Top 5 Travel Moments of 2018

I can’t believe that 12 months ago, I was starting off the new year on a beach in Mexico, celebrating with amazing people from around the world, unaware of what this year was going to be like. (It rocked.)

2018 was a roller-coaster of emotions and even though I definitely had my downs, the ups beat them all. But now the year is coming to an end, and we’ve reached that part of the year that I think I love best: looking back at the awesome memories and dreaming of the adventures to come.

Here’s my Top 5 Travel Moments of 2018:

FIVE: Walking through Europe’s Oldest City

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was one of my favorite places to discover. Ever.

FOUR: Reading by the Eiffel Tower

Even though it wasn’t my first time in Paris, every time I go I get those giggly feelings all over my stomach because it reminds me that my first big trip ever–back when I was barely 19 years old–started in France. And, I mean, it’s Paris, and it’s sunny, and I’m reading a book.

Is this heaven?

THREE: Starting the New Year in Mexico

I MEAN HOW COOL IS THAT?

Just as cool as this post of B&W photos I took in Mexico.

TWO: Writing Retreat in Tuscany

That’s right, I isolated myself for a whole week in the middle of nowhere in this lovely Tuscan home, and I wrote the hell out of my book.

AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN IT WAS PERFECTION.

(Florence was also the definition of epic.)

ONE: Sleeping at the Top of a Mountain under the Perseids.

This is a tough one to beat. And as I searched my blog for the lovely post I was convinced I’d written on that topic, I realized that in fact I had not.

I feel so terrible. It’s my #1 and I’m so proud of it and I just forgot I hadn’t covered it. I’m a terrible blogger. I’m profoundly ashamed.

I’ve just been so busy lately editing my manuscript, but I promise to catch up and post this BADASS POST very soon.

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That’s it for me!

What were your favorite travel adventures of 2018?

What are your travel goals for the year to come?

Let me know in the comments!