My first yoga retreat went something like this…

Imagine waking up in a beach house, coffee is already brewed downstairs, and you have time to enjoy a quiet morning by yourself or chatting with others before your morning yoga class. You do yoga for an hour to an hour and a half outside in the fresh air. Then when you come back inside, there is a healthy breakfast cooked for you and set at the table, ready to be served. You eat with everyone and talk about the yoga class and your plans for the rest of the day.

My first trip to San Diego was this past December in 2018. I was there for three days on a work trip. Here I was thinking I was going to sunny San Diego… And it rained the first two days! And I mean RAINED, like pouring rain, streets flooding, water getting inside Uber cars. Honestly, though, I don’t even think the rain was that bad but sunny San Diego’s infrastructure is not built for rain. Thankfully I was prepared with umbrellas and rain boots!

When Travis and I spent a couple days in Venice, Italy this summer, I learned some things about the city. Usually, you only hear and read about the amazing things this city has to offer and nothing else. I’m going to tell you ten things about Venice that I learned that are not the typical sightseeing and restaurant recommendations. Keep in mind that this is from 2018. Venice was very different just ten years ago and it may be very different if you read this years from now.

After our cruise to the Greek islands, we weren’t ready to go home. So, we flew to Italy instead! Of course, our summer escape to Italy was planned ahead of time. It was really fun for one part of our big trip to end and the next part to begin.

During our cruise to the Greek islands this summer, Travis and I had a day trip to Turkey. Did you know that most of Turkey is actually in Asia? There’s only a small part of Turkey that’s in Europe. I had NO IDEA! Istanbul is split into Europe and Asia by the Bosphorus Strait. I had no idea that this is where part of the Europe/Asia border is until Travis and I went on our day trip to Turkey and we were told that we’re actually in Asia now! I thought this was really cool. Travis didn’t seem to care too much [insert confused emoji here]. Here are some educational maps to show you what I mean:

Anyway, back to our day trip.