During one of my regular check-ins with a good friend of mine, we were asking each other how one another’s vacations were over Christmas and New Year. Although neither of us went anywhere, opting for staycations, we both shared this similar feeling of having enjoyed the time off because we were able to focus on ourselves for once. I spent my vacation visiting museums, sitting in coffee shops in the afternoon, reading good books, going to the gym, sleeping in…
If you’ve been following along with I’m Taking Off since I started this blog last year, you may have gleaned a few things about me. I’m obsessed with Paris, I love…
I know for a fact that long-term travel is not for me, but I still like to spend a good amount of time out the country when I do travel so…
So I’ve taken you guys from Foz do Iguacu to Rio de Janerio and now we’ve finally reached the final leg of my trip through South America *drumroll* Lima, Peru! Lima…
I’m an introvert. I don’t care to be the center of attention, I don’t thrive in social settings outside of my circle of friends and family, and I prefer to fly…
We only had one thing on the agenda for our final day, and it was the perfect ending to our stay in Rio de Janeiro. The Christ the Redeemer statue was what…
Sometimes I have to remind myself that to travel does not only mean to travel far. Given my job, I can’t always hop on flight after flight and jet off to…
If you recall, I was torn as to where I should celebrate my birthday. Unable to travel out of the country, I settled on three potential day trip options: 1) Catalina…
If you’re reading my travel blog, chances are you read other travel blogs (or maybe just mine, and if so, you’re my favorite reader!). And if you read other travel blogs…
Since Rio was a destination I dreamt of for a long time, I wanted to do something memorable to mark the occasion. When my friend expressed interest in getting a tattoo,…
I fall somewhere in the middle when it comes to whether or not to plan an itinerary when traveling. On one hand I like the structure of knowing what I want…
With our time in Foz do Iguacu now complete, it was time to head to our second city in Brazil and the one I was looking forward to the most. It was…
As of the publishing of this post, I’m less than two weeks away from my celebrating my 30th birthday! It is a milestone I am very excited about reaching, and I…