Kevin and my first cruise was also our first international trip together when we got married. We had such a great time that we immediately considered ourselves “cruise people,” despite the fact that our next one wouldn’t be until four years later (and we’ve still only been on four total in 13 years). But we…
Category: Thoughts on Travel
My Favorite Types of Travel Photos
Every photographer has certain compositions they’re drawn to. Here are some of the types of pictures I seem to take over and over. Landscapes This is pretty obvious. Can you be a travel photographer if you don’t get at least some landscape shots? Vignettes It’s nice to focus in on the details sometimes. They tell…
Instagram VS Reality – Travel Blogger Edition
I like to think I’m pretty decent at taking photos and getting better at travel photography each trip, but when I stop and compare my shots to successful travel Instagammers… oh boy! I gotta work on my popular influencer shots! 🙂 Below are some Instagram travel blogger tropes and two examples of each, followed by…
The Little Things I Miss
In light of the covid lockdown and in honor of Rick Steves’ post, here are some of the things I have renewed appreciation for these days and miss a lot. The feeling of that first step out of the airport, being surrounded by a completely foreign world and knowing an adventure is coming Speaking phrases…
What is Jet Lag Really Like?
My grandma LaVerne used to travel for work, and she claimed that there was no such thing as jet lag. She had some kind of mind-over-matter secret that kept her functioning no matter the time zone. Sadly I have not taken after her in this respect; My jet lag tends to sneak up on me…
How we’ve been able to go on 1-2 trips a year
When Kevin and I got married on a Mediterranean cruise in 2013, we knew we loved to travel, but we figured we’d only get to go somewhere once every few years. That’s all we saw as real-life examples; I was barely paying attention to “travel bloggers and influencers” yet, and most fellow Wisconsinites we knew…
Why I Didn’t Like Las Vegas
Something about me: I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t have a righteous meaning behind that; I just don’t enjoy the flavor, the cost, or how I feel when I drink. I’ve never had more than two drinks in a sitting, because I usually get a headache pretty quickly and then decide it’s just not worth…
8 Ways I’m a Proud Tourist
Have you ever read a blog post that touted getting “off the beaten path” as a more authentic way to travel? Or one that made “tourist” seem like a dirty word you should be trying to separate your travel identity from? I have, and at first it made me feel bad about how I travel,…
The Most Difficult Trip to Plan
I’ve been planning our trip itineraries for 5 years now. I developed a process of using Google Drive, which has worked quite well and ensured that our trips were packed full of great sites and activities. Sometimes we followed our plan closely, but usually we would modify it; either way, it was always a great starting…
Sightseeker 