eat well, drink well and travel happy
every great dream begins with a dreamer. always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world. — harriet tubman — it’s true, every great dream begins with a dreamer. in fact, the world is full of dreamers, but the world is not […]
“when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” — paulo coelho — why do we do what we do every day? we get up early, sit in traffic for hours on end on our way to work, to then turn around and go home after a long day and […]
“good things happen when you meet strangers.” – yo-yo ma – it is often said that when you travel you meet the most interesting people along the way. i can fully attest to this because through my travels i have met some really amazing people that i can happily say are forever friends. we talk […]
“you may have the universe if i may have italy.” – giuseppe verdi – when i was in college i fell in love with italy. i will never forget taking the subway to the colosseum and walking up the stairs to catch my very first glimpse of something i had always dreamed of seeing. after […]
there is nothing prettier in the whole wide world as a girl in love with every breath she takes. — atticus — while the quote above rings true, especially for me, unfortunately poor atticus never saw hallstatt….. after i finished up my short trip to russia, i had one other new country left to visit […]
russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. — winston churchill — i have always dreamed of going to russia. i was obsessed with ice hockey when i was growing up, which at the time was dominated by good-looking russian players (ahem, sergei federov, swoon..) and even took a few years of […]
if you want to be happy, be. — leo tolstoy — birthdays. i love them. mine, yours, his, hers, that guy down the street, my dog’s. i may not love the idea of getting older, but i absolutely love the idea of bringing people together to celebrate, have some drinks, good food, and lots of […]
and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. — roald dahl — fresh off my trip to kazakhstan, i was back at it, planning my next adventure. this time […]
if you know you want it, have it. — gita beeline — hungry for hungary? me too. it’s been on my list for a long time so when i finally landed in budapest i couldn’t have asked for a better start to my monday. in three words, budapest. is. awesome. go there. book a ticket […]
home is where our story begins part of writing something and then having people subsequently read what you’ve written is trying to be relatable on some level. maybe it’s not relatable reading stories about my travels across europe and beyond, but the one thing everyone has in common is that we all come from somewhere. and […]
conquering continents 