On New Years Eve, last year, I was flying back on a plane from Philly after having the most wonderful time of my life in New York City, Philadelphia, and in New Jersey. When I look back to then, I remember just wandering around and adventuring places I have never emerged myself in. I believe that was the beginning of me finding my wandering spirit. During the year of 2016, I have been to several marvelous places that I never thought I would go to. I have travelled the entire state of Florida going from Miami to Naples to Tampa to Orlando to Gainesville to Cedar Key to Atlanta, Georgia, with my now fiancé doing activities and seeing places we have never been to before. We were in a wonderful relationship having the time of our lives and to be honest, I never imagined that we would be here on this new journey together. In exactly one year, I have become engaged to my best friend and now we’re planning our future together.

I enjoy every moment I spend with him, I know it’s a little cliche. But, the moments that we go on wild adventures like that together on our own mean the world to me. In Miami, we went to Wynwood and saw the graffiti art on the walls, we went to a great hibachi restaurant called Samurai, waited in line for 2 hours for homemade cinnamon rolls at a place called Knaus Berry Farm, saw the sunrise there one morning, and ended up finding a potential wedding venue off the beach. In Naples the same day that we saw the sunrise in Miami, we went to watch the sunset there. We went to a beach called Bonita beach and got to hold live conch shells and starfish with our own hands. In Tampa, we went brunch hopping and coffeeshop hopping around different restaurants and coffeeshops trying to find the best brunch place and coffee there is. Brunch places in Tampa so far that I absolutely love are Keke’s Breakfast Cafe, First Watch, and Saigon Deli. The best coffeeshops that we have found so far within Tampa are the Oxford Exchange and Felicitous. In Orlando we went restaurant hopping from a great dessert place in Winter Park called Krungthep, we went to this amazing unlimited Korean BBQ place called Izziban, and we went to the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium where everything was made with chocolate. We also, went to Orlando very often because we have annual passes to Universal and going to both Harry Potter worlds and using my brand new wand was one of the best things I have done in my life. In Gainesville we went freshwater tubing and snorkeling. We also, went brunch and coffeeshop hopping there as well and found The Flying Biscuit, Peach Valley Company, and CYM Coffe Co. the best there so far. Then an hour away from Gainesville we found a place called Cedar Key. It’s a small island town in the Gulf with a one street for downtown and its a place where if high tide comes you may potentially be trapped on the island. At Cedar Key we walked the beach, went to a small coffee shop called Daily Grind and had some coffee and a delicious piece of Key Lime Pie, and bought 50 oysters on our way home for $15. And our biggest trip this year was road tripping to Atlanta. In Atlanta we went toured the town, went to the World of Cocacola, and on our way back we stopped by and saw a natural waterfall and actually climbed up it (even though it was against the rules).

This past year has been full of adventure and I have definitely done more things than what I have mentioned above. But, that has been the majority of my year. And now that 2016 has come to a close and I am recently engaged to my fiancé, I cannot wait for our future adventures this coming year.