After an amazing few days in Interlaken (which you can read about here), we headed to Lucerne. We were so sad to leave our sweet Airbnb in Interlaken with its incredible view, but thankfully our new place also came with a fun surprise: a rooftop patio!  Our host doesn’t advertise the patio on the listing because […]

Since my diagnosis two and a half years ago, I’ve had at least fifteen MRI’s.   I’m no stranger to spending an hour lying completely still inside a tiny tube with a cage covering my face.   In fact, at this point, I would consider myself a bit of a pro.   A few weeks ago […]

Sometimes I forget what my life used to be like…   What did I worry about before brain tumors came into the picture?   What was it like being able to hear people whisper?   How nice was it to not hear ringing in my ears?   It’s so strange to think back on just three […]

Don’t worry…this is not an ad for Doritos.   You know when you experience a funny coincidence, and you can’t help, but laugh at life’s little ironies? Well, this is one of those moments…it just happens to involve Doritos.   During our most recent trip, we spent a week exploring the largest island in Greece: Crete.   […]

Our adventure to Switzerland started out rough. Like really rough. After spending the entire day at a theme park in Germany, Cardin booked us another night train (if you saw my Portugal post, which you can read here, then you know I tend to have bad luck on those). This particular train didn’t have sleeper cars, […]

Four words: Chocolate sprinkles for breakfast. Let me introduce you to our new favorite foreign specialty: Hagelslag. You get a piece of bread, spread butter on it, and top with the most delicious Dutch chocolate sprinkles. REAL chocolate—none of that imposter brown “chocolate-like” substance we eat in America. Truly a breakfast for champions. We loved […]

As a child birthdays were always a bit rough for me.   If you were born anytime between June and August, then you can probably relate to my summer birthday struggles.   Friends were ALWAYS out of town, and I never got to experience bringing cupcakes for my classmates or having my locker decorated for […]

While visiting Madrid a few months ago, we met a couple of girls at our hostel who live in Hamburg. We told them that we were visiting Berlin and Hamburg soon and asked which city was their favorite. Both girl’s immediately responded with: Hamburg. Because it’s so “posh.“ As we walked through the Altona neighborhood […]

If you haven’t noticed, my life is a bit of a bucket list right now.   Traveling for weeks at a time and experiencing the most incredible things.   But when I was first diagnosed, traveling was not my priority.   At the time, I didn’t realize all of the other complications my body may experience […]

Welcome to beer heaven! After a month in France, Spain, and Portugal, where all we drank was wine and sangria, Cardin was more than ready for the land of beer. Before heading to the nearest beer garden, we wanted to check into our Airbnb. A few days earlier, our host informed us that she would […]