At a Glance:

• Countries visited: 7
• Cities visited: 18

• 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.