Travel Highlights of 2015

I can't believe that Christmas is over and we're about to say goodbye to 2015 and welcome in the year 2016 already!  Looking back on 2015, I feel so blessed for so many things.  I visited the west coast for the first time; I traveled through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; and got engaged to the most wonderful man with whom I'll get to spend the rest of my life! :)

Time flies so fast that I wanted to take a moment to revisit some of the highlights of 2015.  It was so difficult to choose just a few photos out of all the fun adventures I had.  But choose I did, so without further ado....

Trekking through SoCal and observing wildlife in La Jolla (link).

Fishing for the very first time ever in Florida (link).

Exploring Venice by gondola (link).

Driving through the Julian Alps in Slovenia (link).

View of Rovinj, Croatia from Island Hotel Katarina (link).

Plitvice Lakes National Park, home to some stunning waterfalls (link).

Korčula, one of my favorite towns in Croatia (link).

Walking the city walls in Dubrovnik, Croatia offered spectacular views (link).

The beautiful Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, another big highlight of our 2015 Europe vacation (link).

Finally visiting Pompeii, which had been on my bucket list for forever (link)!

A quick visit to the Amalfi Coast (link).

Exploring Paestum, a seriously underestimated tourist spot in Italy (link).

When in Rome, do all the tourist-y things (link)!

And I even got to visit Acadia National Park up in Maine (link).  Love New England scenery!

And that's a wrap!  I hope all of you had a wonderful 2015 and good fortune in 2016.

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