Typing this sentence feels like the biggest accomplishment since 2025. Does that say something?

Hi guys, I’m so excited to be here. I’ve had a desire to start a blog for a couple of years now, and it’s really because I’ve love reading blogs over the years- especially lifestyle and travel blogs. So, I thought due to my new life circumstances, it would be a fun time to start writing and sharing this adventure along the way.

Let me tell you a little about myself. My name is Riley, I’m 32, a huge travel and culture enthusiast with a deep passion for healthy living. My graduate studies were in health sciences and my particular interest is in the world of public health and food policy, and the intersect of the two. My husband and I met in Birmingham, Al (both non-Alabama natives) in 2021 and we were married in 2023. So, fast forward another year, While on our honeymoon traveling through the UK, we received a call from Armando’s company that would truly shake up our life, the offer to move to Beijing, China! This was truly a dream of ours to live abroad and experience a culture we know little about in the west . To add a little more excitement to the mix, I was pregnant with our baby girl ! Fast forward 4 months later, life is already back in the routine, our daughter is 2, and I’m constantly on a learning curve- with being a new mom and living life abroad, so I’d love to start sharing more about our life abroad, travels, and life as a new mommy.