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Zurich: Exploring the Sophisticated Charms of Switzerland’s Financial Capital

Zurich: Exploring the Sophisticated Charms of Switzerland’s Financial Capital

Switzerland is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited. The natural beauty is hard to beat with the green mountains, valleys and stunning crystal lakes. Many people visit for the purpose of hiking through this amazing scenery. One day I hope to 

Milan: Uncovering Italy’s Fashion Capital for First Timers

Milan: Uncovering Italy’s Fashion Capital for First Timers

Milan, Italy I was so excited to be able to travel for this 4 day weekend. Italy was one of the places that is open currently for tourism with no mandatory quarantine so we decided to venture to one of the most famous Italian cities: 

Marbella, Spain: Discovering the Glamour of Spain’s Costa del Sol

Marbella, Spain: Discovering the Glamour of Spain’s Costa del Sol

Marbella, Spain: Marbella is known for being one of the playgrounds of the rich and being extravagant. While it does live up to that reputation, it’s not all it has to offer. The Casco Antiguo (old town) was an enchanting surprise filled with balconies, flower 

Benalmádena: Discovering the Coastal Treasures Hidden in Southern Spain

Benalmádena: Discovering the Coastal Treasures Hidden in Southern Spain

Benalmádena, Spain: With COVID reaching its one year lockdown anniversary in Europe it would be an understatement to say that I have missed traveling. While so much of the world is still closed, I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Benalmádena Spain 

Ronda: Unveiling the Historic Charms of Spain’s Andalusian Gem

Ronda: Unveiling the Historic Charms of Spain’s Andalusian Gem

Ronda, Spain Another wonderful little gem located 100 kilometers from Málaga is Ronda, which makes a great morning day trip. You can even pair this with another city (such as old town Marbella) and make a full day adventure. We drove in our rental car 

Atlantis sunset lounge: Málaga, Spain

Atlantis sunset lounge: Málaga, Spain

Atlantis sunset lounge : Málaga While we were strolling around the harbor we decided that it would be nice to sit and have a relaxing drink in the sunshine and we stumbled upon Atlantis sunset lounge. It’s a rooftop bar with a nice view of 

Málaga, Spain (day trip)

Málaga, Spain (day trip)

Málaga Spain Málaga is one of those places that has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re one of those people who loves to spend your time traipsing around from city to city , monument to monument then there are plenty of sites 

La Bella Bambina: Benalmádena, Spain

La Bella Bambina: Benalmádena, Spain

La Bella Bambina: Benalmádena, Spain We landed very late and decided to try La Bella Bambina because you can see it from the infinity pool of our AirBnB. Our first visit was around 21:00 so we weren’t able to see the amazing views yet. This 

Hadik: Budapest

Hadik: Budapest

Hadik: Budapest I went to Hadik with a group of girlfriends who are also hockey wives to my partners teammates here in Budapest. One of them recommended we go here and we decided to go on the way to one of the games. The menu 

Mikes 1150: Vienna

Mikes 1150: Vienna

Mikes 1150: Vienna has a never ending list of restaurants popping up and it is hard to keep up! We recently decided to expand our horizons and discovered Mikes 1150. It has all kinds of options and we were very satisfied. If you are in 

Gmunden: Traunsee

Gmunden: Traunsee

Gmunden, Austria We spent two days at Gmunden visiting Traunsee and Traunkirchen after visiting Hallstatt. I wanted to spend more time on the alpine lakes and this seemed like a nice one to hang around at! There’s plenty of things we were interested in seeing 

Hallstatt & Dachstein: Discovering Austria’s Hidden Gems

Hallstatt & Dachstein: Discovering Austria’s Hidden Gems

Hallstatt & Dachstein We initially had plans to go to Croatia for a little over a week but sadly due to Covid19 we decided it was best to stay within Austria. We made the most of the time for sure! Our first stop was the 

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Feurteventura: Discovering the Allure of Spain’s Sun-Drenched Gem

Feurteventura: Discovering the Allure of Spain’s Sun-Drenched Gem

Feurteventura Feurteventura is technically part of the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain. I went for a week trip and it wasn’t at all what I expected at first. The first part of the island is completely rocky, cliffs everywhere and doesn’t give off 

Athens & Chanià, Greece: Quick trip guides

Athens & Chanià, Greece: Quick trip guides

Athens & Chanià Greece was my last spring break trip with friends during my Masters degree. We decided we wanted to split the time between Athens and the islands so we could experience a little of both the mainland and island culture. I would go 

Venice Unveiled: Exploring the Enchanting Canals of Italy’s Floating City

Venice Unveiled: Exploring the Enchanting Canals of Italy’s Floating City

Venice, Italy We took a three day trip to Venice and took the night train from Vienna. It’s an 8 hour train ride but you can get the sleeping carts and have a bed to yourself which makes the ride pretty easy. Grab a bottle 

Ljubljana & Lake Bled, Slovenia: How to Spend a Day in Two Cities

Ljubljana & Lake Bled, Slovenia: How to Spend a Day in Two Cities

Ljublijana, Slovenia My partner and I decided to take a day trip to Slovenia from Klagenfurt. I wanted to visit Ljubljana and Lake Bled! The biggest travel tip is make sure you bring your passport ! Even if you have a visa or an EU 

Mallorca: Exploring the Balearic Beauty of Spain’s Mediterranean Gem

Mallorca: Exploring the Balearic Beauty of Spain’s Mediterranean Gem

Mallorca Mallorca was an amazing week vacation I took with my partner. It was a much needed relaxation type destination. If you enjoy the island life, it’s a trip for you! There’s so much to Mallorca (Majorca) we will absolutely need to go back to 

Budapest: Hungary’s Vibrant Capital the Jewel of the Danube

Budapest: Hungary’s Vibrant Capital the Jewel of the Danube

Budapest is one of my favorite cities and if I could speak fluent Hungarian I would most likely have moved here already. It is a very international city however so you can get by with other languages as well! It has a ton of fun 

Barcelona, Spain: Exploring the Vibrant Heart of Catalonia

Barcelona, Spain: Exploring the Vibrant Heart of Catalonia

Barcelona: Barcelona is one of those cities that I have always wanted to travel to since I was a kid. I partly blame this on the Cheetah girls 2 movie, I mean come on what teenage girl doesn’t dream of living their lives (I’m looking 

Into the Highlands: Discovering the Beauty of Scotland’s Untamed Wilderness

Into the Highlands: Discovering the Beauty of Scotland’s Untamed Wilderness

Scotland & The Highlands For my graduation/family trip we took a two week vacation to explore all around Scotland. My fathers side is almost completely Scottish and he was very excited for this trip. To be honest we spent a lot of the time visiting