While big cities have a lot to offer, places that can be found off the beaten path might surprise you.

A month is a long time, but also the blink of an eye. I was lucky enough to spend this past holiday season in France with my boyfriend.

I've been back in The States now for almost two weeks, and there isn't an hour that goes by where I don't think about my time abroad. ...

Germany: Munich We gathered all of our things early in the morning on our last day and walked to the bus stop in the pouring rain. We...

Austria Day 3: Vienna We woke up early the next day and hit the road for Vienna. Miri drove the nearly three hour drive to the city...

Austria Day 2 We woke up the next morning to a nice breakfast made by Miri and her mother which we enjoyed outside. Miri's dad had...

Salzburg Day 1 My final trip before heading back to the U.S. was to Austria and Germany. One of our international friends, Miri, lives...

France Day 4 On my last full day in France, we spent the whole day in Paris. In the morning we went to a little French bakery in Chauny...

France Day 3 On Sunday the weather was much nicer. It was a bit breezy but the sun was out for most of the day so the temperature felt...

France, Days 1 & 2 I'm going to try and do my best to keep these next few blogs from getting too unbearably sappy, but this is the trip...

Santorini, Greece Day 3 We started our last full day in Greece off with an English breakfast by the beach. (Yes, we had English...

Santorini, Greece Day 2 Sarah and I decided to try a different bakery for breakfast that morning. We ended up liking the first bakery we...

Santorini, Greece Day 1 We woke up at 4am for our 7am flight to Santorini. Luckily I ended up sleeping for a solid 4 or 5 hours despite...

Athens, Greece Day 3 Our first stop on our last day in Athens was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I didn't realize they had one in...

Athens, Greece Day 2 I woke up the next morning to Sarah returning to the room. She is very much a morning person, unlike me, and had...

Athens, Greece Day 1 This trip really snuck up on Sarah and I. When we booked it, it felt like it was so far away and then before we...

Dublin Day 2 Another great thing about our hotel was that there was complimentary breakfast, and unlike the hostels I had been staying...

Dublin Day 1 Sunday morning, Jelly and I woke up early and took the 8:30am bus from Belfast to Dublin. We had decided we wanted to take...

London Day 3 As I mentioned in my last post, if you know me well, you know that I do not like museums, but like I said, the museums in...

London Day 2 After some much needed sleep, Sarah and I woke up relatively early, but ready to start our second day in London. We had a...