When we mentioned we were going to Guadalajara, everyone who had ever traveled here emphatically mentioned “you have to check out Tlaquepaque!” We were delighted when we realized our housesit was conveniently located in this adjoining independent city (not just a neighborhood) of Guadalajara. San Pedro Tlaquepaque (pronounced Tla-Kay-Pok-Eh) is not only fun to say, but incredibly interesting to visit…
After a seven-month mandatory "COVID-stop" in the States to buy a rental property and see family after a 22-month hiatus, we were thrilled to be back on the road again, and just in time to escape the winter sludge with a free one-way ticket to Mexico. (Thank you house expenses and credit cards!) Like in May, we were traveling “during…
Tales from Hans Christian Anderson have been embedded within us since childhood, so it’s very difficult to not start singing when you think of this spellbinding city. We went to Denmark during July 2018 when we were en route from Sweden to Prague, and because we were sticking with a $50/day for both of us budget, we didn’t last long…
As we exited the bustling cities and zippy drivers, the second half of our New England road trip definitely rolled into a more pleasurable pace. In fact, it felt like every time we slowed our speedometer to 25 mph, we would roll into another small town draped in quintessential charm oozing vibes of the UK, blended with a delicious and…
Our New England road trip was two weeks long and an absolute whirlwind. Certainly not anywhere on the spectrum of our typical “slow travel” preferences. It took us to 12 states, many of which were Greg's firsts, and allowed Mandy to get her official membership to the 50-stataterian club as she checked off Vermont. It took us to prestigious Ivy…
Needless to say, 2020 was not in any way the year we expected or even thought plausible. Travel or otherwise. Originally, on our 2 year around-the-world trip started in June 2018, and had planned to wrap up in November 2020. We even went so far as to prepurchase our one-way tickets from New Zealand to LA. After touching down we…
After a 10-year Pacific Northwest hiatus, it was finally time to be reunited with the city where it all began...where Greg spent seven years of his life as a professor at Charles University before meeting Mandy in 2007, who had recently moved there to be an English teacher. See that story. We were more than ready to return...to be wrapped…
Our favorite thing to do when we lived in Prague was leave the city behind, often via the wonder paths of the Czech trail system. Trails weave through cities, villages, pastureland, valleys and hills, natural attractions, and historic sites. All with easy-to-understand color coded trail markers that even the most navigationally challenged can follow. Geography fun fact: the Czech Republic…
