Welcome to #TravelTuesday, a new series on Not Your Average Gal about anything travel related – from adventures to advice to all out awesome stories about traveling. Last year, we traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland for a quick mini-moon after our wedding in Somerset, England. We spent 4 days exploring old castles, climbing rolling hills and of course, sharing […]
Europe
Travel Woes: Delayed Baggage & Stolen Goods
“Your bag isn’t here.” No shit. “Let me take a guess, it’s at LAX?” “Yes, how did you know?” “Because I saw on the app to track my baggage that it was on the wrong flight during my layover. The agent at JFK was less than helpful about it.” “I’m so sorry.” And thus began 2 weeks of […]
An Ode to Barcelona
I met you 11 years ago. I liked you enough. For 3 days, I walked up and down Las Ramblas and drank cervezas by the beach with my girlfriends. I said I checked you off my bucket list and felt no need to return. But, this weekend we reunited again. I must say. You’ve changed. […]
The View
Pardon me while I have a moment. This morning, I departed from this view: Then had a beautiful view of One World Trade Center while I was landing. (I didn’t take a picture. I try hard to enjoy a moment without feeling a need to capture it.) I ate lunch with a view of the […]
The Anticipation Before a Trip
I imagine Portugal will be much like this: What? Your thoughts don’t usually involve Colin Firth? How sad. This is my favorite time in travel planning – the days before. Some studies say the very act of anticipating your upcoming travels can be more exciting than traveling itself. I actually agree. You can only imagine what things […]
Scotland it is!
You lads and lassies voted and it looks like the first country I’ll be writing about is…SCOTLAND. I won’t lie, I’m quite surprised. Most people contacted me within months of traveling to Thailand and Cambodia wanting to know my itinerary, so I figured either one of those countries would have the most interest. But you […]