I’m all the things you are: an English speaking, kind (I hope you’re kind… I hope I’m kind!), and food-needing human. If I’m lucky you also like to read about travel. You’ve found my virtual scrapbook!

I’m no more special than the next person, but I’ve been blessed to have had some adventures at young ages including:

• At 14, spent the summer before high school building houses with strangers in Ecuador. (Yeah, I don’t know why my parents agreed to this either 😆 but a very formative experience!) 🇪🇨

• At 18, marched drum corps for three summers and saw more than half the states in the USA — sleeping on one gymnasium floor at a time. Just kidding, we rarely got ‘floor time', we mostly slept on the bus. 🎺

• At 20, moved to Costa Rica for a semester of college at La Universidad Veritas where I honed my Spanish skills and came down with a full-blown case of the travel bug — sadly, no cure, but traveling often does ease the symptoms. 🇨🇷

My parents also had a big hand in showing me different parts of the world, but, to my credit, I was determined and persistent in my early solo adventures despite multiple failures on the road to departure.

Now I’m in my 30’s and a full-blown travel addict with my husband Dantan who is a sometimes-history professor who travels semi-often for his job at a non-profit. We’re obsessed with black coffee, the TV show 30 Rock by Tina Fey, mid-century jazz, our 200-year-old front doors, and our cockapoo Jasper. ♥️ Some recent adventures include:

• A last-minute trip to Scandinavia with free hotels booked on points and a great airfare deal at $700 roundtrip! And I’m talking booked-on-Monday-left-on-Thurdsay last minute. ✈️

• Pulled off 3 amazing adventures with our closest people in the world in the span of 18 months: my parents (Thailand, Cambodia), my in-laws (Scotland, England, France), and my best friend and her husband (Egypt). I don’t know how we accomplished SO much on each of these trips. 💪🏼

• Mastered the art of packing in a single carry-on suitcase for trips of any length (aka COO, carry-on only). Longest so far is 18 days, but we could go forever. 🧳

• We’ve officially booked a trip to see our last two Wonders of the World! 🇮🇳🇨🇳

I’m a full-time funeral director and embalmer at my family’s funeral home which may or may not bleed into my stories. Read on for 100% unsolicited travel advice. Always seeking the next destination.

Thanks for being here,