So, I should’ve started this a long time ago. In the summer of 2012, I traveled abroad for the first time to visit my dad, who was living in The Netherlands at the time. Because I have a fun family, we went ahead and visited Belgium and France. We rode Segways, saw the sights, and ate... a lot. I had of course traveled before to various places in the U.S., but international travel really sparked something in me. I will freely admit that I’m addicted. During that same summer, I was fortunate enough to travel to Italy and Greece with National Geographic for photography. It was twenty-three days of constant awe of everything around me (heightened by my love of mythology), and I would visit again in a heartbeat. It was the first time I flew
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