Chronicles of Suz

I've been traveling around Latin America and Europe for the past eight months, and absolutely loving it most of the time. So far I've been exposed to SO many new experiences, ideas, people, languages, foods and more. While that has all been invigorating and exciting, sometimes I find myself missing certain things that only the good ole US of A can provide: #murica Wheat Thins: Yes this is number one. Clothes dryers: Yay for having a dryer in Lima and Bogotá! Boo for everywhere else. What I wouldn't give for a soft fluffy towel. Westworld: And all the shows. So behind on so many shows. Thank you to GoT for waiting until 2019 to release the next season. Trader Joe's: Please get some veggie hummus wraps in my life stat. USD$: My brain hurts from learning a new currency every month. Can we get a global currency por favor? Amazon Prime: Wait, this should be number one. Amazon Prime is life. Target: Why can't I buy all the things I need and do...

Do you remember how the thrill of a new crush felt when you were in middle school? Or even high school? How when you were around him (or her, but let's use him for the sake of this analogy), you felt all giddy and happy? And each new thing you learned about him just added to your adoration? And you were willing to overlook his flaws because in your eyes he could do no wrong? This was me with Portugal. Brace yourself (or leave) because this is about to be a long, sappy post. yep I'm ready to move to Portugal Portugal was predisposed to be a place I would be into because of its abundance of things I love: gorgeous sunsets, stunning beaches, San Diego-esque weather, and delicious seafood (especially octopus mmmmmm). That octopus though. And then Portugal also came at me with new things I didn't even know I loved yet: pretty tiles (who knew tiles could be lovable?), Disneyland-style castles, olives (already knew I liked olives, but didn't realize I liked th...