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About Nadya
Hi there! I am so glad you found me! My mission is to empower you to #TakeYourTimeOff and explore the world. I started this blog as a way to keep family and friends in the loop when I went on a 3-week trip to Asia in 2011. Although I’ve always enjoyed traveling, it wasn’t until a trip to Peru in 2012 that I started to think about ways to make travel a… Read More
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[Oregon Coast, May 16, 2026] Visiting the three capes between Tillamook and Pacific City is a quintessential Oregon coast experience. This has been on my radar for years and I was excited we finally got to do it! The three capes are, from north to south, Cape Meares, Cape Lookout and Cape Kiwanda. Each of these enormous outcroppings offers something unique. Because we wanted to end up near our hotel in Pacific… Read More
[Pacific City, OR, May 15, 2026] Neskowin what now? I was surprised that more Oregonians didn’t already know about the tree stumps one could only see at negative low tide at the beach near Pacific City. I had been wanting to see the ghost forest for a long time, but negative low tides are generally rare and even rarer on a weekend. So when a meetup group I’ve been a part of… Read More
[Austin, TX, Apr 28, 2026] I had a little bit of free time during the day, so I decided to hop on over to the Blanton Art Museum. It was just a block over from the conference center and across the street from the Bullock Texas State History Museum, which I visited yesterday. I was surprised to learn that my admission was free. It turns out, the Blanton offers free admission every… Read More
[Austin, TX, Apr 27, 2026] The Bullock Texas State History Museum was directly across the street from the conference venue. I couldn’t help but utilize a lunch break to check the Texas-sized museum. The 4-story granite building features close to 40,000 square feet of exhibition space and a 400-seat IMAX theater with a six-story high screen! I had picked up tid bits of Texas history on my visit to the Alamo back… Read More
[Austin, TX, Sun, Apr 26, 2026] Conference registration began in the afternoon, which meant that I had the morning free. I decided to check out the Lyndon B Johnson Presidential Library because it was the farthest away from my hotel from all the sights on my list. I was excited to visit my 3rd presidential library. I had visited the Ronald Reagan one when I lived in LA, and the Bill Clinton… Read More