This autumn, my parents and I finally visited Slovenia, where my great grandparents lived before immigrating to the US
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On my way back to Seoul from Edinburgh, I had a 19 hour layover in Helsinki with Finnair. Yes, I chose this flight plan! I wanted a chance to see Helsinki no matter how brief and I’m so glad I did. Here’s what I got up to:
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With our “city” part of the trip behind us, we headed out west for a week of western Scotland. Thank god Kayla is an amazing driver - this trip literally could not have happened without her!
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At the end of September, I visited Scotland with my best friend Kayla who lives in Pennsylvania. We figured Scotland was a good in between point for us and we finally found time to make the trip happen!
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The last leg of our little Europe adventure was by far the most tourist-y, but charming all the same! We flew from Copenhagen to Amsterdam, took the train into Central Station, and then took the tram to our new neighborhood of Spui. I knew from the first glimpse of one of many bookstores (below) that I would love this area.
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After 36 hours in Oslo, Olivia and I boarded a DFDS Seaways ferry to Copenhagen. The 17 hours ride was not one I will ever repeat, though none of it was the fault of DFDS, just my paranoia.
The ferry was a full-blown cruise ship with duty free mall, rooftop bar, spa and pool, and even a cafe where Olivia and I met the first of a long line of hilarious Danish people.
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Originally the plan was just Copenhagen and Amsterdam, but my friend, Olivia, is absolutely obsessed with Norway and wanted to tack that on to our trip too. I am so, so glad we did. Here’s what we got up to in the short time we were in Oslo
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Back in 2012 before I went to Korea for the first time for study abroad, my parents and I took a Euro Trip of a lifetime! We spent a few weeks in Austria, Hungary, Italy, and finally, Switzerland.
We had our home base in Zurich, but we spent one of my favorite days outside the city with a stunning view of the Alps.
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Just in case my hair isn't a dead giveaway, you should know that I am very, very Irish. Some of my ancestors made the move to America early on, sometime in the 1700s, but my great grandpa held out until the 20th century, staying in his little farm by the sea through his youth until boarding the boat to Massachusetts.
My dad recently got his Irish citizenship (which I am very bitter about, but more on that later) so my family decided it was high time we finally visited the motherland, dear Ireland.
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