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9 French Movies to Help You Learn French

The French language is so dang beautiful. Even after learning French for nearly a decade, I am still enamored with its sound and structure, and one way I love learning it is through French movies. It behooves me as to why so many people dread learning a foreign language. Sure, there’s many ways you could learn a subject such as math or biology whether it’s worksheets or experiments. But when it comes to learning a foreign language, the sky is truly the limit. You can read a book, you can follow a YouTuber, you can follow an Instagram account,...

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How to Work from Home and Be Productive in Quarantine

Growing up, I loved the thrill of getting that phone call from the principal announcing a snow day. I’d sleep in, watch a movie, stay in my jammies all day and maybe even build a snowman. And although COVID-19 has us all at home and perhaps in our pjs, there’s not much thrill and we still need to get work done and be productive during this time of quarantine and social distancing. I don’t know about you, but being productive at home is tough. I have ample more distractions: my comfy bed, Netflix just two clicks away, laundry that...

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24 Things to Do at Home During Quarantine

I am going stir crazy. I’ve always been a busy bee flitting from here to there, but with the monster that is COVID-19, many of us are in quarantine or at least cutting back from our normal routine. Adjusting to a new way of life is tough as is, and the current circumstances are anything but grand. I’ve been struggling with a lot of fear and anxiety but am working on channeling that energy into healthy coping mechanisms. There’s a time and place to grieve, but sometimes our minds just need a break to preoccupy our minds with anything...

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5 Women Entrepreneurs You Need to Follow

For as I long as I can remember, I’ve been hustling. Being the little entrepreneurs we were, my friend and I collected soda tabs to make bracelets to make money for our 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C. We strung stretchy, colorful string to create this very middle-school jewelry and made around $200. In 6th grade, I started my own Jonas Brothers fan club, made an email list and created a magazine newsletter. I rewrote news stories, collected trivia and crafted “finish the lyrics” games to send out via email. And when they made their comeback last year, I...

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How to Host the Perfect Girls’ Night

I like to think I’m a woman of many talents: I can speak some French, I’m pretty good at small talk, I’m really good at tri-folding letters evenly, I am incredible at remembering your parents’ names. (No, seriously, I won an award for it.) And as I’m growing up, I’m taking more ownership of being a hostess — a good one that is. I’ve been working on perfecting how to host girls’ night. Because years ago, as a kid, I’d just dial up my neighbor’s number on the home phone, we’d play The Sims 3 and eat mango popsicles...

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21 Best Travel Quotes

Do you ever just get the feels? The wanderlust feels to book a flight and go explore somewhere new? It’s times like those that I spend hours on Pinterest to plan my next trip. If you’re anything like me and need a cure for that wanderlust bug, I’ve got you covered. I’ve rounded up my top 21 best travel quotes for you, and at the end of my post, I share with you some free lock screens with travel quotes. “Not all those who wander are lost.” —J.R.R. Tolkien “The world is a book, and those who do not...

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Round Trip Roundup: DECEMBER

Oh, December. I do look forward to you, but I also appreciate when you draw to a close. This month was chock full of holiday sweater parties, semester-end assignments and family time. This semester was by far the most difficult for a variety of reasons, but these past couple weeks of respite have been exactly what I needed. It is amazing what time off and reflection can do. I’m still a bit shook that 2020 is tomorrow, but before we move on to the next decade (!), let’s take a look at my top 5 for this month: This...

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Celebrating 5 Years of Round Trip

I feel like a mom saying, “Where did the time go?” Today I’m so excited to celebrate five whole years of blogging. On December 1, 2014, on a snow day, junior-year Kristin signed up for a WordPress account, and little did she know, she’d still be kicking five years later. Back then, I’d just taken a high school trip to England, France and Italy and got hooked on this thing called travel. The rest is what we’d call history. Since that day, I’ve published two books, and this year I created an online travel budgeting course. I also created...

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Round Trip Roundup: NOVEMBER

The holidays are officially here, y’all. But oh boy, the road here is one filled with short deadlines, frantic shopping and lots of family time. November saw the final push of my semester with 12-hour days at the magazine and more Starbucks orders than I’d like to admit. (Caramel brûlée latte all the way, but my wallet is crying.) This has, by far, been the toughest semester, really on all levels, and between you and me (and anyone within earshot of me on any given day), I’m ready for it to be D-O-N-E. And so it shall be. I’m...

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