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🇮🇩 This photo is from 2011! 😮Hard to beli 🇮🇩 This photo is from 2011! 😮Hard to believe this was a decade ago. I’m grateful my (then just my boyfriend!) husband John had a nice DSLR camera back then so my photo memories are good quality! 😎 Not many other travelers had them at the time- little handheld digital cameras were the way to go! 📸 I guess we were trendsetters because I even took some artsy “back pics” 😂! When I went here, I didn’t know anyone else who had ever been to Bali. I knew next to nothing about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️That is a far cry from today, with it being a huge travel hot spot. 🌎 We stayed in a private room hostel for $30 a night, and it was so nice. I wonder if we could find such a steal these days… 🤔 I still remember all the details of my 3 weeks backpacking Southeast Asia so vividly. 💕 I think that’s in part to my large amount of photos, plus my daily detailed journaling! Do you have a lot of good photos from pre-social media travels? 👇🏼 . . . . #balitravel #indonesiatravel #backpackingasia #wearetravelgirls #ladiesgoneglobal #sheisnotlost
What are all those blobs on the beach behind me? G What are all those blobs on the beach behind me? Gross dead jellyfish yep 🥴 Anyways…since Instagram doesn’t show photos to anyone now (Reels only it seems), I’m just going to start posting ones I normally wouldn’t have shared a few years ago 😇. Having an “aesthetic grid” doesn’t really seem to matter now either so #yolo 😅🎉 PS what is your favorite beach in the southern or eastern USA that you’d recommend for families? 👇🏼 . . . . . . #edistobeach #edistoisland #jellyfish_stagram #southcarolinabeaches #visitsouthcarolina #sunsetoftheday
Farewell to winter ❄️ Since spring is almost o Farewell to winter ❄️ Since spring is almost officially here, 💐 enjoy this throwback of our weekend getaway to @hopewellcroftcabin ! It’s only 1.5 hours from Cincinnati area and it’s so nice to just get away and relax in nature. 🌲 I’m lucky because my mother in law actually owns and runs this rental, 😇 so we get to head out occasionally if it’s not booked. Do you know anyone who owns a vacation rental property? 👇🏼 . . . . . #hopewellcroft #exploreohio #ohiofindithere #airbnbhost #airbnbhomes #rusticcabin #woodinterior #ohiogram #ohioexplored
What else would you add? 🌎 I’ve definitely fo What else would you add? 🌎 I’ve definitely forgotten to tell my credit card company before, and had my account frozen while in Guatemala 😬. I have also had to rely on the offline maps more often than you’d think! . . . . . #budgettravel #travelplanning #travelhacks #internationaltravel #travelstoriesworld #travelblogger #traveltips #cincinnatiblogger
What other tips do you all have? 👇🏼 . . . . What other tips do you all have? 👇🏼 . . . . . #budgettravel #airtravel #travelhacks #travelwithkids #travelgram #mostarbridge
Have you tried any of these? 👇🏼 Since stat Have you tried any of these? 👇🏼 Since static posts are dying out on Instagram, I feel like I can post whatever I want now. I don’t need to worry about the grid looking pretty anymore 💕. It’s freeing really 😇 So, this is the result- a shareable post with 🤭*gasp* 😮 TEXT on it! … Enjoy 😊! Anything else you’d add to the list? . . . . . #budgettravel #couchsurfing #workaway #trustedhousesitters #aupairlife #traveltips #wwoof #hostelsoftheworld #delsey
If I had known when I took this photo (Summer 2019 If I had known when I took this photo (Summer 2019) that the next two full calendar years would pass by without me leaving the US, I don’t think I would’ve believed it. 🌎 International travel was such a huge passion and priority for me. I had no idea what was just around the corner 🤷🏻‍♀️ I appreciated travel back then, but now I will appreciate it a thousand times more. ❤️ It’s more complicated now, in so many ways (being a mom now plus c0v!d) and I think my level of gratefulness to travel internationally will be at an all time high. It truly is a huge blessing to have the freedom to travel 🧳 I’m not sure when that next trip abroad will be for me (I have a few things in the works but don’t want to get my hopes up 💔), but dang am I ready for it! I’m very very ready to say ✌️ bye to 2021 and welcome in 2022! What about you? . . . . . . . #italylover #romeitaly #colloseum #romephotography #visitrome #italydestinations #fodorsonthego
🎂🎁🥳 It is my birthday. (That’s an “O 🎂🎁🥳 It is my birthday. (That’s an “Office” reference and if you didn’t catch it well, that’s on you) Thanks for all your support this year! 🎁 If you follow this account or have ever read a blog post of mine, you are the best!! Now that I’m officially “old” (official because if I had another kid I’d be considered a “geriatric pregnancy” now 😦👵🏼), I am becoming increasingly nostalgic. So, here’s a few highlights of this year: (If I’m being totally honest, It was not the best or easiest year, but I’m guessing that’s the case for most of us 🤷🏻‍♀️) ⭐️Spent lots of quality time with my family- parents, siblings, etc ⭐️ Finished teaching a full in person/masked year of high school and got to start an unmasked school year in August ⭐️Since my Ecuador trip in the spring got canceled, I ended up going hiking in Utah with my mom and husband and it was awesome! ⭐️I took my first big trip away from Lorenzo and had tons of fun in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ⭐️I had my best year ever with my Etsy shop 🎨 ⭐️I got to celebrate my son’s first birthday! Cheers to staying healthy and happy 🥂 Looking forward to what my next year of life will bring (hopefully some international travel 🤞🤞🤞!!)
🎉 Day trips from Cincinnati (within a 2 hour dr 🎉 Day trips from Cincinnati (within a 2 hour drive or less) 🚘 If you want to get away from your hometown and have the excitement of traveling and seeing new things, 🌎 day-trips or weekend getaways are the way to go! Here is my list of places to go within a 2 hour drive of Cincinnati: 📍Augusta, Kentucky (49 mins) 📍Maysville, Kentucky (70 mins) 📍Lexington, Kentucky (90 mins) 📍Frankfort, Kentucky (95 mins) 📍Columbus, Ohio (100 mins) 📍Louisville, Kentucky (100 mins) 📍Indianapolis, Indiana (120 mins) 📍Red River Gorge, KY (120 mins) If you're willing to drive more than two hours, your options open even more: 📍Hocking Hills, OH (140 mins) 📍French Lick, Indiana (170 mins) 📍Santa Claus, Indiana (165 mins) This will be in blog post form on my website here soon! ✍️ . . . . . . . #cincinnatiohio #daytrips #redrivergorge #danielboonenationalforest #hikingviews #kentuckyproud #kentuckygram #explorekentucky
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