Those first few days in London

Step counter: 44,930(3 days, May 24 through May 27) I think I’ve met more Canadians in three days than I’ve met in the US in the last 12 years. Gary, Olivia, and Megan from Toronto. Nikayla and Eric from Vancouver. Living in a hostel has been an experience. This being my first time, I specifically booked the “women-only” section for a week, and, especially as I was writing this paragraph, it felt like I was back in college with my girlies joking around and chatting about our past travels and future plans. I got so many good recommendations from everyone, […]

Who What Wear

Even though nobody asked, here’s a whole post documenting what I packed for this 3-month trip. It’s actually pretty crazy how much I was able to squeeze into a 45L backpack. There were some rules I followed for clothes specifically. First of all, pockets on everything, except tops. Self-explanatory. Secondly, each article of clothing has to be easy to clean/dry. And lastly, because I know myself, I’m not allowed to bring anything that stains easily and obviously. To be fair to myself, even though I put off planning my trip until basically the last minute, I have spent months mentally […]

Hello world!

I spent way too much time tooling around with this 🤬 site, so you better be reading this right now. Yeah, you. Ok thanks. On this sweet, beautiful Sunday, instead of enjoying the sun and getting on top of my weekly chores, I spent the last 8 hours doing this. Did I learn stuff? Yes. Did I get to flex my creative muscles? Yes. But does my back hurt now? Fuck. Yes. Was it my own damn fault for having shite posture? Ok, fine, also yes. Anyways. We are in the final countdown for this Europe trip that I finally […]