by Girl Sees The World | Oct 18, 2015 | New York, North America, Travel, USA
By far the most well-known New York City neighbourhood outside of Manhattan, and one that really emerged into the NYC scene in recent years is Williamsburg. After moving to Brooklyn a year ago, I started spending a lot of my time in Williamsburg and got to know the...
by Girl Sees The World | Oct 12, 2015 | Boston + Massachusetts, North America, Travel, USA
If you’re looking for something fun to do on a cold or rainy day in Boston, look no further than the New England Aquarium! Since I grew up near Boston, I visited the aquarium a few times when I was younger with my family and school, but since that was so long...
by Girl Sees The World | Oct 11, 2015 | Boston + Massachusetts, North America, Travel, USA
Last weekend, I had some friends visiting from Germany and we wanted to do something unique to Fall in New England. I brainstormed and thought of a place that I’ve heard about since I was little, but was always too afraid to go to until now: Barrett’s...
by Girl Sees The World | Oct 4, 2015 | North America, Travel, USA, Vermont
My sister goes to school up in Burlington, Vermont so over the past few years I’ve been up there a good number of times with my family. My most recent visit was last weekend, and since I stayed with my sister in her on-campus apartment, I got to know the area a...
by Girl Sees The World | Sep 24, 2015 | North America, Travel, USA, Vermont
This past weekend, I went up to Vermont for a few days to visit my sister who goes to Saint Michael’s College. After a couple days of exploring the awesome city of Burlington, we decided to try something new to both of us—to go for a hike on Camel’s Hump,...
by Girl Sees The World | Sep 23, 2015 | Boston + Massachusetts, North America, Travel, USA
A few days ago, my dad took the day off from work and we used that time to have a father/daughter bonding day. We wanted to do something different with our day, so I started researching things to do in Boston that are a little bit off the beaten track. The thing that...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 27, 2015 | Boston + Massachusetts, North America, Travel, USA
Over the past year I have had a lot of excitement travelling in Europe, living in New York City, and then living and working on a college campus in Boston this summer. A couple weeks ago, my summer job ended and I moved back home to the Massachusetts South Shore where...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 21, 2015 | Europe, France, North America, Study Abroad, Study Abroad, Travel
It’s getting close to the start of the school year, and that means lots of students will be boarding flights to spend a semester or a year in a foreign country. Study abroad is becoming more and more common among college students, and it’s basically a rite...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 18, 2015 | Europe, France, North America, Study Abroad, Study Abroad, Travel
It’s almost that time of year again—back to school. But if you’re like a lot of college students nowadays, instead of preparing to head back to your school for another year, you’re getting ready to embark on an adventure in a totally foreign part of...
by Girl Sees The World | Aug 14, 2015 | Travel, USA
This summer was probably the busiest one I’ve ever had. But at the same time, it was probably the best one I’ve ever had. I worked six or seven days each week and somewhere around 15 hours each day, which to most people might sound crazy and miserable! In...
by Girl Sees The World | Jul 30, 2015 | New York, North America, Travel, USA
A couple weeks ago, I had one of the best weekends I’ve had in a long time. I had the weekend off from work and headed to one of my favourite cities—New York! Obviously I was happy to spend a few days in one of the most exciting cities in the world, but what I...
by Girl Sees The World | Jul 16, 2015 | Travel
For the majority of my life, I considered myself a pretty big shopaholic. I would go to the mall every weekend and rarely leave without buying at least a few things. But over the past couple of years, I’ve slowly started to realise that just buying clothes,...