Home
About
- Work with Me
Travel Planning & Itineraries
Destinations
Mental Health
Lifestyle

Nav Social Menu

Life Well Wandered

Study Abroad

Trip Highs & Lows

And I’m off!

Last Day in London with the Family

Cardiff: Discovering my Family Ancestry

Lest We Forget : Helping With the Tower of London Poppies

« Go to Previous Page
Go to page 1
Go to page 2
Go to page 3

Do you ever visit a city and wish you liked it mor

Do you ever visit a city and wish you liked it more than you did? I felt that way about Florence. From what I’d heard and read about it, Florence was one of the best places to go in Italy. It is a huge study abroad destination and everyone I’d spoken to absolutely loved it. Me? Not so much. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t have a bad time. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be. I’m not even sure what I thought it would be. It just didn’t live up to the vision I had of it in my mind. Given the opportunity, I would go back to Florence and give it one more chance. Maybe Florence and I weren’t meant to be back in 2014. Maybe next time will be different. 🙏 #lifewellwandered

Visiting St. Peter’s Basilica was like a dream.

Visiting St. Peter’s Basilica was like a dream. Despite the crowds, its size prevented us from feeling cramped. Weirdly (for me), I don’t really remember much of this day - perhaps I was just overwhelmed by all of the art in Vatican City. Who knows! ⛪️ #lifewellwandered

If this was a highlight reel, I’d just tell you

If this was a highlight reel, I’d just tell you that my family and I spent a wonderful Christmas Eve midnight mass in the Pantheon. However, that wouldn’t be the whole story. 😳 While we did go to Christmas Eve midnight mass in the Patheon, it wasn’t the best time - I had a panic attack that caused us to leave prematurely. On a good day, I can ward off panic attacks pretty well. But at midnight after a day of sightseeing on foot, I didn’t have the mental strength to fight one. The crowd that formed outside the entrance to the Pantheon was overwhelming at best, the rush to the seats for the service was mildly scary, and the overpowering smell of incense made me feel nauseous. I couldn’t take it for very long and we left about 20 minutes into the mass. 😬 I hope to visit the Pantheon again one day so I can make some happy memories there. 🙏 #lifewellwandered

If I could pick three words to describe my trip to

If I could pick three words to describe my trip to Rome, they would be: history, pasta, and churches. Not a bad combination. 💁🏼‍♀️ My family and I popped into just about every church we came across that was open and not in the middle of a service and I highly recommend you do the same on a trip to Rome. 🤓 The one pictured here, St. John Lateran’s Archbasilica, is the official seat of the bishop of Rome (the Pope). Because it is the cathedral of the Pope, it ranks above all other churches in the Catholic Church, including St. Peter’s Basilica. Crazy, right? It’s the oldest church in the West and was founded around 312, dedicated in 324, and has been refurbished several times. ⛪️ If you’re interested in more of the churches I saw in Rome, check out the link in my bio. 📚 #lifewellwandered

I took Latin for 10 years and when my family decid

I took Latin for 10 years and when my family decided to spend Christmas in Rome I was beyond excited. I would finally get the chance to see the ruins we talked about in class! 😁 We spent our first morning there touring the Roman Forum and Colosseum and I took way too many pictures of both while also jotting down interesting tidbits of information I learned from our tour guides. That morning was quite literally a dream come true for a former classics nerd. 🤓 #lifewellwandered

If you’re in a town that has a cathedral, always

If you’re in a town that has a cathedral, always visit that cathedral, even if you’re not religious. ⛪️ Salisbury Cathedral is one of my favorite cathedrals I’ve visited and I wouldn’t hesitate to return given the chance! It was consecrated in 1258 and was also the first cathedral to found a girls’ choir (in 1991…). During World War II, German pilots were ordered not to bomb the cathedral because the spire was used as a navigation point. In fact, the Salisbury Cathedral spire has the tallest spire in Great Britain and the 3rd tallest spire in the world. 😱 The Cathedral also houses the best-preserved copy of the Magna Carta in its Chapter House. Only 4 copies remain and the one in Salisbury is the best preserved of the four original copies from June 1215. 🤓 #lifewellwandered

I visited Stonehenge on what was quite possibly th

I visited Stonehenge on what was quite possibly the coldest day of winter. My coat, hat, and gloves did nothing to keep me from feeling numb from the ice-cold wind as I walked around Stonehenge listening to the detailed audio guide. ❄️ Stonehenge was my first solo day trip and I even surprised myself by chatting to a few people on the bus from Salisbury to the welcome center. (This is a HUGE deal for me.) While I would have preferred to visit in warmer weather, the cold kept the crowds away and it felt almost as if I got this mysterious prehistoric monument to myself. ✨ #lifewellwandered

Home
About
Travel Planning & Itineraries
Destinations
Mental Health
Lifestyle

Copyright © 2020 · beloved theme by Restored 316