Over the past 10 years travel has become a consistent part of my life. I am so used to being on the go that when I am home for long periods of time I often feel out of sorts. I itch to plan my next trip and I always yearn to be somewhere I am…
Author: Tianna Gratta
Hi, I am Tianna. I have been traveling regularly now for over 10 years and with a degree in Journalism I have managed to combine the things I love most in life to make this blog.
Tips on Attending a Blogging Conference
Attending my first blogging conference was intimidating. I had so many questions. Was I jumping the gun? My blog was (is) just a baby and I still feel like I don’t know the blogging world at all. Will it be worth flying all the way to Europe? Would I learn anything?
Why You Need to go to Edinburgh ASAP
The idea of going to Scotland had always appealed to me. Even though I never got my letter to Hogwarts I was determined to find it while I was there. Okay, maybe that wasn’t what I was going to do with my time but it still felt magical to me. After all this is the…
Breweries of Long Island
Living on an island can be quite amazing. Living on Long Island can be overwhelming. With the city to the west there is always traffic and it seems like time speeds up and there is never enough of it to get anything done. Faster then a New York minute is a saying for a reason.
Portland Food Truck Tour
Basically I’m obsessed with food tours. After the one I did in Vietnam I can’t believe I havent done dozens of them already anywhere i go. Not only is it a great way to get to know the cuisine and try a lot of new things it is also a great way to get to…
My Top 7 Favorite Things About Turkey
Last November, hot off the World Travel Market,1 I spent a few weeks exploring Turkey and although it has been one of my least favorite trips it was still a remarkable country. It wasn’t Turkeys fault I didnt enjoy myself it was the mistake of going on a tour in a country that did not…
My Favorite Place to Visit in London : The Tower
This April I made my triumphant return to England. I went to London about 7 years ago on one of my first back packing trips. Back when I had no idea how to plan a trip and no idea what to do with my time. I had been thinking about re-doing London. Not only did…
Portland’s Third Wave Coffee Scene
Portland is what (food) dreams are made of. At least for me. When I was researching things to do in Portland I came across the company Third Wave Coffee Tours. I was ecstatic. We all know how I feel about coffee. I simply don’t want to live with out it. I was excited to learn…
A Journey to Versailles
I recently wrote about how wonderful Fontainebleau is. If you would like to escape crowds (which I always do) go to Chateau de Fontainebleau. That is not the case for Versailles.
Sticky Rice! A Hanoi Street Food Tour
On my second day in Hanoi I had signed up for a street food tour with the appropriately named Hanoi Street Food Tours.It turned out to be the best thing I did in Hanoi.
Travel : A Letter of Encouragement to Myself
This post is selfish. You might not want to read it. It is a letter to myself to help me get thru a break up of sorts. I am making a huge life decision. Everything will be shifting and right now I am both exhilarated and frightened. I need to keep reassuring myself that I…
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Since I was in high school I have been obsessed with the Harry Potter series. Once I started reading them I could not put them down. J.K. Rowling you just might be my hero.I would wait anxiously for each book to come out and read them slowly because I did not want them to end….
