I spent ten days traveling with Chris and Alex Roman, friends from the US. We started in Lisbon and then went to Lagos, Seville, Granada and ended in Madrid. I’m too lazy to recount everything, but here are highlights and lowlights: Highlights: – The first dinner that we did in Lisbon was the first real […]
Sagres – Finally Rid of the Tourists
Hands down, my favorite part of my trip so far was the time I spent in Sagres. Here’s how it went down… On my bus from Lagos to Sagres, I was sitting behind a German backpacker named Eli. Eli had just come from a music festival and also had a tent that he was eager […]
Portimão – PortimOOOUCH!
I don’t even remember where my initial destination was going to be on the Algarve, because I ended up just going to the same town as my BlaBla Car driver, Pedro. Pedro lives and works in Porto, but was going to a beach town called Portimao to meet up with a firend who had a […]
Porto – All of the Wine
I actually did some advance planning, and booked a three night stay at a hostel in Porto, a city in Northern Portugal famous for the production of Port wine. I decided to take advantage of the sharing economy and use BlaBla Car, a ridesharing app, to get to Porto. Felix, a friend from my Lisbon […]
Lisbon – The Adventure Begins!
Until this trip, I had never travelled alone for an extended period of time. Two and a half weeks discovering Portugal by myself were absolutely incredible, and a great introduction to solo travelling. I spent time with so many wonderful people, and even though we may have only hung out for an hour or a […]
Israel Part II – Officially a Backpacker
Israel Part II – Officially a Backpacker We returned to Tel Aviv late on Friday night and crashed at the apartment of Eleanor, one of the Israeli soldiers who was on our Birthright trip. Everyone else who had extended their trip left early on Saturday morning, and Eleanor and I went to the beach. That […]
Mykonos – Squad Up, Bless Up
After Birthright, you have the option to extend your trip rather than flying back to the US with the rest of the group, or of course you can cancel your flight back altogether (me). A bunch of people from the trip were extending, and five of us planned a trip to Mykonos, Greece for a […]
Israel Part I – Birthright
I can’t think of a better way to start my journey than the two and a half weeks I just spent in Israel. The first 10 days were on the Birthright/Taglit program, and after that I took a quick three-day trip to Mykonos, Greece and spent a few days exploring Tel Aviv. If you’re not […]
Trip FAQs
Q: Where are you going? A: My tentative itinerary is Israel –> Portugal –> Spain –> Indonesia –> Thailand –> Laos –> Cambodia –> Vietnam –> Australia. Definitely subject to change. Q: How long are you traveling for? A: I plan on traveling through the rest of 2016, but nothing is set in stone. If I hate living out of a backpack and […]