In 2011, a summer cycling trip peddling 4,000 miles from Providence, Rhode Island to Seattle, Washington with 31 other people changed everything for me. My eyes were opened to traveling, and I have continued to travel over the past seven years. Some of my travel highlights include traveling throughout Europe for six months, as well as working and traveling for almost two years in Australia and New Zealand, where I bought old vans and converted them into campers to drive throughout each country.

       One of my favorite activities when traveling is hiking; two of my most memorable experiences were hiking down and up the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River and hiking the Tongariro Crossing in New Zealand, passing “Mount Doom” from The Lord of the Rings. I love trying local cuisine in every country. Two of the strangest things I have eaten on my travels are pig’s ears in Spain and tripe soup in Bulgaria. My favorite countries I have visited are Slovenia, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Vietnam, and India.