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Tórshavn, Føroyar [Tórshavn, Faroe Islands]

Today’s planned activities were canceled due to rain and weather. Honestly, I’m surprised more days didn’t turn out this way. (Pleasantly surprised.) Originally, I had booked a boat excursion to see the Vestmanna bird cliffs and grottoes, but today was so rainy and windy that the trip was postponed. So what do you do in the Faroe Islands when it rains hard and you want to stay relatively dry?…

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Saksun-Tjørnuvík, Streymoy, Føroyar [Saksun-Tjørnuvík, Island of Currents, Faroe Islands]

There’s so much to share about this epic day; so many memories, so many pictures. Curating this post was a lost cause… and yet the pictures I’ve posted here are just some of the many I could have chosen. I think I chose well, because going through them again brings me such joy to think about Saksun and Tjørnuvík and the epic hike from one to the other… and then back again.

Saksun is often…

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#EAT around the world #Europe #Faroe Islands #Fish #Local food #Nordic #Seafood #Traditional Food #Travel

Vágar, Føroyar [Vágar, Faroe Islands]

Oh, Faroe Islands. I can’t even begin to tell you how thrilling and satisfying today was.

I’ll admit, part of my desire to come to the Faroe Islands was influenced by seeing beautiful photos of the islands, in part thanks to social media. I’m a visual person, and I’m drawn to beautiful things. To dramatic scenes. To sights that aren’t a part of my day-to-day routine. (Who isn’t?) The more I saw,…

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Gjogv & Eysturoy, Føroyar [Gjogv & Esturoy, Faroe Islands]

Weather in the Faroe Islands, quite like in Iceland, can change in a moment’s notice. That’s why the Faroe Islands are called the “Land of Maybe,” because maybe you’ll be able to do something, but maybe the weather will prohibit you. But the Faroe Islands, it’s also said you can experience all four seasons in one day. And that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.

Today was definitely…

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Kalsoy, Føroyar [Kalsoy, Faroe Islands]

Technically, Kalsoy is part of Norðoyar (Norther Isles) but, the experience of getting to the island, plus hiking to the Kallur lighthouse, is worthy of a post on its own. Plus the photos!

The Faroe Islands don’t have an massive infrastructure that is built for tourism. It has the kind of infrastructure you’d expect for a small, island country that lives a simple life governed by the seasons. You…

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New Orleans, USA

Honestly, I had no idea what to expect from New Orleans. And it was not what I expected. If I had to list out words I associate with New Orleans, they’d be: French Quarter, Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, beignets, bayou, jazz, voodoo, Katrina, and maybe Creole. And truth be told, my opinion might not have changed that much in the 3 days that I spent in New Orleans on a trip with two of my close…

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#Americas #Beignet #Cafe du Monde #Cajun #Creole #Doberge #EAT around the world #Local food #New Orleans #Poboy #Seafood #Southern #Travel #Upperline

Tulùm, México [Tulum, Mexico]

About 36 hours into my solo trip to Tulum, I already started thinking about when I could come back again. The 4 days I spent here were magical and a perfect antidote to not just the Chicago winter, but the intensity of the last few months. The words “burnt out” come to mind. By nature, I’m not always at ease with being relaxed, and for the last few years, I’ve noticed it’s more and more difficult…

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#Americas #Beach #EAT around the world #Fish #Food #Local food #Mexico #Quinatana Roo #Seafood #Tacos #Travel #Tulùm

Skåne, Sverige [Scania, Sweden]

Truth be told, visiting Malmö for five days in October was probably not the best use of my time. I had a great time, and ate very well, but there was some improvisation that needed to be done. So… enter the impromptu tour de Skåne! We rented a car and drove all around Skåne (the county that Malmö is situated in) which was very fun. First up was down the western coast to Falsterbo, which is a…

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Malmö, Sverige [Malmö, Sweden]

And just like that, 30 minutes after departing Copenhagen (admittedly a little sad), I had parted ways with Hannah (who was flying back to the States) and Abby and Szymon (who were headed to Stockholm — and I’m jealous) and found myself in Sweden. Home. Except… except… oh, what can I say about Malmö? It’s Sweden’s third largest city? One of the more diverse cities in Sweden? That its football…

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#Coffee #EAT around the world #Europe #Fish #Food #Godis #Husmanskost #Kanelbulle #Kladdkaka #Kottbullar #Local food #Malmö #Nordic #Scandinavia #Sweden #Traditional Food #Travel

København, Danmark [Copenhagen, Denmark]

The last time I was in Copenhagen, it was the last stop on an 18-day, road warrior trip through 6 countries. I lost my wallet in Amsterdam, partied during Oktoberfest in Berlin, celebrated Keith’s 30th birthday in Göteborg. I had quit an old job and accepted a job offer just before I left, I got a new job offer and accepted it while in Prague (meaning I’d need to back out of the first offer), and…

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Hamburg, Deutschland [Hamburg, Germany]

I hope this isn’t where hamburgers are from, because I didn’t have one here. According to the reputable source that is Wikipedia (ha!), actually maybe hamburgers are associated with Hamburg — you can read that here — but I’m not going to bore you with that because 1) I didn’t eat a hamburger in Hamburg and 2) Hamburg is so much more than that. I’m here for a work trip that morphed into a sister+…

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Lübeck, Deutschland [Lübeck, Germany]

Lübeck is one of those pretty little towns that call your name when you look at a map and you see you’re relatively close. It’s a Hanseatic city (meaning, I think, that it’s been a free city and not under rule of some emperor during medieval times); which means it has a pretty awesome, in-tact walled-city feel; which means it’s been UNESCO world heritage site; which means, yes, I spent a day…

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Stockholm, Sverige [Stockholm, Sweden]

There’s no place like Stockholm. It hits so much on my list: near water, green, urban, progressive, walkable, design-centered, full of good food and coffee and godis … It’s a beautiful city that feels both old and new. Sweden does a remarkable job at both honoring its past and not being beholden to it, and there’s no better way to experience that than in its capital. Being there in October was a…

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Tyresö, Sverige [Tyresö, Sweden]

Greetings from Tyresö! Keith and I are in Sweden for some time as a belated (surprise) anniversary celebration, and our first stop is a relaxing weekend in Swedish nature! On a map, Tyresö might look like a suburb, and while it’s so close to Stockholm that we could have easily commuted in everyday, it felt so far away. Not that you ever feel far too from nature when you’re in Stockholm proper,…

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#EAT around the world #Europe #Fika #Food #Foraging #Godis #Local food #Lordagsgodis #Nordic #Stockholm #Sweden #Traditional Food #Travel

Paris, France

Welcome to part II of my 2016 visit to Paris. [You can see part I here.] While Paris is the capital of France, the capital of fashion, capital of love, capital of sitting rattan chairs on the sidewalks of cafés and musing for hours… it’s actually not the capital of food. That title—at least in France—goes to Lyon, where gastronomy reigns queen. And we could debate all day which city actually…

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#Cheese #Crêpes #EAT around the world #Europe #Food #France #Pâtisserie #Rosé #Travel #Wine

Paris, France [Paris, France]

What can I say about Paris that hasn’t been said before? When I first started to plan out this trip around the Euro cup, before Abby and Szymon decided to join, I was thinking about forgoing Paris: considering how busy Rio was during the World Cup, I assumed it’d be so packed full of summer tourists, Euro spectators, and police presence that it would be better to go back another time. But now,…

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Barcelona, Espanya [Barcelona, Spain]

I love Barcelona. After our stint in Andorra, instead of taking the bus back up to Toulouse, and then onward to Paris to meet back up with Abby and Szymon, Keith and I took a detour south to Barcelona for a day. Looking back on it, we had so much fun in such a short period of time. Because Barcelona is amazing. As a lover of architecture, food, the sea, sun, late nights… Barcelona is essentially…

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