The Weekend Abroad

8 Breweries & Taprooms in 6 Hours: How I did a Self-Guided San Francisco Brewery Tour

8 San Francisco breweries and taprooms in 6 hours – achievement unlocked! Since moving to the Bay Area almost 3 years ago, I’ve always wanted to plan my own beer tour of San Francisco. I have only resided in Berkeley during my time here so have mostly covered the East Bay’s inviting breweries. However, I was aware that many of San Francisco’s breweries are close together so I figured I’d cover many of them in one go someday.

Highlights from BottleRock Napa Valley Festival 2017

Napa’s biggest music, food, and wine/brew festival came to a close Sunday night after 3 jam packed days of massive headliners, celebrity chefs, and a plethora of activity-filled sponsor booths. For a festival only in its fifth year, the organizers of BottleRock really know how to pull off a crowd-pleasing event (for over 120,000 festival goers).

London in 3 Days: Things to Do and What to See

I am painfully aware that I stated in my March blog post on our Eurotrip that I’d do deeper dives into each of our 6 European destinations. That clearly didn’t happen. Whoops. However, summer is fast approaching and I wanted to share our experience now in case any potential European travelers need some insight! Over the next few weeks, I’ll give you the lowdown on each European city we went to in chronological order. First up is my guide on things to do in London, England.

Europe Trip 2017: How We Affordably Visited 5 Countries in 19 Days

It’s been less than a week since my partner and I returned from our whirlwind trip to Europe and I can barely recall what we did because of how fast-paced it was. Thank God for pictures! Firstly, the vacation was a success! There were no major mishaps and I am fortunate for everything we saw and experienced. This post will be purely the basics of our trip and I aim to provide tips for your potential future Europe trip!