Travel Plans and Photos

I'm traveling the world, exploring a new country every month with my fiancé and our dog.

Here's a rough idea of where we'll be, along with photos and videos from the places we've been. Most of the ones in the future are subject to change. We change our plans all the time.

Scroll to the bottom to see the most recent stuff!

June 2023: Home base in Montréal 🇨🇦. [photos]
- Weekend in Québec City 🇨🇦. [photos]
July 2023: Mostly in Bloomington, Indiana 🇺🇸. Occasional trips back to Chicago 🇺🇸.
August 2023: Home base in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬. [photos] [flying video] [reasoning video] [food video] [observations video] [apartment video] [recap video]
- Day in Rila Monastery & Boyana Church 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
- Weekend in Istanbul 🇹🇷. [photos]
- Weekend in Varna 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
- Morning at Vitosha Mountain 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
- Day in Plovdiv 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
- Day in Belogradchik Rocks & Venetsa Cave 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
- Day in Balkan Mountains & Glozhene Monastery 🇧🇬. [photos] [video]
September 2023: Home base in Naples, Italy 🇮🇹. [photos] [observations video] [pizza video] [transit video]
- Day in Amalfi Coast 🇮🇹 (Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello). [photos]
- Day in Sorrento 🇮🇹 (again). [photos]
- Day in Capri 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Morning in Pompeii 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Afternoon in Rome 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Weekend in Milan 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Day in Cinque Terre 🇮🇹 (Manarola, Monterosso al Mare). [photos]
- Day in Como & Brunate 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Day in Lugano 🇨🇭, Bellagio 🇮🇹, Como 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Day in Path of the Gods & Positano 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Day in Ischia 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Morning in Mount Vesuvius 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Day in Procida 🇮🇹. [photos]
- Three days at Oktoberfest in Munich 🇩🇪. [photos]
- Day in Freising 🇩🇪. [photos]
October 2023: Home base in Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿. [photos]
- Day in Pilsen 🇨🇿. [photos]
- Day in Kutná Hora 🇨🇿. [photos]
- Weekend in Český Krumlov 🇨🇿. [photos]
November 2023: Home base in Brașov, Romania 🇷🇴. [photos]
- Half week in Bucharest 🇷🇴. [photos]
- Weekend in Sighișoara 🇷🇴. [photos]
- Morning at Tâmpa Mountain 🇷🇴. [photos]
- Day at castles in Transylvania 🇷🇴 (Sinaia Monastery, Peleș Castle, Cantacuzino Castle, Bran Castle). [photos]
- Week in Paris 🇫🇷.
- Day in Versailles 🇫🇷.
December 2023: No home base. Christmas Markets in Germany 🇩🇪.
- 3 nights in Dresden 🇩🇪.
- 2 nights in Leipzig 🇩🇪.
- 2 nights in Nuremberg 🇩🇪.
- 2 nights in Munich 🇩🇪.
- Hopping between Chicago, IL 🇺🇸 and Bloomington, IN 🇺🇸 starting Dec 7 for Christmas and stuff. Leaving the US again Dec 28.
January 2024: Home base in Chiang Mai, Thailand 🇹🇭.
- Weekend in Chiang Rai 🇹🇭. [photos]
- Day in Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭. [photos]
- Weekend in Pai 🇹🇭. [photos]
- 1 night in Kuet Chang 🇹🇭 (Happy Elephant Home).
February 2024: Home base in George Town, Penang, Malaysia 🇲🇾.
- 5 nights in Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾.
- Day in Genting Highlands 🇲🇾.
- 4 nights in Ipoh 🇲🇾.
March 2024: No home base, but mostly in Vietnam 🇻🇳.
- 4 nights in Singapore 🇸🇬. (Taylor Swift!!!)
- Week in Hội An 🇻🇳.
- 2 nights in Đà Nẵng 🇻🇳.
- Week around Ninh Bình 🇻🇳.
- Week on Cát Bà Island 🇻🇳 and through Lan Ha Bay.
- Week in and around Sa Pa 🇻🇳.
- 4 nights in Hà Nội 🇻🇳.
April 2024: No home base, but mostly in Japan 🇯🇵.
- 5 nights in Tokyo 🇯🇵.
- 2 nights in Kanazawa 🇯🇵.
- 4 nights in Kyoto 🇯🇵.
- 1 night in Koyasan 🇯🇵.
- 2 nights in Osaka 🇯🇵.
- 4 nights in Sapporo 🇯🇵.
- Day trip to Otaru 🇯🇵.
May 2024: Home base in Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷.
- Week in Busan 🇰🇷.
June 2024: Home base in Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭.
July 2024: Maybe Laos 🇱🇦 for a a bit? No real plans yet.
Other than that, who knows? Don't want to plan too far ahead. Most likely hopping around Asia until mid August, then back to the US for 3 weeks and then Đà Nẵng, Vietnam 🇻🇳 for 3 months.