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Spain

As Tom often reminds me “it’s all about perspective.” Landing in Spain from Cuba probably would have seemed like arriving in a cold place where we could not communicate with anyone (due to the incredibly different...

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A picture is worth 1,000 words…

Which means that this post is basically 12,000 words long. Well now 12,013. I will try to not over-do it by adding too many more. We really liked Berlin. What’s not to like about...

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Hangin’ out with Hamburgers

Let’s just start this off by saying a few things. 1. People from Hamburg are called Hamburgers. It’s true! 2. Thieves from Hamburg are called Hamburglars. Probably not true, but I never asked. 3....

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Culture Shock

Once again we have fallen into the bad habit of leaving a country before writing anything about it. Due to deadlines our travels in Europe have been more rushed than we like (and are...

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Adios Latinoamerica

Sitting in the back of the 1953 Chevy with my hair whipping around in the warm air blowing through the tiny windows I had a hard time deciding what to look at. A wonderful...

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Totes Mogotes

When I thought of Cuba before this trip I thought of steamy dance clubs, bars clouded with cigar smoke, and classic cars. I did not think of the bucolic farmland scenes that seem to...

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On the road again… Travel from Panama to Cuba

On Tom’s birthday (October 27th) we got to return to his Costa Rican birth-place on a twelve hour “en transito” visa en route to Cuba. We left our tropical island 3-month home behind us...

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Nazi Beetle Orders Spider to Eat Baby Gecko

Spiders are acting with Beetles across the board, as further grisly orders were carried out. Luckily the water animals will not be drawn into the battle as expected as one Spider henchman mistook a “jelly”...

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Projects

Tom and I are both, as it turns out, the type of people who would be able to fill a to-do list while being held in a 5×8 concrete jail cell. I can see...

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Bocas del Toro Frog Blog Guest Post

Though I have asked nearly everyone i’ve met if they are interested in writing a guest post, my brother Ossian (our most recent visitor) is the first to take the bait. The guy who...