travel

It’s official. I no longer live in Chicago. My brother, Dan, and I set off for our road trip south from Chicago to New Orleans. …

We all have those weeks. They are the weeks that linger like a looming black raincloud and are filled with the types of seemingly endless days that everyone knows about, but no one wants…

I've been to San Diego before, but it wasn't until this trip that I fell in love with San Diego.…

This would be my second trip to Santa Barbara, and both times I found myself content to aimlessly wander the palm tree-lined streets and leisurely take in the sights.…

I hopped a plane to spend a long weekend in the California sunshine, proving a perfect way to take the edge off this Midwest spring. …

During the three years I lived in and traveled through Colorado, I had the opportunity to visit a number of mountain towns, all which held their own unique characteristics. Among my favorites is Breckenridge.…

It was humbling to experience the Lake Titicaca culture first-hand, to be content splashing lake water on my face to clean up in the morning and walk a mile uphill in the dark and…

Reflections of my experiences in Peru, halfway through the trip. …

After a four-hour train ride and two 25-minute bus rides, we made it from Cusco to Machu Picchu. We spent two days exploring the ruins of this old Inca city, now considered to be…

Yesterday, we spent the day exploring Cusco, the oldest continuously inhabited city in South America. We felt the thin air while walking, and had to stop several times to catch our breaths.…