11.20.21 I woke up early and took 2 trains to get to Badajoz, Spain- a city right on the border of Portugal and Spain. On my second train, a guy named Francisco walked up to me and we had nice conversation until his stop. Kind of random, but good company? I slept all morning on… Read More Day 59: Resting up in Badajoz

11.19.21 I had a lazy morning since I woke up sore and pretty worn out from such a busy week. I walked 30 minutes to a small area called Belem and went to a super nice contemporary art museum where I accidentally walked straight into a huge clear glass art piece in front of so… Read More Day 58: Last Day in Lisbon

11.18.21 As soon as I got to Portugal, I knew I had to try surfing at least once. So today, me and a volunteer named Aneesha signed up for a 2 hour surfing class and took the train to Carcavelos beach. I had a lot of fun!! I fell so much and it was so… Read More Day 57: Surfing!

11.17.21 I had a lot I wanted to see in Lisbon, so I decided to spend this day exploring solo. I started my morning with a nice hour walk to the Lx factory. This place had a lot of cute, artsy stores, local businesses, and street food. I loved window shopping but unfortunately everything was… Read More Day 56: Solo Day in Lisbon

11.16.21 Today, me and a couple volunteers did a half day trip to a town in Portugal named Sintra. We didn’t need to wake up too early since it was only an hour journey by public transport. We arrived in the then did a pretty long, steep hike up to the Peña palace. It was… Read More Day 55: Sintra

11.15.21 Today was the official first day of the volunteer program. In the morning, we had a presentation on the program and were told things to do in Lisbon. This took about two hours. Then we had lunch in the hostel. This hostel provides three meals a day, all traditional Portuguese food and it is… Read More Day 54: Volunteer Orientation

11.14.21 I woke up and had breakfast at the hostel. Then me and a girl named Fleur (who is working in the hostel as a volunteer for free stay) went to the city center together. We checked out some cool shops and walked around downtown. For lunch we went to a Portuguese restaurant and had… Read More Day 53: Exploring Lisbon

11.13.21 Today was unfortunately mostly spent at the airport. I left the hostel around 7:30 am to take the tram to the airport for my flight at noon. On my way to the airport, i found that my flight was delayed until 1:30. I couldn’t check in to my flight until 11:30, so I sat… Read More Day 52: Nice —> Lisbon

11.12.21 I had an early train to catch this morning to Nice. There was only one layover and the total journey was about 8 hours which was exhausting. Trains make me feel very gross so by the time I arrived in Nice at 2:30 I felt very uncomfortable. I walked 30 minutes in the heat… Read More Day 51: Paris —> Nice

11.11.21 I cannot believe it is day 50 of solo travel! It feels so crazy, but today I definitely felt the impact of traveling for so long. This morning I went to a vegan patisserie. I got a pumpkin latte and an amazing apple pastry (also some more for later). I then decided to stock… Read More Day 50: Last day in Paris