United States
How To Maximize The Fun At the Drive In
When's the last time you had a little "old school fun?" The next time you're looking for a fun and different summertime/fall activity, round up your friends/family and head to the drive in! The drive-in movie is the perfect summertime activity to get out, and enjoy...
Where & How To Happy Hour In Cincinnatti, Ohio
I like to get happy at happy hour... And there's 4 spots in downtown Cincinatti you need to check out and add to your happy hour list. hap·py hour ˈhapē ˌou(ə)r/ noun a period of the day when drinks are sold at reduced prices in a bar or restaurant. A time to...
How To Enjoy A Spring Weekend In Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth: A beautiful city in northern Minnesota, located by Lake Superior, one of the Greatest Lakes of the Great Lakes, and a major port city in the U.S. A tourist destination in the Midwest, and a popular college town and University choice. I ended up having a free...
Getting To Play MN Tour Guide For A Day
I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old books, old wines... and just like that, great friends just pick up where they left off! Let's rewind to February, 2014, where I hopped on a plane across the country to study abroad in the 'Land Down Under'...
How To Pack A Carry-On For A Week, To Go Anywhere!
After being a fan of travel the last 5 years, and now working in the travel industry, I have come to learn the Do's and Don'ts when it comes to packing. What I have learned? LESS IS BEST! I know when it comes to packing, you want to bring EVERYTHING with you! That new...
Life As a Flight Attendant: Tis The Season Of Re-Routes
Winter is here! Which means it’s the season of catching a cold, getting sick, spreading holiday cheer, snowstorms & reroutes. ( And a recent power outage in ATL) Which is what happened on my recent 3 day trip on Thursday. I originally was supposed to have a 30...
Carry-On Along To: Collegeville Orchards
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are October's. The Fall breeze, autumn leaves, pumpkin spice and everything nice, and most important of all; sweater weather. The tree's start to show us how beautiful it is to let things go. It's a time for us to look back on...
A Pretty Little City; Sioux Falls, South Dakota – A Complete Guide On How To Spend & Enjoy 24 Hours Here
Ah Adays, The few days out of the month where I'm "on-call" and scheduling can call me at anytime (like 12:45am), send me anywhere (at 5:00am), and let me hop on/work one flight to layover in this pretty little city called Sioux Falls, South Dakota for 24 hours. ...
Europe
Citybreak in Amsterdam
From Ireland we made our way over to Amsterdam, Holland. We would be doing a three day city break there. One thing I learned and a heads up to those who have never been to Schiphol International Airport... To get to the city center or in general wherever you are...
All Aboard McComb’s! –> Giant’s Causeway Tour
Our main full day in Northern Ireland we wanted to go see Giant's Causeway: 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, and the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. Also known as "The eighth wonder of the world." With little time and no transportation, we went with...
A Train Through the Plains – Belfast
After our three night stay in Dublin, it was time for Brooke and I to head our way up to Belfast, in Northern Ireland. Our plan was to go explore Giant's Causeway --> a result of an ancient volcanic eruption, and Belfast was a perfect destination to stay at and do...
It was Moher Windy than it Looks – Cliffs of Moher
"Let's make like a shepard, and get the flock out of here!" - Paddywagon Tour Guide All aboard the Paddywagon express. Offering day, multi-day, and private/group tours throughout Ireland, we decided to go with Paddywagon for a day tour to the Cliffs of Moher. By far...
The First Two Distillations Make it Whiskey, the THIRD makes it JAMESON
After contradictions of whether to tour the Guinness or Jameson distillery, the path we took led us to Jameson. If you have a student ID, you can get a tour for a reduced price! . Sold all over the world, it's roots are in this small distillery founded in 1780 by...
Walk Until You Drop – Dublin Walking Tour
After our Thursday Night Pub adventures, Saturday morning we were ready to go sight seeing. We started the day off with our hostel's daily walking tour. The tour started at 10:00am and would last roughly around three hours. Our tour guide's name was Eimear. She was a...
Dia Duit, Ireland
If you didn't know, in Irish, Dia Duit is the traditional way to say hello! From England, I ventured off to Ireland. I would be in Dublin for four days, three nights, then hoping on a train to go see and explore Northern Ireland! One nice thing I learned while...
Anything Can Happen
"Anything can Happen" A motto I solemnly live by. Since my first travel experience, I have learned that anything can happen, and expect plans to go not as planned.... With this in mind, I wasn't planning on having my computer crash and burn while on my trip. With...
Australia
Easter…A Last Minute Trip: A whole lot of Money Spent, Activities to do, Getting Stranded, Making Memories…Cairns
With Easter break coming up, that meant that there would be no classes on Good Friday and Easter Monday...What does that mean? Another opportunity to take a trip! But Cairns wasn't the first thing on my mind. Earlier in the weeks before Easter I was looking at wanting...
Oh Hey Steve
On thursday, April 10th it started out as any typical day while at Orion College. I don't have class on thursday's so I went for a morning run, and then on the way back ran into my friends Steph, Destiny, Erin, and Pua. They were all working on our Outdoor Ed papers...
Look Out!, Danger, Warning!…Naaahh I’m hiking up Mount Warning
On Saturday April 12th I had signed up through the international office to do a day trip to hike Mount Warning: the first place on Mainland Australia to receive the sun's rays each day. The mountain remains a place of cultural and traditional significance to the...
Study Week Part Two: Sydney Bound
Let me start off by saying oh boy do I have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to blogging! I have been so busy lately with day trips here and there, all of the breaks I have had (study break -spring break, easter, and now anzac day), and papers for classes. I...
Fraser Island – No shoes, no technology… No Worries
Last Weekend was Spring Break, or should I say "study break" for my University. For some international students we had an option of going to Fraser Island or to the Outback during this week. With my University back at home Fraser Island was included for free, and to...
Hey! I’m Carly!
