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Every guide here started as pages in my actual notebook — the routes I walked, what things cost, and what I'd do differently. Start with a destination, or go straight to the planning resources.
Destination guides
City & nature guides
First-person diaries with the practical details baked in — booking tips, transit, costs, and seasons.
5 Things You Have to Do in Florence
Florence is a city that rewards those who wander. From climbing Brunelleschi's dome to hunting down the perfect lampredotto sandwich, these are the five experiences I'd repeat on every single visit.
OpenRome City of Fountains, Day 1
My first day in Rome was built around water — the Trevi at dawn, Bernini's rivers in Piazza Navona, and the little nasoni fountains that kept me going between them. Here's the whole walkable route.
OpenRome an Open-air Museum, Day 2
Day two in Rome is for the ancients: the Colosseum, the Forum, the Palatine Hill — then artichokes in the Jewish Ghetto and a secret keyhole on the Aventine. A full day among two thousand years of stone.
OpenLondon in Christmas
London in December is fairy lights over Regent Street, mulled wine on the Southbank, and ice skating in a palace courtyard. It's also 4pm sunsets and a city that fully shuts down on Christmas Day — here's how to do it right.
OpenEverglades Holiday Park
An airboat skimming over a river of grass, alligators sunning themselves an arm's length away, and vultures with a taste for windshield wipers. A day in the Everglades is unlike anywhere else in America.
OpenNew York in Fall
Late October in New York might be the best two weeks of the city's whole year — golden elms in Central Park, crisp mornings on the Brooklyn Bridge, and every café doorway smelling like coffee and cinnamon.
OpenPlanning resources
Before-you-go guides
The evergreen resources I keep updated as I learn.
Budget Travel
Where trip money actually disappears — and the flight, accommodation, food, and money tactics that close the leaks.
OpenPacking Lists
My complete carry-on-only system: the capsule wardrobe, electronics kit, documents routine, and climate adjustments.
OpenSolo Travel
Safety strategies, meeting people, and the mindset shift — everything I've learned traveling alone as a woman.
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