One of my biggest challenges when planning our travels--whether it be a weekend trip somewhere domestic or a several week international excursion--is that I try to squeeze in too much. My husband, as well as friends, will tell you I pack the itinerary to a painful point in order to make sure we miss nothing. …
Tag: Travel
Exploring Morocco
My amazing husband helped me reach my first travel goal this year: I wanted to visit 30 countries before turning 30. Throughout the end of May and into June we made it, traveling to some countries that had long been on my list--Morocco and Portugal--and spending a day in southern Spain. Our itinerary was based on …
Defeating Cortisol Resistance With Travel
Things have been a little out of control. I'm not going to say the sky is falling or anything like that, but as seems to be the constant case, we are busy. My first semester of grad school comes to a close this week with finals and papers and presentations that have been causing me …
Impressed with Moroccan Hospitality
We aren't even there yet, and I'm already impressed with Moroccan hospitality. I have been hustling to get our itinerary finalized amid work, school, holidays and just life in general. I had most of our lodging booked weeks ago--we are doing a combination of hotel chains (where we have points/can stay for free or cheap) …
30 By 30: Morocco and Portugal
The flights and hotels are booked. We're officially headed to Morocco and Portugal this May. I'm officially going to have been to 30 countries by the time I turn 30. For the record, I have the world's greatest husband. I am so grateful he goes along with some of these crazy ideas and genuinely supports …
2013 Travel Recap
Each year I try to recap the places I've been. I didn't start my blog until 2009 (years prior to 2009 involved lots of travel so I don't know how I would have recapped all of that!) and the trips have been reasonable--both domestic and international, and some not so far from home. Although I …
Honeymoon Travel: Romania
The underdog of our honeymoon was Romania. I had been waiting forever to see Turkey and Greece, and I was excited about Croatia and the good things I'd heard about Dubrovnik; but I didn't have much background or information or really any idea what we were getting ourselves into visiting Romania. We actually threw it …
Heather's Compass 