Happy 2025 to all of you! We wish you happy days and of course, happy travels for the new year. For the first time in our lives, we’re one of the first in the world to experience the new year thanks to our geographical position from Down Under. Yes, in case you missed it, we’re in Melbourne, Australia this year…
2023 started with sickness, cold and challenges in Northern Europe and ended with different sickness, cold and challenges in Indiana (US), but the filling of this annual sandwich was generally quite warm and rewarding as we gallivanted South America like we'd never done before. We got to see and do things parked on our "60 by 60 Lists" like go…
Thanks to the world opening back up and that little bugger called COVID mostly being swept under the proverbial rug, 2022 was the most active year we've had since 2019. We visited 13 countries (Colombia, Peru, US, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Turkiye, Egypt, Italy, Romania, Belgium and Luxembourg) and somehow managed to set foot on five continents as well. We…
We live with the motto that, one can choose to be blind to the world, or to be an adventurer in search of its treasure. And, although we do believe in taking all necessary and proper safety precautions during this pandemic, we were not going to let COVID keep us from living and experiencing our nomadic lives. So we adapted. We…
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…
It’s hard to believe we’ve spent the entire year of 2019 on the road. But we did, and to reflect a bit we’ve compiled a few statistics to nerd out on... 20 countries, 3 continents, 17 capitals, 14 languages, 30 UNESCO sites, and 11 land borders (crossed by bus, rail or on foot) We’ve stayed in 42 AirBnbs, 51 guesthouses…
People keep asking us…what’s your favorite country? What’s your favorite food? What kind of travel apps do you use? So, we’ve compiled our top 20 list of things we’ve experienced so far... our 2018 Geney Awards! Most Epic Scenery Most Epic Scenery: Mestia to Ushguli Hike in Northwestern Georgia Most Charming Medieval Town... Mikulov, Czechia Most Captivating City... Kiev, Ukraine…
