Engagement Trumps Birthdays

The first 24 hours in NYC were epic. It started out at dinner with Jon to celebrate my birthday and our anniversary and ended with a Saturday brunch with the besties celebrating our engagement. From this: to this: to this: Rewind to the beginning…we got into NY around 4pm.  We were staying at a hotel because Jon’s parents were [...]

Packing Sucks

As you know from the last post I’m in NYC right now. I’m home for about 25 days so that’s a lot of clothes and other things. Somehow all of this Fit into this silver suitcase I brought about 25 shirts, 6 pants, 10 dresses, running gear, 4 pairs of shoes and other random things. [...]

Home Is Where The Heart Is

You hear that phrase over and over but no matter how many times you hear it it’s still true. I’m heading home for a month and I couldn’t be more excited to see my family and friends.  My 27th (wow) birthday is on Saturday so I can celebrate it at home which makes me ecstatic to say [...]

AC La Linea

In case you are catching up on our trip: Gibraltar Climbing the Rock Marbella, Spain We stayed at AC La Linea.  It’s a chain of hotels throughout Spain, Portugal and Italy.  The hotel itself was very nice, well priced and had a free mini bar. Sorry about the messy photos.  I couldn’t get a photo [...]

5 Hours In Marbella, Spain

Day 1 of vacation Day 2 of vacation Day 3 was spent in Marbella, Spain.  It was a 1.5 hour bus ride up the coast. I knew it was a beach town and it wasn’t going to be hot enough to lay out but we figured we might as well explore since we were close [...]

Climbing The Rock

You can read about our first day in Gibraltar here. The best way to see all of the Rock of Gibraltar is to take the cable car up to the top and then explore it on foot.  At the base of the rock there are a ton of “tour guides/taxi drivers” trying to persuade you to take [...]

A Weekend In Gibraltar

I gave a hint to where we spent our weekend here and if you guessed Gibraltar then you were right! We wanted to get away for the weekend and go to a plane neither of us have been to so we decided on Gibraltar.  Our hotel was in La Linea, Spain but it was a 10 [...]

Paris On Purpose – Hitting All The Tourist Spots

First Post: Eiffel Tower at night Second Post: Palace of Versailles Third Post: Being a Tourist This is the route we took on Saturday to make sure Jen saw all of the spots before she left Paris.  We started at the Sacre Coeur where there were performers, singers and picnics everywhere.  Oh and the church is [...]

Paris On Purpose – Being A Tourist

First Post: Eiffel Tower at night Second Post: Palace of Versailles I came up with the perfect walking route through Paris to see most of the major sites and I want to share it with you incase you are heading there soon! Start at the Eiffel Tower. Climb to the top. Cross the river. Climb [...]

New Additions In Florence

So much has changed in Florence since I was there 6 years ago.  Here are a few: This is te lobby of my old apt.  It never looked so nice! My old school is now a beautiful hotel.  The school was so run down and rickety that we kept our jackets on in class because the heat [...]