Europe
London
I’ve been to London twice. Once in 2014 and again in 2019. When I visited in 2014, it was at the very beginning of my solo travels. It was my first stop in my 15 months abroad alone. I was only there for twelve hours on a layover to
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California
Berkeley/SF
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @cutelittlepaperblog I moved to San Jose three years ago. San Jose is an hour south of the world famous San Francisco. Every movie and TV show takes place there, everyone abroad dreams of visiting San Francisco. However, in my three years
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Spain
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @cutelittlepaperblog Do you have a travel bucket list? I sure do. Here are my top places: 1. Spain 2. Greece/Cyprus 3. Ethiopia 4. All of Northern Europe especially Estonia and Sweden 5. All of Eastern Europe especially Ukraine and Hungary
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Davis
One of my favorite travel partners is my grandpa. He and I have been to countless places… Brazil, Hong Kong, Canada, Northwestern United States, just to name a few. It had been more than a year since we went to Brazil, our last trip. So it was time for another
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Cleveland
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @cutelittlepaperblog I spent ten days in Cleveland this summer. Before going there, I heard from a lot of people that it would be boring. They were so wrong. I met the most amazing, sweetest Ohio natives who had so much to
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Amsterdam
Traveling isn’t always glamorous. My friends and I somehow all got diarrhea from the same ice cubes at the most upscale bar in all of Tangier, Morocco. Yes, whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably true, and yes, it’s disgusting. It lasted about five days. I left Morocco
California
The Bay Area, from South Bay to the Peninsula
Casey and I just celebrated four years in the Bay. California has been enjoyable, with new experiences, and good memories. We don’t know if it’s the perfect fit for us, though. We are far too kooky for this hyper-capitalist, business-centered state. It’s difficult to afford
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British Columbia
When I was about eighteen, I set off with my grandpa and fifty other retirees in a stinky tour bus all Canadian national parks. I’ve also written about the time I toured the US on a bus. Hadn’t I learned my lesson?! The result was a chaotic and
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Monterey
For our four year anniversary, my boyfriend and I spent the weekend in Monterey. We saw the infamous aquarium, went to the beach, had fish and chips, went hiking at Aptos State Park, and even kayaked alongside otters. Monterey is a beautiful coastal city only an hour south of San
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Denver
I was able to connect with Zhenya, a friend I made while living in Samara, in Denver! It was the perfect place to meet up. It’s mild in the summer and an urban center with a lot to do. Zhenya and I spent many late nights talking and eating
Central/South America
Grenada
My boyfriend and I decided to spend ten days in Grenada, also known as the Isle of Spice. He had served in the Peace Corps for three years in that country and had not returned to a visit yet. Coincidentally, it’s also an island paradise famous for their nutmeg,
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Boston & New York City
View this post on Instagram A post shared by @cutelittlepaperblog This summer I spent a month on the East Coast. As a kid, I had never been to any part of the East Coast. Most trips my family took were to the West Coast or Southwest. So as an adult,