Category: Ireland

The Rankings: Everywhere I Traveled While Abroad

Mikala Whitaker1 Comment

While studying abroad in Spain this past semester, I traveled to two continents, 10 countries and 23 cities. Here is my list of the 23 cities I visited while in Europe, ranked from my favorite to my least favorite. If you’re thinking about going to any of these places, I hope that you find this list helpful, as I know I was surprised throughout some of my travels as I found that some cities that I thought would be my favorites (cough-Rome-cough) ended up being my least favorites and that some cities I had never heard of before ended up being some of my favorite places I visited.

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Plaza de España, Seville, Spain

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A Taste of Solo Travel

Mikala Whitaker9 Comments
Me at the beautiful Cliffs of Moher!
Me at the beautiful Cliffs of Moher!

Solo travel is something that scares a lot of people at first – I know it scared me, especially before I even came to Spain. But now that I’ve gotten the hang of traveling around and navigating new places, I wasn’t feeling too nervous about my first solo trip (although some nerves were still there). In the end, I loved my first solo travel experience this past weekend in Dublin! While it’s certainly fun to share your travel experiences with friends and family, solo travel can be a great as well because it can open you up to getting to know yourself better and becoming more independent as well as open you up to meeting new people.

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