I wish someone had told me that it is okay to not know where you want to go Half the fun of traveling long term is not really knowing where you are going next! I always tell people I plan the bones of a trip, which means I have a general outline of where I want to go. I have an idea in my head of the places I want to see, and from there I fill in the gaps when I am on the road. I usually plan the continent or pick out countries that I want to go to, then I go with the flow.

My love letter to Split, Croatia, and why I think you should add this small European city to your bucket list, as well as the whole country. I landed in Split, Croatia completely by accident. What an incredible accident it was. It was 2022 and I was on my first big three month trip to Europe. My longest solo trip I had ever taken at that point in time. I was on a mission to make my money last, and stay traveling for three months. The plan was to be in Belfast for a month, b