About Me

Freelance writer and storyteller.

Ashley is a US expat who lives in Germany with her husband and their two cats, Emmy and Zelda. She ahs a passion for traveling and learning. Her values include creativity, curiosity, and connection. When she’s not writing or taking photos, she’s researching her next trip, hiking with her husband, exploring her community, buried in a book on her Kindle, or eating her way around a new city.

Ashley loves adventure and is embracing more slow and sustainable efforts on her trips. She believes small changes can have a big impact. A few of her most epic memories include an overnight hike to watch an erupting volcano in Iceland, paragliding in the Swiss Alps on her first solo trip, and driving a snow mobile (for the first time) on a glacier to an ice cave and one of her two wedding ceremonies in Iceland.

Ashley was born and raised in the suburbs outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She currently resides in Dresden, Germany with her husband Zac and their two cats Emmy and Zelda. They moved to Germany as newly weds in 2022 after donating, giving away, or recycling their belongings and moved abroad with a few suitcases and cat carriers.

Ashley graduated from Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts in 2013 with a major in Sociology and double minor in psychology and marketing. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and started a career in retail management, then transitioned to Human Resources, and most recently in Global Talent Development at a top global software company.

After accomplishing one of her dreams of moving to Europe, she reignited her passion for writing. Today, she takes every opportunity to travel she can. She feels most at home with her passport on a plane 30,000 feet in the air.

To connect or for inquiries email ashleypackard16@gmail.com.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Ashley

Where I have been:

Austria - Belgium - Canada - France - Germany - Guatemala - Iceland - Italy - Ireland - Liechtenstein - Mexico - Switzerland - United States

  • May - Norway

    June - Aruba

    Fall - Hungary

    Fall - Czechia/Czech Republic

  • March - France & Liechtenstein & Austria

    April - France

    June - Italy

    December - Ireland

  • January - Iceland

    June - Relocated to Germany

    August - Belgium

  • October - Mexico (Maya Riviera)

    August - Iceland & Switzerland

    April - Mexico (Cabo)

  • February - Guatemala