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Category: Travel Essays

France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, and Why I No Longer Travel in Groups

Posted on March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 by kaycgiaco

When I was 16, I joined a tour group to France, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. It was my first taste of real travel, and the reason why I have never traveled in a group again.

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Dewey Beach, Delaware, Or How I Remember It In 2012

Posted on February 20, 2024May 14, 2025 by kaycgiaco

Dewey Beach is a small town nestled into the coast of Delaware. To the south is a stretch of land with nothing much populating it except for a dusty beach highway, wetlands, and some raised fish shacks.

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Dubrovnik, Croatia and the Art of Eating Alone

Posted on February 2, 2024May 14, 2025 by kaycgiaco

On a Wednesday evening in October of 2018, I found myself sitting alone on the patio of a pizzeria inside the walls of old town Dubrovnik.

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L’Italia Non Molla, Restate a Casa (Italy Doesn’t Quit, Stay Home)

Posted on April 22, 2020March 29, 2022 by kaycgiaco

COVID-19 changed the world. In Italy, where the situation was exacerbated early on, I received stories from friends and coworkers.

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When the Canals of Venice Flowed as Clear as the Big Elk Creek

Posted on March 25, 2020May 14, 2025 by kaycgiaco

After being bombarded with panic-inducing news, I decide to take a break. I turn my phone on airplane mode and hike to the Big Elk Creek two miles behind my family’s home.

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Almost Heaven: a Personal Essay on Travel, Italian Life, and Finding Home Across the Ocean

Posted on February 15, 2020May 14, 2025 by kaycgiaco

Amaro is a particular type of liqueur known for its uncharacteristic bitterness and full bodied flavor. It would follow regional dishes in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and one night, a Hawaiian pizza.

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Climate Change, Over-Tourism, and How One Rental Property in Dewey Beach, DE Has Withstood the Test of Time

Posted on January 15, 2020May 14, 2025 by kaycgiaco

Long-term erosion and sea level rise is a more withstanding issue that Delaware will slowly come to face.

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Kaylee Giacomini

For the past eight years, I’ve had the privilege of traveling to countless parts of the world for work, education, and love. I decided to combine my passion for writing with travel by publishing my journeys here.

I'm a Masters level graduate from Tulane who has worked in the publishing business since I was 18. Come along with me on this next great adventure.

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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” -Anthony Bourdain
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