I see my family quite rarely. Since moving to the US from Ukraine in 2014, I’ve only seen them twice. The first time was in the spring of 2018–we met in Istanbul, Turkey. This year, we picked Riga, Latvia as our “in-between” reunion spot. Except, wasn’t exactly in the middle, considering that their flight was […]
Travel Diary / Bangkok & Phi Phi Islands
This past May, I spent a week in Bangkok and Phi Phi Islands. Having never been to Thailand, I wanted to make sure to experience the city culture as well as the islands during my short stay! After a 20 hour travel day, we arrived in Bangkok. It was humid and bustling with locals and […]
Travel Diary / Rockport, Maine
I spent the holiday weekend visiting my little brother in Maine. He’s not even three years younger than me, so I’m not sure why I insist on exclusively referring to him as “my little brother” — it’s become a habit. But, his fridge is stocked with Blue Moon now and the leftovers of dinners he […]
Travel Diary / Arcosanti
I feel like everyone has that one friend that will randomly text you something along the lines of, “I want to go to Greece! Wanna come?” “You know where we should go? Texas!” and you just know that whatever it is, it’s going to be so much fun and you just have to go… Well, […]
Travel Diary / Mexico City
This past December, Jason and I spent two weeks in Mexico City. We went over Christmas and New Year’s Eve to escape the ghost town that is New York over the holidays. We aren’t big on beach vacations (or at least I am not and Jason has to struggle along), so we chose CDMX because […]