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stories from a budget traveler + surfer gal
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i'm katia, a california girl that has spent 4 years living, traveling, and working abroad. feel free to explore my adventure travel guides -- from hidden gems of mexico, surfing perfect points, high altitude mountains, and more :)
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Under the Tuscan Sun
Oh yes, that's right boys. Tuscany! The place you read about and see in the films, the rolling green hills and vineyards for miles on...
Apr 1, 20203 min read
Numtot through Northern Italy
NUMTOT: it stands for New Urbanist Memes for Transit Oriented Teens for all those of you that are not socially aware. Basically, anyone...
Apr 1, 20203 min read
That's not MY Campanile (Venice)
But it was, in fact, the Campanile that started it all and inspired John Galen Howard back in the 1910's to construct the glorious Sather...
Feb 2, 20204 min read
Munchin’ in München
The bus ride to Munich was maybe one of the worst nights of sleep I got on the trip but I got excited on the morning approach because we...
Feb 1, 20203 min read
Oui Oui Baguette
On Paris day two, I awoke around 8:30, still time to catch the sunrise, and I decided to get breakfast in Montmartre (remember the cute...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
France is my Favorite (So Far)
wow I generally write these posts about a week in delay and let me just say Paris was perfect. In ways I literally wish I had spent the...
Feb 1, 20204 min read
Going Ham in Amsterdam (+ Utrecht!)
Ah, yes, I did in fact feel a little somber when I realized it was the end of Lads on Tour,™ but luckily my leg of solo traveling had a...
Jan 24, 20206 min read
Frankfurt and Friends
To wrap up Lads on Tour,™ aka the short stint with my friends around Europe, we ended up all together in Frankfurt two nights. To...
Jan 24, 20204 min read
Vibe Czech!
Hello, yes, the Czech puns don’t stop once you’ve started them as you can imagine you just get more creative. In the second half of our...
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Czech-ing in From Prague
It’s like Disneyland, but in real life. That’s what I kept repeating the first 24 hours we were in the charming capital of the Czech...
Jan 23, 20204 min read
Brandenburg, Beer, and the Berlin Wall (part 2)
Upon waking up at a normal hour finally on Monday morning, we knew this was the day to properly tour the German capital. We stopped off...
Jan 19, 20204 min read
Brews, Beats, and Berlin (part 1)
hello again! Sorry for the delay on updating this thing, but I was traveling in a group for the last week and obviously had much less...
Jan 19, 20204 min read
2 Days in London
Oh hey there! Currently en route to Berlin from London and freaking the heck out because my two goals for London were to meet Ed Sheeran...
Jan 14, 20207 min read
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