely better in the sunlight and I even had to get a few pictures of myself in there. If you follow the blog regularly, you might notice that…… Continue reading This time the weather cooperated!

I am now in country #19! That’s right, first time in: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.I took 2 trains yesterday; train 1 from Bruges to Brussels and I was only going to have 6 minutes transfer time to train 2 (Brussels to Luxembourg). But things worked out in that the first train was quite a bit early…… Continue reading A first time for everything!

Today I had the pleasure of spending time with Steffie whom I met in Portugal in 2016. We both arrived at our Lisbon hostel at the same time (I think it might have been her first time at a hostel?!) and we decided to go exploring Lisbon together until we could officially check in. We’ve…… Continue reading Friends…all over the world

I’m learning so much just by hanging out at my beer bar and I’ve already had some interesting experiences there. For example, Europeans use an “azerty” keyboard. They laughed at my “qwerty” one and we had an interesting debate on which name of the keyboard is less offensive. I was already outnumbered and thus lost…… Continue reading Just being present is enough sometimes!

You know those cities where it just feels like “home.” Sevilla was like that as soon as I stepped off the train. For some reason, I feel like home in this quaint, charming little town that speaks Dutch. I’m currently in Bruges, Belgium. A horse has spit on my leg (not on purpose of course)…… Continue reading Home??!

I’ve seen a lot this trip – luckily for me, the blog helps remind me of all the fun and interesting things I’ve seen and done. Today is my last full day in Brussels because tomorrow I’m taking the train (yay! No flying for the next week or so) to Bruges where I’ll be spending…… Continue reading Could this be my first European church??!

Yesterday was a good day to be in Belgium, specifically Brussels. Why you ask? Well, the Red Devils (the national soccer team) were returning victors of 3rd place in the World Cup. And yes, I asked a bartender if this was a good thing and he said most excitedly “oh yes!.” The Grand Place was…… Continue reading Chocolate and beer go together, right?!