After my trip to Paris last year (a city which I'd only visited previously for a whirlwind 48 hours in 2005), I returned home a bit perplexed about where to go next. I've always had someplace in mind, a next destination to save for and dream of; I spent nearly five years anticipating my trip to ...
Four Days in Lisbon
After four wonderful days exploring Madrid, I boarded an overnight train to Lisbon, eager to get to the city I fell in love with from a travel show. Arriving in Portugal, I was tired but energized, anxious to soak up another new location and culture for four days before heading back to Madrid and ...
Next Stop: Madrid and Lisbon
I haven't traveled solo since I spent a month in India in 2013. I've been plenty of places since then—London, Reykjavik, Dublin, Paris—but they've been trips shared with friends or family. Which are lovely in their own way, of course. Traveling alone, though...there's something wonderful about ...