Since we were staying in Melbourne for 7 days, our friend Ian suggested renting a car and taking a couple days outside the city. So we did! We rented a car and had to learn how to drive on the left side of the road. It definitely isn’t as hard as it sounds but it was…
Read MoreWe took a day trip to Peninsula Hot Springs, which I’ll write about tomorrow because it was amazing! But on the way to our airbnb, we wanted to stop at a look out. There are so many to choose from, but we decided to stop at Mount Martha Beach South because we knew there was a beach and cliffs and figured that would photograph well. It only took us about 25 minutes to drive there…
Read MoreWhen we went to Cape May for a weekend, we let our friends Josh and Rachel take us around since they had been there before. We bought some groceries at the start of our trip so we could save money, although we did spend a lot of money on root beer and vanilla ice cream to make homemade root beer floats. We did go out to eat a few times and when we did, it was delicious!
Read MoreOur friends Josh and Rachel invited us to join them for a weekend in Cape May. It was before Memorial Day weekend so it wasn’t really the typical weather for the beach. We have always visited Ocean Beach with Nick’s family, so neither of us had ever been to Cape May. When we first heard beach trip, our minds went to laying in the sand, swimming, walking on a boardwalk, etc. This…
Read MoreWe are so excited to share with you all the places we got coffee in DC. Everywhere we went was delicious and had plenty of dairy free options. This was the first time we ever used our Keep Cups and they were super easy to use! It was a big conversation starter with strangers - so many people came up to us and asked about them! We get coffee to-go so often, especially when traveling…
Read MoreDC was such a beautiful place to visit and it had such good food! Even though DC is super touristy, we never ran into huge crowds or the need for reservations - maybe we just got lucky, but it was pretty easy! It was hard to find budget friendly restaurants, but…
Read MoreWe’ve said it before, but we really can’t believe it’s taken us so long to go to DC - especially since it’s just a few hours away! Seeing the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument felt so surreal because I am so used to seeing them in books and on TV (especially since I’m a school teacher and teach about them!) yet it was my first time in real life. Although there were crowds of…
Read MoreOur Airbnb was in a little residential area about a mile away from the U Street Corridor. We went to this neighborhood almost every day to try different restaurants (most of them were on 14th Street). It was a really nice area with so many restaurants, cafes, and bars. It seemed to be really popular, and it was a little hard to find parking. We met up with one of Nick’s friends who lived on…
Read MoreWe left early in the morning on Easter Monday to make the three and a half hour drive to DC. We live so close but neither of us had ever been, so it was the perfect little vacation. We drove down with some friends from college and met up with more friends from college once we got there! It was such a fun reunion. After dropping our stuff at our airbnb, we headed straight to Georgetown.
Read MoreWhen we visited the area, we spent the day with friends exploring downtown Lancaster, and even went on a coffee crawl. But we were actually in the area because a friend gifted us a free night at Amethyst Inn, a bed and breakfast in Adamstown, about 20 minutes outside of Lancaster. It was so cute, with a fireplace inside the room and even a jacuzzi in our bathroom! The owner was…
Read MoreWe’ve visited Lancaster several times before, but this time was special, as we were visiting just as tourists! Usually when we go, we’re just there for lunch or to grab coffee with friends, but this time, we were able to spend the whole day there, doing whatever we wanted. We asked all of our friends for recommendations, and our friends Natalie and Mark tagged along, making this a great…
Read MoreWe were in the Lancaster area for a couple days for an Oakmoss Collective event and then to visit some friends. We’ve been to Lancaster a few times since we went to college less than an hour away. We knew that the city takes it’s coffee seriously and is full of different cafes to check out. Since we were only in Lancaster for one full day, we decided to do a coffee crawl. We asked all…
Read MoreNick and I always research where to eat before we take a trip. Since we were traveling with Liz and Mike, we had to make sure that the restaurants would make everyone happy, as well as making sure there was vegetarian and gluten free options. We loved all of the places we tried, but we narrowed it down to seven places that you have to try if you go to Nashville…
Read MoreWe are going to start with our favorite - Killebrew. They have great drip coffee and cookie butter lattes, and are famous for their hot chocolate. We tried all of it! Killebrew was our first stop when we landed in Nashville, as well as our last stop on our way back to the airport. It is located in the Gulch and is connected to the gorgeous Thompson Nashville hotel. We took advantage of that by…
Read MoreWhen we took our trip out to Nashville, we wanted to make sure that we spent our time wisely. Between a few of the guides we found online, and recommendations from our friends, we had our days packed with some of the best entertainment in Nashville…
Read MoreWe had visited Hillsboro Village a couple different times on the trip, grabbing lunch or exploring after an open mic night. We actually came back here for our last few hours before our flight home. It is such a cool area with so many restaurants, coffee shops, and boutiques! Every time we came, we drove by Belmont University. The buildings there are gorgeous! We randomly discovered…
Read MoreOn our last full day of the trip, we spent the morning sleeping in and slowly planning our day. We decided to get coffee at Red Bicycle Coffee and Crêpes, which is an area of Nashville called Germantown. Most people were eating brunch there (it looked really good!) but we just grabbed coffee and decided to explore the area. All the brick buildings, trees, and quiet streets made…
Read MoreA lot of what we had on our Must Do in Nashville list was located in 12 South, which is a neighborhood surrounding 12th Avenue South. There are a bunch of murals on this street as well as the famous Five Daughters Bakery (they have gluten free and vegan donuts there!). Liz was also excited to go to Draper James, which is Reese Witherspoon’s store. The Draper James building is painted with gorgeous blue and white stripes so many people like to take pictures there. Right across the alley way from Draper James is the I Believe in Nashville mural.
Read MoreWe planned a spontaneous for-no-reason trip to Nashville with Nick’s sister, Liz, and her boyfriend, Mike. None of us had ever been in Nashville before so we researched a lot and made a list of things to do. We took an early flight in and when we landed, we headed straight to the Gulch. It is mostly a shopping district with rooftop bars, cute cafes, and stores. Since this was the first…
Read MoreWe are so excited to share where we ate in San Francisco because everything we had there was so delicious! On our Lyft ride to the airport on our way back home, we had made a list of our favorite restaurants, so we dug out our travel notebook and are ready to share! San Francisco was one of the most expensive places we’ve ever been to, especially the food! Everything we had was…
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