hello! i’m Sarah
Us EXPAT & Traveling Foodie
Welcome – so glad you’ve discovered Roadmaps and Restaurants. Roadmaps and Restaurants is filled with trip itineraries (roadmaps), restaurant recommendations from around the world, and other fun travel tips to ensure that you have the BEST adventure!
The goal for Roadmaps and Restaurants is to not only document all of my travels, itineraries, tips and reviews but to offer inspiration and ideas for your own trips and adventures!
Ready to go on your next adventure or interested in collaborating?
I can’t wait to work with you!
get to know me
These are a few of my favorite things…
- I love my Chow Chow, Pablo. He has been with us since he was a little pup. He made the move over to Belgium with us and is now living his best European doggo life.
- When I’m not working my 9-5 or traveling, you can find me eating and exploring my way through Belgium.
- I love learning about new languages and cultures! I currently speak English, Arabic and Spanish and I’m learning French!
More About Roadmaps & Restaurants
The idea to create Roadmaps and Restaurants came after planning a 10 day trip to the Andalusia region of Spain.
I spent countless hours consulting Rick Steves, reading dozens of travel blogs and reviewing what felt like thousands of Facebook posts for the best places to eat and things to do in order to give my trip the perfect mix of “touristy” and “off the beaten path.” If I had a dollar for every time someone told me, “You can’t go to Spain without visiting Barcelona” or “You aren’t spending enough time in Madrid,” I probably could have paid for my flight home from Spain.
I also LOVE finding the best restaurants to weave into my itineraries. Nothing pains me more than eating a bad meal or falling for a tourist trap. I love asking locals for recommendations of their favorite places whether it be my Uber driver from the airport, someone I met on the subway or my AirBnb host! I will also extensively research the restaurant scene where I am going before traveling so that I have a list of restaurants ready if I’m out exploring and get hungry.
