Chicago: Travel Recap 2019

Hello everyone! I am back on the blog today sharing a Chicago Recap. This past week, my family and I drove from Michigan to downtown Chicago for a mini-vacation after USAV Nationals (massive volleyball tournament) in Indy. Enjoy reading today's post! As always, follow me on instagram @sunshinestatejulia for more daily posts.   We only …

Barbados Travel RECAP

Hi everyone! I'm back on the blog for another one of my favorite type of blogposts, a travel recap! If you are a newer reader to the blog, you may not know that I love to travel. Whenever I visit a new place, I write a travel recap! Over winter break, I visited the beautiful …

Czech Republic Travel Recap

  I'm back on the blog writing my FAVORITE type of posts, travel posts. This summer my family and I traveled to Croatia, Czech Republic, and Greece. I absolutely love to travel and this trip was one of the best adventures I have been on. Every time I travel to Europe, I remember how much …

EUROPE TRAVEL DIARY 2018

Hi readers! This summer my family and I visited Croatia, Czech Republic, and Greece. Last year, I put together a travel video from Barcelona and Gedre and posted it here on the blog. Likewise, when my family traveled to Costa Rica, I posted a travel video here! All of you seemed to enjoy watching it …

Summer in Santorini

Another destination on our family's vacation was Thira, Greece. Thira is the same island as Santorini except Thira is the Greek name. Santorini is a magical place with breathtaking views. It's like a dry desert with little vegetation with sparkling blue water surrounding the island. Our family stayed in Santorini for three days in a …

Croatia Travel Recap

As I'm currently *attempting* to unpack, I'm also getting my wisdom teeth out later in the afternoon today. Writing this blogpost is a good way to distract myself from my growling stomach! If you didn't know, you are not allowed to eat before wisdom teeth surgery because you are put under anesthesia. If you follow …

St. Lucia Travel Recap

Over winter break, I visited the beautiful island of St. Lucia. My trip was absolutely wonderful and the resort we stayed at was amazing. The food was incredible (we found the BEST Indian place), the people were friendly (except for the guy who stopped our car, peed in front of us, and made us pay …

Disneyland Paris

This post is very, very overdue and I wish I had written about it sooner. On my incredible summer trip, I had the opportunity to take the train from Paris to Disneyland Paris for the day. My sister and I were beyond excited to go see what Disneyland Paris was like. To say the least, …

Travel Diary- Barcelona and the French Pyrenees

Hi readers! If you have been reading my blog since the beginning of the summer, you might know that I traveled to Barcelona and France. During the summer, I wrote two blogposts; one about hiking the French Pyrenees and one about Barcelona. I still need to finish the Paris blogpost and the Normandy one! During …

North Carolina – OBX Travel Diary

Almost every year, my family and other families all drive to a house we all stay in together for a college reunion. A lot of my dad's fraternity friends married many of my mom's soriority sisters and they all had kids around the same time, so each summer we meet up for a week together. …