Kendyll Weeks

10/10 would recommend jumping in a car, rolling the windows down, and belting the blues all the way to Memphis!

Hello Kennies! It’s been a while! Since the pandemic started I’ve had cancelled trips and changed plans out the wazoo. But, I am very happy to be sitting down at my computer to tell you about an adventure I was so excited and grateful to take!1 D.C. has so much to offer. There were aContinue reading “Washington D.C.”

Hello! Welcome back to Ken we go now? I am so excited to share with you guys about my latest spontaneous trip to the filming location of The Vampire Diaries!! I traveled to meet family in North Carolina, and on the way home it was exactly 29 minutes extra (still on the route) to stopContinue reading “MYSTIC FALLS, VA (The Vampire Diaries: on location)”

Ever wonder how that travel blogger packs her whole life in a carry-on and travels for a whole month? Hi! I’m that travel blogger. The lyrics from Sleeping At Last’s song Seven are extremely applicable here: “Let me tell you another secret of the trade- It feels like sinking when I’m standing in one placeContinue reading “PACK LIKE THIS AND NEVER CHECK A BAG”

I’ve lived in Birmingham almost my entire life and what I can say about it is this: it. is. BOOMING! Downtown has been revamping over the last ten or so years and I am so ecstatic to see where it goes! Check out my list of must-go-to places when passing through, or staying for aContinue reading “My BEST Birmingham Recommendations”

It’s almost been a whole year (tomorrow) since I left the country for three months to live in a country I lovingly call my second home. It feels like a lifetime ago that I was boarding a plane to Tanzania, Africa and I have so many thoughts on the subject, still changing everyday. If youContinue reading “Talking Travel: Why EVERYONE Should Get Out of Their Comfort Zones”

Sharing some AMAZING dishes this week! Tag me on Instagram @kenelizabethc if you’re visiting the country and trying the food from this list – I’d love to see it! 1. GERMANY – Döner This is probably the cheapest thing I eat here! It’s essentially, roasted meat with your normal toppings: lettuce, tomato, and onions. CabbageContinue reading “Around The World With One Stomach”

It’s no secret that flying comes with problems that none of us want to deal with. I’m here with a few solutions to those BIG problems we face when it comes to flying – especially on those long, red-eyes! – and I hope you’ll come along with me! Don’t forget to follow and share! SwollenContinue reading “KANKLES, GAS, & ANXIETY”

Hello again. 🙂 Today I visited Mendelssohn’s and Bach’s houses. I think by far my favorite was Mendelssohn’s. I loved learning about him in class this past semester and developed a deep love for his overture for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. If you have never heard it…here’s a link for you: (A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture) MendelssohnContinue reading “All The Houses”

Hello from Leipzig!! Wednesday night we arrived at our hostel in this busy, busy town. I’ve seen this place in my textbook and I can’t believe I’m here! We’ll spend the rest of Singers tour here and it’s just now setting in that I’m going to have to say goodbye to these folks. Last nightContinue reading “LAST STOP: LEIPZIG, GERMANY”

Do you ever look around and forget you’re not in America? That you haven’t been in a long while and you think, “I could do this. I could be far from home.” And for a split second you forget about the people who would miss you and the friends you might lose contact with, andContinue reading “Köln (Cologne)”

Let it be known that on this day I lived like a queen. I did all of the usual things a queen is to do on any given day: I took a cruise down the Rhine River with my closest friends, visited the house of Beethoven, and I returned home to my castle on theContinue reading “Johannisburg/Bonn”

Staying in Linz has been interesting. Everything is spread out as if I was in the states again. I was expecting to find more things that reminded me of home, but I kept running into this language called German that kept putting a barrier between me and other people. We went exploring in the rainContinue reading ““Fanta or Vodka?” Austria”

Hallo! I and the rest of the MC Singers arrived in Munich, Germany at around nine-ish “here time” (US is seven hours behind) May 11th, 2016. The first thing we did was get on a bus and drive for about two and a half hours to Salzburg, Austria. I remember being exhausted as I filledContinue reading “The Living Hills: Austria”

As you can see by the title, we have FINALLY arrived in what could only be counted as a dream of mine, an impossibility among a plethora of impossibilities accomplished throughout its empire. I’M IN ROMA! And when in Rome, you might take a tour called “Rome By Night” led by your awesome tour guide,Continue reading “Beware the Ides of March…”

Hello all! Yesterday’s post was about Florence, but we are spending two whole days in Florence, so I MUST add a second post!!! Florence is my favorite place so far. I thought that Assisi would be hard to beat, but Florence is just CRAZY! Gypsies, like I said before, are everywhere, but even more soContinue reading “The City of Firenze”