So, gogirls and fellow travelers- I am headed to Austin, Texas at the end of November and am interested in getting your advice. Where do we eat? What are your…
Belgium with Saarch
Saar is one of the most amazing women I have ever met. She is constantly on the go, traveling to a new corner of the world and dazzling me with…
Six Months from Now
My Nina (godmother) told me last winter, “Megs, six months from now, you will look back on this situation and be amazed at how far you have come.” I was…
NYC
For millions world over, New York City is a mythical place. It’s the Big Apple, where stars are born, and the city that famously never sleeps. In my family, it…
There Once was a GoGirl in Ireland
I tried to write a limerick for this post, but the truth is that rhyming is not my strongest field. Besides, limericks are supposed to be obscene by nature, and…
Bilbao
I had heard stories, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect Bilbao. We arrived on a tour bus with fellow students crossing tall bridges into the city. I…
San Sebastian in March
On the bus ride with the study abroad cohort to San Sebastian, I saw snow. Let’s be honest, part of the reason I came to Spain to study abroad was…
Sevilla
After a short bus ride from, we finally made it to the ‘real’ Spain. Barcelona (our home city at that time) is an amazing city, but as many Catalans love…
Granada
Granada was a sleepy dream dressed up in an old world mysticism, that southern sense of Spanish calm, and cold. It was really cold. Granted, it was late in the…
Bookmark
Everything is finally unpacked from that last adventure and you have just uploaded the pictures from your amazing trip onto the computer. Friends are still asking about your journey and…
Beer
I was a bit surprised to find out that beer is the most widely imbibed beverage after water and tea (thank you wiki), but after my visit to Seattle, I…
Ahead of Myself
Some weeks just get ahead of me, and this was one of them. There are just too many wonderful adventures to be had in Chicago, and I am enjoying filling…
Seattle
Seattle was quickly becoming a weekend escape from my life in Chicago, and I was looking forward to my visit with Alejandro. It was almost one year since I visited…
Run Like a Girl
Last weekend, I ran a 5k with 600 others in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. It really seems like it ought to be a standard summer pastime, but many non-runners I spoke…
Italy’s Disneyland
Right around that point in our visit to Italy when we figured out that ‘parcheggio’ meant parking and not some bizarre underground board game circuit, my travel bud and I…