• europe,  sierras

    inside moorish walls | granada

    My heart lies in the mountains and the wilderness, but sometimes, I'm entirely captivated by how little towns embrace the mountain life. Such is like Granada. It sits at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada...

  • alps,  europe

    spirit gorge | mittenwald

    Alrighty, this blog post is coming quite a while after the actual trip. It's such a short hike that I was debating if I should write up a post, but here we are. And I'm here to share a short…

  • europe

    48 hours in porto | portugal

    Although I generally prefer to spend time in nature, I also try to find ways to enjoy a city and its culture. I found myself one weekend in Porto with two whole days to explore the city. Possibly one of…

  • alps,  europe

    a gorge-ous green | verdon gorge

    When you think of France, do you simply think of Paris? What about the Côte d'Azur (French Riviera)? Or fields of lavender in Provence? But have you heard of Gorges du Verdon in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence?...

  • alps,  europe

    a weekend in bled | slovenia

    When you have a weekend to travel to Bled via France, you gotta do it! It took us over 12 hours in transit by train to get there, so we knew we had to make every day count, not that…