Newness and Nostalgia!

Hi everyone! I am so excited that you're here and I can't wait for this amazing journey of life ahead, and that you get to come along for the ride! I hope to constantly be active here, sharing life and taking you along with every step of my travels and adventures from here on out! If there's any content you'd specifically like me to ever touch on or write about please feel free to let me know!

I also feel that this is just the perfect time to be ramping up my long awaited dream of starting my first travel blog, because I am coming up soon on the one year anniversary of when I began Semester at Sea! In lieu of that, a year ago on August 27th (2023), my family and I began our trek to Paris and I began the most impactful journey of my life thus far. Though we embarked in Belgium, my family and I had the opportunity to train hop around Europe for the couple of weeks prior, and finally getting to experience Paris was the ultimate dream come true.

Below is a fun little photo from a year ago today when I was leaving my house to go to the airport. Saying goodbye to my grandparents and my beloved dog Pepper were very hard!

Buckle up and stay tuned as over the next four months you'll get to relive my 129 days of being abroad with me as well as see all of my prep for my upcoming six weeks of travel early next year. Again, I am so full of love and gratitude that you're here! Happy traveling and adventuring, and as always, be kind!

xoxo, blakeley <3