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Elsa’s Arrival
My Independence Day trip in 2021 was exactly what I needed. After an extra session of school for the summer, I couldn’t wait to make the most of my shortened summer break. As the days of my upcoming trip got closer, I couldn’t stop daydreaming of the clear blue ocean I would reunite with. My tired legs from sitting in my mediocre office chair every day needed to move around, a lot. I could picture my boyfriend and I salsa dancing, swimming, museum hopping, and the like. Anything to get us moving and exploring was my goal. What I had not pictured though, was waiting roughly three hours to receive…
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About Me
Hey fellow wanderers! I’m Victoria, a curious traveler, reader, and writer of The Road Read. Here’s a little about the woman behind the words: As a kid, I’d daydream about stepping foot on the islands my parents grew up in. My mother, born and raised in Havana, Cuba had stories for days and days. From my Grandpa fighting against Castro and ultimately becoming a prisoner of war, to her electrifying nights in Cuban carnival. My dad was born in Elias Pina, a rural countryside of the Dominican Republic. Though he was raised in the capital Santo Domingo, filled with buzzing neighborhoods and historical sites. What was it like to live 20…
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The Seasons of Sligo Creek
It’s probably expected that my first blog post would be on a foreign destination. Sure I can’t wait to share experiences of me splashing in crystal clear waters and munching on tasty exotic cuisines, but I have a different perspective to share. The pandemic made alot of us appreciate where we were forced to stay in during the lockdown. Many of us rediscovered and appreciated home as a destination. Therefore, I’m not going to just present my hometown to you as a travel destination, but as an intimate space. Silver Spring, Maryland can be defined in a mixture of ways. There’s diversity, history, and expansion here that is impossible to…
