Most people are going back to school now, but I feel like my summer is just getting started. I am beyond excited to go to New York and from there continue on to Europe, but at the same time it’s pretty stressful because I still have tickets to book, itineraries to plan, and this will be the first time I’m traveling in Europe and with friends—plus I’ve heard plenty of pickpocketing stories—I just really hope it all works out.

This is my first time to Europe, so I can’t wait to see it in real life rather than just in pictures and textbooks, and I’m excited to experience it through the eyes of an American.

I want to start a travel blog so that I can share the stressful, beautiful, fun, and inspiring adventures I’m having in Europe! This is the first journal I’m writing for an audience larger than myself, so I hope you enjoy it (or at least look at the pictures) and maybe learn a thing or two about Europe and about me in the process 🙂