We’ve mostly furnished our new apartment by now – just missing some decorative items to fill up the ample white space on our walls. We’re having our first real housewarming in a few weeks, and although the space isn’t quite big enough to hold the ~fancy dinner party~ of my dreams, I think it’ll be…
Author: The Affordable Adventurist
Hong Kong
I just had a check up (yes, I leisurely went to the doctor after work today) and I’ve officially been seizure-free for a good 5 months! What? If case you haven’t gathered by now, it’s a bit obvious that I relish having my plate full. Not just full – bursting at the seams. And while…
Zurich, Switzerland
It’s so strange being able to sit, edit photos, and write after work. Although I’m currently approaching these blog posts from a purely documentary experience, perhaps after updating all of our Asia travel I’ll have time to really write some reflective pieces. Instead of rushing around to go finish a last-problem set, meet up with a…
Barcelona – Summer 2017
I suppose Barcelona will always hold a special place in my heart now, because this is where we got engaged! Plus, we visited in the summer, which is when the city really comes alive. I’d visited previously with a friend in November, and while it was a nice enough city, I didn’t get the hype of why everyone loves…
Italy
For all of our European travel, neither of us had been to Italy before, so we were super excited to visit before our Barcelona vacation with M’s family. After a long layover in Brussels (nothing interesting to report there except for the beer and waffles, as expected), we arrived in Napoli to explore the south…
West Palm Beach, FL
This was so long ago that I don’t quite remember what to write, except that this was super relaxing! I had a few days to simply unplug and not worry about anything at work – I had just finished my last final for my masters and felt like I deserved it 😉 M had a…
August 2017
Last year I wrote an “autumnal reflection” in August, as it was the beginning of another “year” but with very minimal changes. I smile a bit when I read that post, because I referenced August 2017 as if it were so far away at the time. I suppose it did feel like that, back then….
Boston Bucket-List
We’ve finally moved to Boston (more on that here). New York City felt infinite and endless – there was almost too much going on at all times. Just when we got the hang of the city though, it was time to move on. Perhaps we’ll be back again some day, perhaps not – the next time we’ll…
Walt Disney World
It’s finally MAY! These past few months, as mentioned before, have been extremely quiet in terms of travel. We’ve been looking forward to this quick weekend getaway for almost half a year now, and it’s finally here!! When we’d planned this trip, we knew that if we made it to the last weekend of April/first weekend of…
February 2017
I’ve decided to do a snapshot of February plans – no big trips this month (just long weekends in Boston and Chicago), but an incredibly fun few weeks regardless. Unfortunately, none of those weeks were as devoted to classwork and writing that thesis as I wanted to; I suppose it will get real in crunch…
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