About Me

Welcome!

Hello! Ciao! Hola! Bonjour! Welcome to Cruising with Cristy! My name is Cristina (Cristy for friends aka you) Del Rio Flores, and I am the daughter of two Mexican immigrants living in the United States. I currently live in Nashville, Tennessee (Music City!!!). And, I have two siblings, two dogs, and two parents, who all push me to do my best. I grew up immersed in two very distinct cultures, learning to find my place with my peers. Consequently, balancing both cultures in my life shaped the person I am today. In particular, I have become someone empathetic, understanding, and free-spirited. The States are a place of diverse cultures, likes, customs, and people, allowing for its residents to learn from each other.

Travel Journey

I was surrounded by diversity from a young age, so this feeling of curiosity and interest in the “different” was instilled in me. To this day, I have not stopped chasing these interests, and traveling has been the perfect avenue for it. In college, I was fortunate enough to begin my travel journey through study abroad. This travel blog is centered around my experiences, reflections, and recommendations in the countries I visited. All in all, I hope to bring valuable information to my readers that will make your experience abroad a memorable one, like it has been for me!

What’s it about?

Cruising with Cristy will feature 4 types of travel blogs, with some centered around a specific country/city. My goal is to help my readers get the most out of their adventures, since we know travel is a privilege that can get expensive! The traveling process can be daunting, with the chance of making or breaking your experience. Let me help you enjoy it as much as you can! The types of travel blogs are listed below: 

  • Recommendations and Reviews: These blogs will aim to provide recommendations and reviews to some of my favorite restaurants, tours, experiences, and locations in these countries/cities. You’ll be able to get a trustworthy review of these experiences, allowing you to book with confidence!
  • Tips: These blogs will be focused around providing advice for some of the more logistical aspects of the traveling process. Some things that will be talked about are packing tips, language must-knows, currency cautions, etc. Before you can start the journey, you have to be prepared! 
  • Anecdotes: These blogs will be a place for me to provide a more natural, uncut version of my favorite memories abroad. (Fill out the Questionnaire form to be featured!) I will be giving a more meaningful, reflective account of what I learned abroad. 
  • Studying abroad advice: These blogs will be a place for me to give insight into my study abroad experience, focusing on how I applied, how I accustomed to life abroad, and my adventures related to it.
Join the adventure!

Cruising with Cristy is a place for me to talk about my adventures and experiences, but more than that I hope it is the start to an unforgettable experience for many readers. In such a divisive and challenging time in our country, it is important to remember that there is something in all of us that ties us together. No matter the background, no matter the stances, we are all humans deserving of love, adventure, and personal discovery! With my blogs, I hope to motivate you to act— and go out and see a little bit of the world, even just the vast diversity of the US if you can!

Thank you so much for being here and interacting, I’m excited to hear your own adventures and feedback for this blog! I will be posting two blogs a week. In addition, I will be posting daily content on Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok! Sign up for my emails to get a weekly email with featured content as well. 🙂 

Here’s where you sign up for my emails: https://cruisingwithcristy.com/follow-me/

Here’s a place to share your thoughts: https://cruisingwithcristy.com/share-your-thoughts/

Here’s a place to share your own adventures: https://cruisingwithcristy.com/questionnaire/ 

Hope to see some of you guys in a cafe in another country, 

Cristy