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  • Your Edinburgh Itinerary: 3 Perfect Days in Edinburgh

    We spent 3 days in Edinburgh, Scotland and oh man what a fantastic city! With the gothic and medieval architecture of the Old Town, the castle peeking out at you from different parts of…

  • St Louis Weekend Getaway: 4 Most Amazing Neighborhoods to Explore

    Saint Louis, Missouri is one of those unexpected cities. A city that packs a lot of charm but is often overlooked. We recently did a weekend getaway to St. Louis from Chicago (only a…

  • 17 Beautiful Small Towns in Europe You Must Visit

    There’s something magical about European small towns, and I feel like they should be on everyone’s itinerary. I’m listing the 17 small towns in Europe that have inspired me the most, and some hidden…

  • Amalfi Coast Towns: The Best Day Trips From Positano

    The Amalfi Coast is one of the most beautiful regions in Italy. I’d recommend a minimum of 3 days in this area, with your base being the town of Positano. You can then easily…

  • A Unique Day Trip From Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans in Zaandam

    If you’re looking for quick day trips from Amsterdam, the Zaanse Schans area is a great choice. Zaanse Schans is a small neighborhood located in the city of Zaandam, about a 17-minute train ride…

  • The Best Things to Do in Cesky Krumlov If You Only Have One Day

    I fell in love with Cesky Krumlov from the moment I stepped off the bus. I instantly knew I should have booked more than just one day in this picturesque town. With only 24…

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So excited that you're here! I'm Lily, born and raised in Chicago, married to an incredible guy who loves traveling the world with me. I'm currently obsessed with Italy, photography, rescue dogs, and sharing everything I've learned about travel with you.

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  • Done playing our board game and drinking our dranks. Now we’re watching The Wonder Years again. This weekends been wild. How about yours?
  • I rarely read the news before because I’ve always had anxiety (18 years experience here lol). I figured if I needed to know something important, the news would get to me. And it always did. Lately, I’ve had to stop myself from searching for news updates. Anyone else feeling this way? It can be addicting. But do we really need to be this “in the know”? No. Doing so will only make it harder to sleep at night, make you believe you have the symptoms you’re reading about, or put you in an overall Eeyore mood. It's important to stay informed, but we don't need to be glued to it every waking hour. Your mental and emotional health will thank you for setting up some boundaries. We get it, we NEED to stay home. We need to wash our hands. We need to be careful with touching our faces. We don't need to see every single video of every single person who has experienced this virus or lockdown and their opinion on it. This does not help your nervous system. Turn it off, tune it out, only seek out vital info. If you have specific concerns, seek out answers from credible sources and ignore all the youtube videos and FB "viral” video posts from people bc many times those will just make you have more ruminating thoughts. If you have a friend who keeps sharing this stuff, snooze them for a month. Self-care is so key right now because this thing is attacking us physically, emotionally, mentally, socially and if we're glued to the news and not stepping away to do something that serves us than this isolation is going to be a lot harder to handle. And make sure you find time to laugh. Laughter releases those feel-good endorphins that we all need right now. That's why I loveee watching comedies before bedtime. Plus, all these memes on social media are killing me, I love them. Please keep sharing them. I'm grateful that I have a lot of experience with anxiety. At different times in my life mine has been through the roof, but I'm surprisingly not feeling that way now. It's like all those years helped me develop the tools I need to be calmer during a real crisis. So all I'm trying to say is find what serves you –– what makes you feel safe, calm, and joyful? Do so much more of that.
  • Hi. Still here. Still home. Still posting whatever I want from my travels all out of order — counting down till I can travel again.
  • 2020 has been a little crazy, huh? I’m glad the world is learning how to properly wash their hands and sneeze/cough into their elbow. Yet I still see people in public coughing into the wind, those rat bastards. Thankfully, I’ve been practicing “social distancing” for decades🤣 and I’ve worked remotely for years now. My only concern is how it’s affecting travel. It’s sad to see so many canceled trips (though I completely understand why), especially to places like Italy. Once everything settles down, I can’t wait to go and support them with my tourism dollars. #italyiloveyou
  • Bringing back an old favorite to say happy birthday to Chicago! 🥳 The city turns 183 years old today and I’ve lived here for about half of those years. Shout out to the ones who still live in their hometowns and love it.
  • Happy leap day! Getting ready to go out with some fraands which we rarely do🥂 Hope you’re doing something fun with this extra day!

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  • Done playing our board game and drinking our dranks. Now we’re watching The Wonder Years again. This weekends been wild. How about yours?
  • I rarely read the news before because I’ve always had anxiety (18 years experience here lol). I figured if I needed to know something important, the news would get to me. And it always did. Lately, I’ve had to stop myself from searching for news updates. Anyone else feeling this way? It can be addicting. But do we really need to be this “in the know”? No. Doing so will only make it harder to sleep at night, make you believe you have the symptoms you’re reading about, or put you in an overall Eeyore mood. It's important to stay informed, but we don't need to be glued to it every waking hour. Your mental and emotional health will thank you for setting up some boundaries. We get it, we NEED to stay home. We need to wash our hands. We need to be careful with touching our faces. We don't need to see every single video of every single person who has experienced this virus or lockdown and their opinion on it. This does not help your nervous system. Turn it off, tune it out, only seek out vital info. If you have specific concerns, seek out answers from credible sources and ignore all the youtube videos and FB "viral” video posts from people bc many times those will just make you have more ruminating thoughts. If you have a friend who keeps sharing this stuff, snooze them for a month. Self-care is so key right now because this thing is attacking us physically, emotionally, mentally, socially and if we're glued to the news and not stepping away to do something that serves us than this isolation is going to be a lot harder to handle. And make sure you find time to laugh. Laughter releases those feel-good endorphins that we all need right now. That's why I loveee watching comedies before bedtime. Plus, all these memes on social media are killing me, I love them. Please keep sharing them. I'm grateful that I have a lot of experience with anxiety. At different times in my life mine has been through the roof, but I'm surprisingly not feeling that way now. It's like all those years helped me develop the tools I need to be calmer during a real crisis. So all I'm trying to say is find what serves you –– what makes you feel safe, calm, and joyful? Do so much more of that.
  • Hi. Still here. Still home. Still posting whatever I want from my travels all out of order — counting down till I can travel again.
  • 2020 has been a little crazy, huh? I’m glad the world is learning how to properly wash their hands and sneeze/cough into their elbow. Yet I still see people in public coughing into the wind, those rat bastards. Thankfully, I’ve been practicing “social distancing” for decades🤣 and I’ve worked remotely for years now. My only concern is how it’s affecting travel. It’s sad to see so many canceled trips (though I completely understand why), especially to places like Italy. Once everything settles down, I can’t wait to go and support them with my tourism dollars. #italyiloveyou
  • Bringing back an old favorite to say happy birthday to Chicago! 🥳 The city turns 183 years old today and I’ve lived here for about half of those years. Shout out to the ones who still live in their hometowns and love it.
  • Happy leap day! Getting ready to go out with some fraands which we rarely do🥂 Hope you’re doing something fun with this extra day!

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