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So, after I waxed poetic (or got all amore, as my friends would say) about Italy in my last post, it’s time to get down to the details, starting with Verona.

Picture it: Italy, summer of 2006. I was a fresh-faced college student who decided that I wanted to study abroad for a summer. Why just a summer? It’s a decent commitment–if I hated it, it’s not too long; if I loved it–it’s not too short. It was my first time abroad and I did it all

If you’d asked me before my recent trip to Frankfurt, I would’ve guessed that it was a larger city than Köln, but it is in fact the fifth-largest in Germany (just after Köln). Still, it feels much larger and more city-like to me. To be honest, that’s not necessarily a great thing in my book.

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

It almost doesn’t seem fair to claim that I’ve been to Ireland as I only spent one evening in Dublin. But it was quite the evening! I had a pretty long layover in Dublin before heading back to the United States after a long trip to Dubrovnik and decided that rather than hanging out in

In 2012 I did a healthy amount of traveling. It certainly wasn’t as much as I’d have liked, but on a budget and while maintaining a full-time job (and even getting a promotion!), I think I did pretty alright.

As cliché as it may be, after seeing In Bruges, I knew I needed to visit this historic city. While watching the movie, I found myself totally drawn to the backdrop and already scheming ways in which I could go. On my most recent visit to the Netherlands, I convinced my lovely friend, Beata, to take

Loves Where I Stayed: Les Jardins du Marais, situated in the 11th arr., just next to the 3rd Arrondissement: 18; Montmatre Restaurant: Chez Clément Museum: Musée d’Orsay, but to be perfectly honest, it’s the only major museum I had time to visit. Church: Notre Dame de Paris Historical Site: Palais Garnier, its opulence is unparalleled Experience: The walk through