I have a special place in my heart for Northern Spain; this is where I studied abroad my junior year in college, where I fell in love with traveling, and where…

This article contains my methods and advice for how to learn a second language, what materials to use, how to use them, and what you can do to achieve the best results for acquiring your target language.

Traveling to Hawaii was one of the most interesting and unexpected vacations I have ever gone on. Before going, I expected it to be a beautiful island with great beaches, poke bowls, and hiking galore. It was all those things, but the experience itself turned out to be culturally immersive far beyond what I had imagined…

The picturesque Pacific Coast Highway is a must see on any Californian road trip. This highway exceeded my expectations in every imaginable way. The twisty roads, fluffy pampas grass…

This week has been a very interesting one to say the least. I arrived with way too many things: my two duffel bags, my bike, and my 45 lb dog Gin. As I write this, I am sitting in a beautiful “living cafe” full of young, friendly people

As mentioned in my other blog, I moved to Wyoming this summer to work on a dude ranch on North Fork Highway, 20 minutes from Yellowstone National Park. That changed after…

When I went to college, I decided that I wanted to study abroad once each year for a total of four trips. This did not quite end up happening, as I did five years at the University of South Florida, and I only went three times…

At the age of 23 I have now traveled to international countries such as Spain, Colombia, Guatemala, Latvia, and Norway on my own; in addition to several places throughout the United States. These experiences…

My wild west story began when I applied to five dude ranches throughout the west this past spring in some downtime during my final internship. I eventually forgot about the applications, then one day I got a call…

Since the age of 16, I babysat for friends and family occasionally. By the time I was a senior in high school, I had started nannying for a very generous family of four boys. I went off to college…