Hi there @ladyontherun welcome to Hive and great to see that you have made your first travel post in Pinmapple.
The best way to start on Hive is to make a self introduction post so the community can get to know you better. Whilst it is not compulsory to do that, it will make a lot of difference in the long run to add creditability to your account, so the community knows that we are supporting a real person and not a scammer as we get a lot of them on Hive.
You can check out this post below and https://peakd.com/@newbies-guide that gives you a lot of newbie tips.
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/3-things-newbies-should-do-in-their-first-week-on-hive
By the way, who is your friend that told you about Hive? Tagging them will also add creditability to your account.