After spending a day in Alba, I looked on a map and saw just how close I was to Italy's least explored region: Valle d'Aosta. With a three-hour commute, including two trains and a bus ride, I could be in the region's capital, Aosta, to properly explore. The rest is history. I knew VERY little…
I've been all over the country of Italy, from small beach towns in Liguria to the marble mountains of Tuscany, but one small city had remained at the top of my bucket list through it all: Alba. Aside from truffle hunting with pups, I was unsure of what else I wanted to do in the…
In July 2023, I agreed to go on a mystery trip with tour group, Competitours, with a group of strangers. Yes, that's right. I agreed to travel with people I had never met before, with no idea where I was going. On the night of July 19, aka the night before my birthday, we were…
If you're looking for an underrated European city to explore, look no further than Riga. This Baltic capital is ideal for wellness junkies, nature lovers, and history buffs alike. Best of all, the city is fairly small (the population floats around 600,000 people), so it's easily explorable in just one day. If you're short on…
Has a place ever called you? Randomly spoken to you? While I could argue that everywhere in the world has called (or will call) me at some point, Seattle takes the cake. In 2022, I dropped out of law school to be a full-time travel writer (thanks for being here!) and I kept having dreams…
Mexico City has long been on my list of places I want to visit, but I have some qualms with returning to the same countries when there are so many more to see. However, when I was invited to check out the newly-opened Kimpton Virgilio, I knew it was my chance to finally go eat…
Do you have a city that has lived on your bucket list for the longest time? That was Cape Town for me, so when I was invited to go on a trip with Exodus Adventure Travels for a South Africa to Zambia road trip, which would begin in Cape Town, I could not have been…
There's arguably no cooler way to explore a new country than through a day trip. I was able to see Uruguay from Argentina by taking a ferry for the day, I walked to Paraguay from Brazil, and I've even gotten to see places like Turkïye on a long layover. So, when I found myself in…
Not all small towns in Italy are created equally, and no one makes that case as true as the charming Emilia Romagna town of Ferrara. Making for an easy day trip from either nearby Bologna, Venice, or even Milan, Ferrara is a UNESCO World Heritage protected city with Byzantine-influence, and offers a unique side of…
"I'm from Georgia," my coworker said to me when I was a bartender back in 2016. And no, not the peachy Georgia, the country Georgia.
Georgia stayed on my mind since that conversation, and it would come to the forefront when I started writing about restaurants in New York City and reviewed Ubani Cafe, a…
