My final city in Colombia and the final stop of my entire South America trip was going to be Cartagena. I spent three days in Cartagena and immediately the city felt completely different from Medellín. Medellín felt dense, energetic, fast-moving, you can read my full experience here. Cartagena felt slower, colorful, coastal, and much more…
I’m always excited for every country I get to visit, but I think we can all agree that there are certain destinations that come with an extra level of excitement and anticipation. For me, Colombia was definitely one of those places. Colombia wrapped up my five-week South America journey. There’s another post dedicated entirely to…
I love The Amazing Race. It’s probably the closest thing to reality TV that I actually enjoy watching. It has adventure, adrenaline, and my favorite part: destinations. More than anything, it constantly adds places to my travel bucket list. That’s actually how I first learned about El Peñón de Guatapé. I remember watching an episode…
How did we decide on six days in Amsterdam? Well, this trip originally started a few months earlier when my sister, cousin, and I kept talking about wanting to do a cousins’ trip, which eventually evolved into, “We should do a mom-and-daughter trip.” The next question quickly became: where? At that point, the trip would’ve…
Now, you may be thinking: what exactly do you do for six days in Amsterdam? It sounds like a long stay for any city. But once we started mapping out the things we wanted to do, the days filled up surprisingly quickly. We knew one entire day would be dedicated to tulips. You can read…