As I sit here before I board my plane to begin my journey to Croatia, I have to reflect on what an absolute crazy year this has been. Last year at this time I was riding elephants and laying with tigers in Asia during "the year of Emily," this year I was struggling to keep my head above water while learning medical Spanish in a full immersion week long course. I honestly can't believe all that my classmates and I have accomplished in one measly year, but it's s...

My journey home was long and exhausting. I flew from Singapore to Seoul, South Korea (6 hour flight), had a 9 hour layover where I went into the city to sight see, flew from there to San Francisco (10 hour flight), hung out there for 5 hours, then took a mega bus from there to Sacramento (2 hours) for a total of 32 hours of traveling. I left on Aug 6th and landed on Aug 6th, making this the longest official day of my life! Whoah. Being back, even though it's ...

Today's the day! I can't believe it's finally trip time. My California adventures, per usual, were amazing, but I'm ready for my next journey. My emotions are all over the place, mainly anxious. I can't thank you all enough for being such wonderful friends and for all the well wishes through text, email, Facebook etc, I'm a lucky gal to have such supportive encouraging friends! I'm all checked in at the Airport and am sitting here waiting to board. When I was ch...

When's the last time you packed for a trip longer than a week or two? How about for multiple different climates? My adventure begins with a visit to Sacramento, CA since I will be flying from there to Asia and ends with a stay in possibly San Francisco and again Sacramento, CA. Many of you know that the weather in California can be dramatically different based on where you are, so on top of packing for humid hot weather in Asia, I'll be packing for dry hot...

I figured a good place to start my travel journal would be to discuss the planning process that went into my upcoming trip to SE Asia. Back in October, when I was FINALLY finished with the 6 month application process and was accepted to PA school, I made my decision on which school to go to, submited my deposit, and evaluated how much time I had left to have fun before school started. I made it a mission to fill that time with unlimited adventures and memories a...