• One-Year Amsterdam Anniversary!

    I’ve tried to write this post a few times, a bit unsure of where to start or even where to go. How do you sum up a year of living in a new city, country, and continent in one post? Especially when that year was also a year of a global pandemic that virtually shut

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  • An Amsterdam Update

    I’ve now been living in Amsterdam for just about two months. It was a strange thing to move to a new country just before a global pandemic was announced and everything shut down. I had one whole day to see/do what I could before prior to the distancing measures put in place. And I’m also

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  • 2016 Travel Recap

    Now that 2016 has come to an end, a lot of people are reflecting on the year and making resolutions for the new year. My main resolution/wish for every year is to continue leading a life of adventure, in whatever way I can. Some years are more adventurous than others, but I always manage to

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  • Photo Friday: Autumn in the Netherlands

    Fall is in the air here in Pennsylvania, and while most people are enjoying their pumpkin-spice everything and dreading the impending winter, I’m just thrilled to be experiencing my first real autumn in about seven years. It’s always been my favorite season and living in Austin meant that I didn’t get to really experience it.

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  • Foodie Friday: Hagelslag

    Possibly one of the strangest things I’ve ever encountered while traveling is that the Dutch like to eat hagelslag (sprinkles or jimmies) on their buttered bread for breakfast. The first time I saw this was when I lived with a Dutch roommate in Rome. One morning, she broke up a loaf of Italian bread, smothered

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