Travel as an Introvert
My long-overdue summary of my trip around Europe last summer and the long-lost video footage of the entire thing!
Galway Girl
Coast to coast in a week with Killian. This time we were on the west coast of Ireland, in the heart of Galway.
A Weekend by the Sea
Last Thursday Killian and I celebrated our first year together. Time flies! We took the weekend to have a little getaway at his family's property in Arklow.
Walking the back roads in Ireland
When the weather permits, I go on walks. Come walk with me!
Finding my Roots
I know this is a post that a lot of you have been wanting to see for the past year. And I'm really sorry that it's taken so long! But I wanted to get everything up in the correct order, and I really feel that switching over to Squarespace hosting has been worth it for the general quality of my website. But now we've reached the grand finale: Greece.
Bergamo
Our last stop as a group was Bergamo. We wanted to go to Milan, and the closest airport that fit all of our needs was Bergamo. Xin Yun went on to see Milan, but Alec and I were kind of digging just being in Bergamo. We walked to the old town and explored our last narrow Italian streets. And some Italian treats. On a map we'd gotten there were a few different underground caves/tunnels. And since that seemed pretty cool we spent most of our time trying to find their entrances. All in all, it was a good, relaxing way to spend our last day of the trip.
Letters to Juliette
One of the places I really wanted to visit in Northern Italy was Verona. I wanted to go and see the letters to Juliette. It's supposed to be a place where women right to Juliette, of Romeo and Juliette, for love advice. We had very little time in Verona, so my heart was kind of broken when the night we arrived it was closed. I didn't really think it would be a place that could be closed, so that was my first surprise! But we had dinner out on the plaza, which was beautiful. I also had some amazing blackberry gelato that tasted so fresh.
Cinque Terre: Doors
My favorite part of Italy (other than the coast) was the colorful buildings- and the colorful doors! They were all so different, and so gorgeous. And the mailboxes in Europe are so much better than ours.
Cinque Terre: Manarola
We were running out of daylight. So instead of hiking to Manarola, we took the train from Corniglia. And since we'd spent most of our time hiking, we decided to explore this town more. It was a pretty wonderful adventure. And during our exploration, we found a trail of blood. Leading to a guy who had somehow lost his finger. Talk about excitement! After all of the climbing of stairs and hills we headed back to Riomaggiore for dinner.
Cinque Terre: Corniglia
Most of our time had been spent hiking so far. So our stop in Corniglia was pretty short. It took a million steps to get there. But we peeked around a bit. Then we went to our last town in the hike by train: Manarola.