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Welcome to Contemplating Peach

Welcome to Contemplating Peach, a travel blog dedicated to helping you explore the world with greater intention.

This blog is all about curating thoughtful travel experiences that are sweet, abundant, and fresh. Here, we believe that travel should be more than just a checklist or a race to collect passport stamps. Instead, it should be a deliberate and reflective journey that allows you to cultivate meaningful connections, gain new perspectives, and grow as a person.

As such, at Contemplating Peach we approach every trip with an objective— to do more, see more, and learn more.

We invite you to join us on this quest to explore the world with purpose and perspective.

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WE BELIEVE IN SPENDING MORE TIME SEEING THE WORLD.

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The Girl Behind the Blog

Hey there! I’m Nicole,

As a New Jersey native, you can find me at my desk in midtown Manhattan during the week. On the weekends? You’re lucky if you can catch me at home. 

As an adventurous soul with a never-ending hunger for exploration, I’ve been traversing the globe for as long as I can remember. In fact, my very first out-of-country trip took place when I was less than six-months old! 

Would you believe that I’m still in touch with people I met way back when?

Since then, I’ve traveled to 12 countries and 17 US states, cherishing the memories of the people I’ve met and the communities I encountered everywhere I go.

Now, I’ve created Contemplating Peach on a mission to make traveling even more of a conscious part of my life and in others’, too.

Why Travel?

Because travel changes the world.

No, really! When you go places, the world goes places.

If you think of all the ways travel changes a person, you truly find you can come out a different person after traveling. Here are some of my favorite ways travel changes a person:

 

    • Traveling builds bridges (and taste buds!) between communities by fostering connection through shared experiences and traditions.

        • Travel celebrates the importance of identity and laying down cultural roots.

          • Travel asks you to slow down and savor life’s small moments while recognizing the importance of internal growth and transformation. 

            • People who travel live a more balanced life and can approach the world with more clarity.

        And I totally love it for those reasons…and SO many more!

        That’s exactly what I aim to share with my readers and the feelings I hope you get when you’re here at Contemplating Peach, too.

        I hope my own tips, inspiration and travel stories (OK, and at times, misfortunes) will help you plan your own dream getaways that reflect your unique values and interests because we all deserve to travel mindfully and experience the world fully.

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