BE - I too this photo at an outdoor book market in Paris. Through 2020, many have learned about being rather than doing as we've been in and out of quarantine, shutdowns, and lockdowns.  Exploring and adventure doesn't always mean traveling somewhere, join me as I blog and explore!

lauren's musings

Blogging + exploring

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Whenever I play 2 truths and a lie, my lie has usually been, “I’ve gone  backpacking in Europe” usually, I can win with that, but now I need to come up with a new “go-to.” To spend a week living out of a backpack in a community of people where you don’t natively speak the same […]

Carpathian Mountain Backpacking

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Well, there’s a lot to catch up on (and i’ll do it in a couple consecutive posts).  It’s amazing how life can get so busy when you are in a new place.  I was told that “your problems will follow you wherever you go” and that’s completely true.  In America I constantly want to be busy […]

My First Week here.

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Saturday, I took the most expensive hiking trip of my life. This journey to the pinnacle could have cost me more than my entire journey to Peru! Here, is the last image I will ever have taken. With my faithful 24-70 2.8mm lens and my canon 5d mark iii… I have loved this combination dearly […]

The pinnacle…