Food Boxes: Unwrapped

So, which food box to try? When my friend Sarah sent me a free Hello Fresh box I left the invite sitting in my inbox for weeks. I didn’t want to look into how to cancel and what it entailed since anything that’s free seems too good to be true. Well, on the fifth reminder email from Hello Fresh and weeks into a diet that desperately needed...

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Portugal 3: Lisbon

Lisbon was ok. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it I guess it just didn’t stand out to me. I did love the Time Out Market. Food was delicious I mean look at my salad. There is icecream on it ontop of a goat cheese honey glazed circle. Delicious. I loved that market. We went around the city, the very hilly...

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Portugal 2: Sintra

Sintra. The well. This is what I was really excited about so when rain was in the forecast I was less than pleased. This picture Kari candidly captured pretty much says it all. Mostly that cheap poncho did nothing except help guide the water down the front of my skinny jeans and into my converse. Wet jeans are nasty! But... look at the well! It...

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Portugal 1: Algarve

The Algarve region. Perfection. Portugal. Views. Wow. We even had sun and 70 degree weather. I didn't think it would be warm and I packed just a backpack which is the reason for my odd fashion choice in the next photos.  Bengali cave. That is why I wanted to come here. However, the sea was bad and we couldn't swim to the cave so we had to...

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Spain 2: Seville

Seville. It was fine. It started out rough because we could not find anywhere to park and our hostel was in the middle of the old city where parking doesn't exist. Google maps doesn't work because it can't register if you are on a street or the sidewalk and half the time we didn't know if we were on the street or the sidewalk. 1.5 hours later we...

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Spain: Caminito Hike & Rhonda

Flew into Barcelona. Spent the night. Woke up early. Flew to Malaga. Rented car- took 1.5 hours to get the car. Super small car. Only 2 doors. Drove to Caminito Del Rey Hike. Parked. Walked through tunnel. Walked mile to trail head. Got helmet. Put on helmet. Walk begins.  This hike was one of the world's deadliest hikes until it was redone...

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