ADVENTURE ON A BUDGET | TRAVEL BLOG
Road Trip!! Getting from Zurich to Liechtenstein Twenty-four hours…3 countries!!! Eins, zwei, drei….los!!! From Zürich, we had one big goal we wanted to accomplish…have a first meeting and quickie rendezvous with Liechtenstein…a mysterious micro-state that is not only little, but quite notably…loaded. Of course we could have easily gotten to Liechtenstein’s capital of Vaduz by train, but, by the time we…
Arriving to Zurich from Evian-Les-Bains After our grab-and-go dash of Evian-Les-Bains to fill our water bottles with the swanky stuff, we hopped a stupidly expensive ferry across Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) to Switzerland. This is a country both of us had previously been to independently but never together. I went in 2008 on a ski trip with some girlfriends to Geneva/Chamonix,…
It’s no secret that France is the most visited country in the world. And, like many dreamy teenagers, it positively beckoned me. That shimmering iconic tower…that sexy intonation…Audrey Hepburn’s influence and of course….the possibility of amour. All this is pretty much why I naively decided to take French in high school. (A decision I sometimes regret!) But it certainly wasn’t my first…
Annecy: the "Venice of the Alps" The area surrounding Thonon-les-Bains, where we stayed for our May housesit is simply loaded with day trip opportunities. Annecy, pronounced Ahn-see, is a petit alpine city located near the border of Switzerland, and commonly tagged as the “Venice of the Alps.” However, it seems significantly calmer, tidier and quieter without that overrated Italian label.…
Evansville>>Chicago>>Dublin In May 2026, we were off again and this time, with new and improved matching dork shirts, enhanced by AI thanks to our dear friends, Megan and Gordon, who we got the chance of visiting with on their journey by camper van through Indiana. (Because why else would you be in Indiana, but passing through?!) Anyhow, we'll soon be…
There is truly something extraordinary about this country, especially when you duck into the interior, far away from the tourist meccas and beaches…. It doesn’t matter how many pages turn on the calendar, or the allure of the freshly stamped countries on our passport we visit, the hypnotic magic of Mexico will continue to seduce us back, and forever be…
Arriving to San Cristobal from Antigua, Guatemala Although we were a bit bummed to bid Antigua farewell for our next month-long destination of 2026, we were definitely excited to arrive to Mexico for the first time in five years. This time, via a 13-hour trip by shuttle van journey to San Cristobal de las Casas, in Mexico’s most southern state…
Yesterday, from San Cristobal de las Casas we went to nearby San Juan de Chamula, which is a Tzotzil Mayan indigenous town known as one of the most significant cultural places in Mexico’s most southern State of Chiapas. In addition to unique customs and traditional clothing, it has a weekly Sunday market centered around a one-of-a-kind church practicing both Catholic and…