A Dream Vacation: Solo Travel to Spain

When I was around eight years old, my mom went on a “girls’ trip” cruise. She always loved travel, but this is the first one I remember distinctly. When she was gone, she sent back picturesque postcards from all the places she docked at. She wrote letters to my sister and me and left red kiss marks on each postcard. A spark lit up inside me. I wanted to be her when I grew up. Around the same time, I watched Cheetah Girls 2 when they went to Barcelona. That was the birth of my dream trip. The Ultimate Trip. Barcelona, Spain. After I graduated college and got my first “big girl job,” I booked a solo 10-day Spain trip during Act-Up Season (A.K.A., my birthday month.) It was everything I dreamed of and more.