Wanderlust Thoughts

For those of you who’ve heard of Airbnb , but have never utilized the service, here’s what to expect and a few tips and tricks to help you along the way. Outside of our Airbnb apartment in Paris  What is Airbnb? Airbnb is a hospitality service that facilitates the rental of housing including rooms, hostels, castles, villas, and even entire apartments and houses. They have over 3,000,000 lodging listings in 65,000 cities and 191 countries. Each individual host determines the price. Our studio apartment in Paris  How do you use Airbnb? You can access Airbnb on their website or free mobile app. To find your perfect home, you can use filters such as price range, location, lodging type, and dates. Once your search results are populated, you can look through photos, read host reviews, and see where the homes are located on a map. When I was selecting our homes for Euro Trip 2017 , this is where I spent the bulk of my time. It was really...

Happy Sunday Funday! I’m back with another brunch review. This time, we’re in Spain! As I mentioned in “ Euro Trip Part 1: Madrid ,” one of my favorite meals of the entire trip to Europe was brunch at La Infinito restaurant in Madrid. This restaurant may be the greatest hidden gem in all of Spain. I couldn’t believe it was so empty. Like literally empty… We were the only customers. It’s located in Calle de los Tres Peces, which was about a 15-minute walk away from Sameera’s apartment… But we were absolutely famished so we may have cut that down to 10. Sameera found La Infinito by simply googling places to have brunch in Madrid. It was meant to be! The decor was sort of hipster-like with mismatched chairs and tables, artsy light fixtures, and an actual bicycle on the ceiling. I ordered a turkey and cheese sandwich on a croissant with a tomato dipping sauce, fresh strawberries and grapes sprinkled with sugar, freshly squeezed orange juice, and En...

Let’s talk hair. My hair has ALWAYS been a task… Since I was a wee little girl. It’s just SO thick.  In 2013, I cut all of my hair off and started fresh. Since then, I’ve let my hair grow in its natural state.  For those of you who don’t know, having natural hair is an adventure in itself with a great deal of trial and error. I’ve tried countless shampoos, conditioners, gels, styling creams… You name it. After four years, I’ve finally gotten it down to a science and I LOVE my hair more than ever… but I use a ridiculous amount of products and it takes about an hour to wash, condition, detangle, and style. That’s where the problem lies. When I’m traveling, I don’t want to have to worry about my hair. I just want to get up and go! Not to mention, all of those products take up precious space and weight in my checked luggage. My go-to style for traveling is almost always a protective style. What’s a protective style, you may ask? Protective styles keep t...