When we had the opportunity to visit Senja in Norway, I wanted to focus on two things: hiking and camping. We’d be spending a few days in Oslo before heading north, and I was ready to be fully surrounded by the natural beauty this Northern Norway island had to offer after a few days in…
Category: Travel
A Quick Trip to Scotland
When it comes to traveling, usually I’m the planner. Once a destination is set, I research things to do, possible day trips, where to stay, how to get around… I like to have all my bases covered in advance to minimize the stress and indecision that would inevitably come with leaving things up in the…
10 Day Norwegian Road Trip: Oslo to Fjord Norway
I was sixteen the first time I visited Norway. As part of a European cruise I was on with my mom, we stopped at Flåm, Geiranger and Bergen. For an awkward teenager, it was almost two full weeks of being high on the exhilaration of realizing that the world is a great big place that extends…
Four Days in Bergen
In the fall of 2016, Dan and I took a road trip from Oslo to the western part of Norway (to be finally written about soon!). A year later, it was a trip I was still dreaming about, so when Norwegian airlines had a Labor Day sale on flights from Providence to Bergen in October,…
Ulriken to Fløyen – Vidden Trail
Hiking the Vidden Trail between Mt. Ulriken and Mt. Floyen in Bergen, Norway
Venice & Naples
Okay, so Naples is in the title, but full disclosure, “Eating in Naples” would be a more appropriate way to describe our brief visit to the city. Our flight from Venice left out of Naples, so after taking the train from the Amalfi Coast we had just enough time to arrive at L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele…
Italy’s Amalfi Coast
My mom loves Italy. Anyone who knows her – or me, for that matter – knows that. She visits frequently, for several weeks at a time, taking language and cooking classes while exploring her way around the country. This spring I went to meet her toward the end of one of her visits. She’d been…
Maine Forest Yurts
As we made our way toward mid-June and still hadn’t been camping a trip to Maine Forest Yurts seemed like the perfect way to enjoy a night away without much effort. We hadn’t been before, but had received a gift certificate for Christmas and were eager to check it out. Less than an hour away from…
Driving up the West Coast
After Napa, we drove toward the coast, ending our night by setting up at a campsite in total darkness, which made for some incredible views as we opened our tent flaps the next morning to find ourselves surrounded by some of the biggest trees we’d ever seen. We were eager to hit the road, and…
Napa Valley Wine Train
Prior to visiting the West Coast, I was in full on planning mode when I came across the Napa Valley Wine Train. As luck would have it, the Wine Train was in the midst of hosting an Instagram scavenger hunt, a contest in which the winners would receive complimentary tickets for a ride through wine country.
ONE WEEKEND AWAY 