Coffee and a Conversation
As Told Over Brunch is a home for intelligent discourse from the twenty-something perspective - so the stuff you gossip about over mimosas on Sunday morning or over takeout on your friend's couch when happy hour ends too early. We love chatting about our lives, whether it be the relationships we’re building (or destroying), lessons we've learned at work, struggles at school, growing pains we've felt, or even the food we’re talking over.
One year ago, I was in the middle of my first European vacation, which covered Cardiff, Berlin, Amsterdam and London.
Two years ago, I was in the hospital getting my leg stitched back together after a falling mirror made chicken cutlets out of my shin.
Read MoreFor the last several months, I’ve been on a travel binge. Growing up, my mom always told me she hopes I dance. (Yes, she’s referencing the Lee Ann Womack song). So I like to say I’ve been dancing. Figuratively, obviously. No one wants to see me actually dancing.
Several of my trips have been planned—Copenhagen and Holland—but others have been friends inviting me and me saying, “Oh, I’ll see,” “I can’t afford that,” “I really should do my dissertation,” etc. But then, six days before (or less), I realize life is about experiences and moments and “I guess I’ll buy those bus tickets to New York City.”
(My bank account doesn’t call any of this traveling dancing either. It calls it spending money, but that’s neither here nor there. Amirite?)
Read MoreThe first time I left the United States was this past May at the ripe age of 23. My roommate and I talked about going on a vacation together endlessly, but couldn’t decide where we wanted to go. Did we want to travel through Europe, cruise through the ocean or lay on the beaches in the tropics?
One day, we did a bit of research on all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. It turns out, it is very cheap to take this vacation route if there are just two of you and you go during an off month.
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