Munich, Germany (and a couple towns we didn’t know to expect)

For the final leg of our post-study abroad trip (minus the Mallorca layover, where we did nothing but lie on the beach for a glorious day), Alayna and I took a 90-minute train from Salzburg to Munich. This train ride from across the Bavarian countryside was the sort of beautifully cliché travel that I had...

The Sound of Music: Salzburg, Austria

"The hills are alive with the sound of music...with songs they have sung for a thousand years..." Okay. I am going to try not to quote the entire movie. But I am totally writing about Salzburg while listening to the Sound of Music soundtrack. Salzburg, Austria, was the second leg in my post-study abroad trip...

Packing for a Semester Abroad in Europe

I am one of those weird people who loves packing. When we were kids, my sister and I would make packing lists and cross-check them two weeks before a trip, because we're both those weird people who love lists (type-A runs in the family). Packing always gets me excited for the trip to come 🙂 After a...