About Me: The Gal behind Meliss Meets World

We moved to Boston!

After moving from the Midwest to Boston, we didn’t waste any time booking our first international trip together (excluding our honeymoon in St. Lucia). We headed to London and Paris six months after we moved to Boston, and once we started traveling, we didn’t want to stop. We started to advance in our respective careers, I as a nurse and my husband as an architect, and took full advantage of our yearly vacation allowances to travel the world. 

Even though we had full-time careers, we still found time to pursue our true passion, which was traveling. We explored the beauty of Boston and New England on weekends, especially the mountains of New England in the fall and winter, and the incredible beaches in the summer. We planned two or three international trips a year using our paid vacation time. I didn’t even start documenting our travels through Instagram until I moved to Boston, and have now been documenting everything and anything along the way to share with all of you here on MelissMeetsWorld!

We moved to London!

Even though I grew up in the Midwest, I will always consider Boston and New England my home. It really is the perfect mix between American and European culture and one of the most beautiful places in America. Living in Boston allowed us to explore New England and all of its states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. After living in Boston for eight years exploring as much as we could, we were ready for our next challenge. 

That next challenge would come in the form of a move abroad. We figured if we moved out of a small Midwestern town to Boston on our own, we could do the same in another country! The pandemic was a curse and a blessing, as it allowed us the time to research our move abroad. It also taught us how important the move abroad was for us; if we didn’t make the move then we might never will.

So there you have it, even though I share my love of Boston and New England here on MelissMeetsWorld.com, living in London has also allowed us to see more of the world, which I also love to share as well. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to explore the beauty of the United Kingdom and the European continent, even when living abroad isn’t always easy! Planning a trip can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! We still both work full time in London but always plan with a mix of budget-friendly and splurge-worthy ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ luxuries as well. I hope our experiences can help you plan your next trip or even inspire just a bit of wanderlust!

Contact me with your travel planning needs!

We turned our dreams into a reality, and you can too! Anyone can travel, so let me show you how! Please make sure to contact me to help plan your next trip, or follow me on Instagram for our journey as Americans living their big dreams in London! You can also reach out to me via email at MelissMeetsWorld@gmail.com!

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