About Me

Welcome Fellow Traveler! Thank you for visiting my website, Nerd Girl Travel. My name is Christina, and I have no idea what to put here!

I’ve been traveling since I was little, but then it was just family vacations going camping with the occasional big trip. One of those larger trips was to Hawai’i when I was around 12/13. According to my dad I made an exclamation that I was going to go to Hawai’i for college. I do not remember this, and when college time came around I ended up in Ohio. But, lo and behold, my university has a sister school on Oahu and my sophomore year I applied and got accepted! It was amazing living there for four months.

I truly caught the travel bug when I was sixteen and went to France on a class trip. It’s been so long that I don’t remember a lot from it aside from some small things. Like the time I told the guy working the sandwich stand “Je m’appelle jambon et fromage” instead of “Je voudrais est du jambon et du fromage”. Translation: My name is ham and cheese instead of I would like ham and cheese. *sigh*

After college I enrolled for the summer session of Semester at Sea. This, I do remember seeing about while in high school on MTV’s Road Rules and thinking “I want to do that”. Summer sessions were shortened, so I wasn’t able to go around the world, but I was able to see six European countries and Egypt. That was an experience for sure.

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To date I’ve traveled to six continents and 22 countries. I’ve got my bucket list and will be expanding these numbers! Maybe even returning to a few favorites.

When I’m not traveling I spend my time reading, going to trivia and movies with friends, and cross stitching. I just did my first Paint Nite and I’m hooked. I just don’t have the wall space for all the paintings I want to do!

I’m a proud furmom to two wonderful black cats. You may see them pop up in the occasional photo. They like being the center of attention, which is fine since I don’t – which is weird for a person writing a travel blog, I know. Yea, you won’t see a lot of photos with me in them, I think people should see where I am, they don’t need to see me.

I am not a professional traveler like most blogs out there. I work a 9-5 M-F desk job. I’m not making six figures and no trust fund waiting for me. What am I getting at? Most of my travel that I am writing about will be achievable for the average person.

Here you will find my thoughts on my travels. I will give my tips and tricks as well as any other information I may seem valuable. I’ll be talking about “standard” trips as well as some not so standard – hello comic conventions! Please sit back and enjoy.