Getting Home on 72 Hours of No Sleep: Why Airports are Satan

12:00 AM – Hassleholm Station, Sweden

Someone has filled my table seat with all his shopping bags. *cue Christina Perri* Who do you think you are? Sleeping in crowded cars? I’ll hit you with your guitar…now say au revoir…

9:00 AM – Stockholm Airport

The desk attendant is talking in circles. “I think I got everything but repeat it all over again just to make sure. I wasn’t listening.”

1:00 PM – London to Chicago

The last bit of light in my soul is extinguished. They do not have a vegan meal for me.

My stomach. It cries.

Going Soulo: Roadtripping!!

Roadtrip.

It’s a word that ignites fear and excitement in the heart of every family, big or small. They have the capability of turning into miraculous bonding experiences or Satan’s idea of the ultimate birthday gift.

Going Soulo: Simplify Your War Paint

This post is a bit shorter than my other travel posts, and for good reason! When you travel, either a few states or a few oceans away, your makeup routine should be streamlined. It is a pain to drag around a make-up case filled with everything under the sun.

Going Soulo: Safety First!

As a fun-loving human being, I immensely enjoy doing all things adventurous, except drugs and breaking the law (sneaking into an abandoned castle doesn’t count if you’re a princess at heart). However, being a female, I recognize that kind of lifestyle does not always conform to my gender. Is this fair? No. But it is reality and I have to learn how to deal with that.

Going Soulo: Eco-Friendly Traveling

I truly planned on having this article out earlier this week, but my hotel totally lied about the internet access, my phone would only connect to the internet when I walked across the street, and studying abroad in the midst of chaos is not conducive to writing blog posts. So I apologize for my late eco-friendly traveling post, but now that I’ve returned we can talk shop!

Going Soulo: Tips and Tricks

Hey, everyone! This is the first post in my travel series, Going Soulo, which I’ll be posting in every week for the rest of the summer!