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I believe that there comes a point in every long-term travelers life when they become a bit under-whelmed with the over-whelming. A time when you just feel done. When you don’t want to see or experience anything spectacular for at least 20 … Continue reading
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Wow. We did it. From the very beginning of our trip all we knew was that at some point we would land in Australia and about a year after leaving the States we did. As many of you probably know, … Continue reading
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I did not want to leave our villa. I got very used to saying “our” villa in the 5 nights that we stayed there. It is amazing at how easily one becomes accustomed to having a “pretty woman” sized bathtub and … Continue reading
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We need some impartial opinions. It’s hard to say if Bali is really quite as lovely as we think, or if we were just viewing everything through the rose-tinted glasses handed out for free at the peak of our new … Continue reading
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Once again I am going to stop the narrative of our adventures to give everyone a current update. I figured no one wants to wait for me to write the three posts I have on my to-do list before getting … Continue reading
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I really, really, really wanted to go to the Tiger Temple. Raquel (a bestie) must have told me about the temple 5 or 6 years ago. “There is this place in Thailand, where monks live with Tigers and all the … Continue reading
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Man! Believe it or not all of this travelin’ stuff can get pretty tiring and as such we decided to take a little break on a little island called Koh Phangan. Koh Phangan is most famous for it’s monthly full … Continue reading
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I am in Hog Heaven. I have never before appreciated what it means to travel to the country of origin of a favorite cuisine. I keep telling Tom to be patient, he will most likely understand this feeling when we … Continue reading
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The evening we returned to our guesthouse in Chiang Mai Thailand after visiting the elephant nature park we ran into the young British backpacker we’d met that morning. We were all waiting outside of the Ban Wiang guesthouse to get … Continue reading
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Tom and I were told while we were still in Vienna about the hammans in Turkey. The Ottoman empire placed a great emphasis on the cleanliness of body and soul. That emphasis combined with the absence of bathrooms in people’s … Continue reading
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Often referred to as the “City of the Tsars“, Veliko Tarnovo (or Велико Търново in Bulgarian) is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. I don’t think it is world-wide famous, so much as Bulgarian famous. It also happens … Continue reading
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I have learned some valuable things about about myself here during our winter in Bulgaria. I most definitely enjoy a great many things about a true winter. I love eating snow, playing in snow and watching snow fall and cover … Continue reading