Tag: traveling with lola
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Sweden Changed Me—And It’ll Change You Too
Watch the full travel vlog here. “Sweden is designed for everyone!” our guide Sofia said, pointing to small holes at the bottom and middle of a barrier wall in the Stockholm subway system—tiny passageways for mice to escape, and windows perfectly placed so children can see the art that adorns 94 of Stockholm’s 100 subway…
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Avoid Tourists, Find Magic: My Week in Venice
Thanks to my phone service crapping out, I found myself speed walking in circles through the narrow, cobblestone streets of Venice’s San Marco neighborhood. Desperately hoping to make it to one of the two nightly seatings at Ai Mercanti, a Michelin-recommended restaurant with a focus on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, I doubled back down a…
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Live, Laugh, Love: The joyous sensory overload in North America’s largest capital city
What attracts many to travel is the sense of history, culture, and luxury that we may not get to experience in our daily lives. American travelers seeking novelty and culture often head to the European capitals or Southeast Asia, yet some of the world’s best museums, restaurants, bars, and hotels are housed in a metropolitan…
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I visited a 1950s Nuke Town, stayed in a Desert Yurt, & saw a Prada store in the middle of nowhere
(The Story of Marfa, Texas) Valentine, Texas, is an area spanning 320 measly acres with a population of 67, no stop signs, stores, or houses with intact roofs (at least from what I observed). If you find yourself here, it’s possible you’re a long haul trucker or just a road tripper with a broken GPS.…
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Billionaires’ Isle: A Luxurious Weekend in Nantucket
As we sat on the pier near Historic Downtown Nantucket, eating our paper wrapped sandwiches from the nearby Walter’s Deli, I asked my friend Skyler “Do you think the birds know how beautiful this island is?” Below us in the low-tide harbor, ducks floated around looking for scraps of crackers and crumbs that other visitors…
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The Rhythm & Novelty of India’s Golden Triangle
I watched with bated breath as our rickshaw driver seamlessly navigated the overwhelming, intense, chaotic traffic, passing motorbikes, cars, and fellow rickshaws with mere centimeters to spare. The rickshaw, a bicycle with a buggy-wagon attached to the back, offered us a slight elevation above the walking crowd, making the perfect perch for witnessing the scene…
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Ten Things Travel Taught Me in 2023
The travel gods endowed me with an exquisite year of travel experiences. Seven countries, dozens of friends, and thousands of dollars later, I reflect on the biggest lessons that travel taught me this year: #1: Any money spent on travel is well worth it In 2023, I acted as a budget backpacker, staying in hostels…
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Trauma Dumping my Bulgarian Backpacking Experience
Malko Dryanovo, Bulgaria (You may know it by its more common name: hell) I have not been looking forward to writing this blog whatsoever, because this whirlwind trip has been a lot for me to process. This travel experience was probably my least favorite of all my experiences, and it cost me a ton in…
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Learning to Trust the Process in Belfast
Couscous is a pigeon. And he is hilarious. He is the needy and spoiled resident bird of my Belfast residence, a comfy, warm retreat, conveniently called the “Botanical Backpackers Hostel”. As I sat working at a table in the open air courtyard of the house, Couscous sat impatiently on his perch, a wood board around…
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