Experience the Rich Cuban Culture in Ybor City, Florida

Experience the Rich Cuban Culture in Ybor City, Florida

Ybor City used to be a thriving cigar industry composed of Cuban and Spanish immigrants and was founded in 1885 by a group of cigar manufacturers led by Vicente Martinez-Ybor. The Cuban culture still remains in Ybor and it's also filled with vintage stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars and breweries.

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How Much Things Cost in Iceland

How Much Things Cost in Iceland

How much do things cost in Iceland? I get asked this question a lot when talking about Iceland. There's some areas where Iceland is really expensive, like food and gas, but there are some ways to keep the costs down. Here’s a breakdown of how much we spent on our 7-day road trip in Iceland.

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Alfred's Tea Room | LA's New Instagramable Hot Spot

Alfred's Tea Room | LA's New Instagramable Hot Spot

The first time I went to Alfred's Coffee shop was sometime last year. They have a handful of coffee shops around LA and it has become a fashion blogger's hotspot. I can spend all day on Alfred Coffee's eye-catching Instagram feed. In fact, that is how I found out about them. Their interior design is bold and nothing like any other coffee shop I have been to. 

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Colorful Dunedin and Honeymoon Island of Florida

Colorful Dunedin and Honeymoon Island of Florida

We've always loved Dunedin for being a cute and quiet town that is friendly not only to their visitors, but to their dogs as well.  This town is so dog friendly that they created a dog mural on Skip's Bar and Grill to help raise money for the Dunedin Doggie Rescue. How awesome is that!?

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The Best 7 Day Iceland Road Trip Itinerary

The Best 7 Day Iceland Road Trip Itinerary

I absolutely love planning out trips, so I was super excited to create this ultimate 7-day road trip itinerary in Iceland! There’s so many great locations, that it was hard to choose some over the other, but I think for the most part, we were able to experience everything we wanted on this trip to Iceland.

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Where To Stay in Iceland on a 7-Day Road Trip

Where To Stay in Iceland on a 7-Day Road Trip

There are plenty of accommodations to choose from in Iceland, but which one is right for you? We decided to do a mixture of hotels, cottages and Airbnbs. Here are some of our favorite (and not so favorite) places we stayed at throughout our 7-day road trip in Iceland.

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How to See the Northern Lights in Iceland - We Saw It Two Nights in a Row!

How to See the Northern Lights in Iceland - We Saw It Two Nights in a Row!

There were 3 things I wanted to do on this trip to Iceland: Visit the Solheimasandur plane crash, pet some Icelandic horses and see the Northern Lights. I'm happy to say that I was able to accomplish all three of these things and the Northern Lights was definitely high on my list!

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How to Get to the Solheimasandur Plane Crash in Iceland

How to Get to the Solheimasandur Plane Crash in Iceland

The Sólheimasandur plane wreckage is a famous site in Iceland where a plane crashed in November 1973. The US Navy airplane - a Douglas Super DC-3 - was forced to crash land on Sólheimasandur beach. The crew all survived the impact, but the plane was abandoned and still lies there after 4 decades.

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Favorite Travel Item: Betabrand's Red-Eye Wrap

Favorite Travel Item: Betabrand's Red-Eye Wrap

Betabrand is my new favorite online clothing store. Not only because they have stylish looking clothes, but because it’s comfortable and a lot of designs are tailored for travelers. My current favorite item is the Red-Eye Wrap. I love it so much that I pretty much wear it everyday now.

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