When chatting with my BFF Laura about my blog before I departed from the States, I was worried I wouldn’t have enough things to write about (which is now laughable – I can hardly…
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Last week I was able to meet up with my friend, Samar, once more. I took the train to her stop at Santo Amaro where we met and then drove her car on to…
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When I find music I like I listen to it over and over until I’m sick of it. Eventually by Tame Impala is the poor dead horse that I’m currently beating.…
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Yesterday I spent the day “fannying around” with my new English friend, Chris. We’d met a few days prior at the hostel, but when I sat at the same table as him during breakfast…
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Earlier this week I tagged along with a few other girls who were going to Sintra, a small town just 40 minutes outside of Lisbon by train. I knew I had wanted to go…
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This may surprise you, but I don’t do much all day. I don’t go on tours or visit museums – I don’t even search for the most highly recommended restaurants. I spend much of…
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Not three days into my year-long adventure and I already have a reputation in the hostel as the girl who is down to hang. My promises to “chill out and call it any early…
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The first leg of my journey is over and I’ve made it to Lisbon, Portugal! I flew from Chicago to Boston, where I endured an eight hour layover (which went surprisingly fast). From there…