Is HEMA a Big Deal or Something?

Fun fact about me – I love waffles. A lot. Back home, one of my coworkers even bought me a Texas-shaped waffle maker, and it was absolutely everything to me. So coming to Belgium, home of the Belgian Waffle, felt like stepping into a crack den. I would assume....

Do Salami and Avocado Go Together?

When you’ve been traveling long enough, you really start craving home-cooked meals. Oftentimes I’ll turn down the idea of spending money at a restaurant and cook in the hostel kitchen instead. The problem with this little scenario? Grocery stores carry a...

Or Maybe One More Night in Ghent …

I was basically a bum today. I patiently waited for my dear friend Jo to come into town. Jo and I met back in London, and we were instantly bosom buddies. Turns out, our itineraries brought us back together in Belgium. So as I waited for her to arrive, I obviously...

Quick Road Trip to Ghent

When the four of us went to the firework competition last night, we discovered that three of us were heading to Ghent the next day. So obviously we decided to turn it into a road trip. We were definitely being generous with the term “road trip” though. It...

Au Revoir, Dear Paris. Hello, Firework Competition!

If there’s one thing that I hate forgetting about, it’s this: postcards. For every city that I visit, I buy a postcard and send it back home. I address it “Dear Future Meagan” and list off the things I want to remember the most about each city....