At a Glance:
- Countries visited: 7
- Cities visited: 18
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Flights taken: 25
- Train rides: 4
- Road trips: 3
Highlights:
- Driving to the Keys from Miami, stunning scenery and a true sense of leaving the real world behind
- Visiting Europe again for the first time in 8 years
- Going back to Napa with one of my best friends and starting the day with a sparkling wine flight on a hilltop winery
- Staying on a houseboat in Amsterdam
- Biking the grounds of Versailles and having a picnic on the Grand Canal
- Going home for Thanksgiving for the first time in 6 years and doing a Turkey Trot with my mom and sister
- Lounging in a geothermal hot spring in Iceland
- Experiencing Disney’s Christmas decorations, so glad I was able to see The Osborne Lights the last year they’re on display
Best Meals:
- Restaurant Week at Scarpetta
- Dole Whip float (first one!)
- Oysters & rose at The Walrus and The Carpenter in Seattle
- Everything we ate in New Orleans (BBQ shrimp, black truffle and parmesan cheese grits, fluffy beignets, fried green tomatoes)
- Spiralized Italian pasta salad (made this one myself!)
- Everything we ate at Borough Hall Market (cheese & olive bread, briny oysters, artisanal cider, licorice from around the world, soft salted caramels, etc.)
- Banana ricotta pancakes in London
- Apple pie in Amsterdam
- Truffled brie and perfectly crunchy baguettes in Paris
- Rabarbara liquor in Iceland
Happy New Year y’all! The 2016 adventure begins, page 1 of 366.