Today was our first morning waking up at EcoCamp, and it takes us only one step outside of our dome to be completely in awe of the view. EcoCamp is built on top of a small ridge,...
After a 45-hour journey via Santiago, we have finally made it to Chilean Patagonia! The final eight hours of our journey took place this morning with a flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas, followed by a...
When it comes to choosing travel destinations, I never have a shortage of methods on how to decide where I go next. There are places I’ve dreamed about forever, places inspired by history or wonder, places I’ve heard...
About a year and a half ago, while in Vietnam, I met an “addicted to traveling” couple from Germany. They were just two of the hundreds of travelers I’ve met during my time abroad. However, something...
My European base of operations in Nuremberg has given me access to some great short trips, and this weekend I am headed to Prague, Czech Republic. It’s only about a two hour drive away from my...
The purpose of the Liebster Award is to highlight the hard work of new and up and coming bloggers in a bid to shed light on their projects and introduce new readers to their blogs....
Read More →Day 1 We booked our Jucy campervan in January and have been looking forward to driving it from Brisbane to Cairns ever since. Saturday, we took the train from Gold Coast to Brisbane and then walked to...
Read More →Not many people think of Australia when thinking of WWII, but Australia had one million of its citizens participate in the war in some way. Many Australian soldiers fought in the European, North African, and...
Read More →Ok, not exactly AT Surfer’s Paradise, but near it at a sandbar at Currumbin Alley, a bay known for good beginner waves and a little further out, one of the world’s best point breaks.–Everywhere in...
Read More →With a few days to explore Gold Coast, we started with a walk from Broadbeach to Surfers Paradise, about 5km. The first thing I noticed was there was no surfers. At all. Disappointing. I later...
Read More →We are commonly asked about the types of accommodations we stay in while we travel. And while we normally opt to stay in the cheapest option a location has to offer, every once in a while we...
Read More →After a rainy weekend in Brisbane, we are ready for some sun! The forecast for the week looks better and we’ve seen enough of the city, so we spontaneously added a week in Gold Coast, about an...
Read More →Alissa and I are big fans of all things comedy, and we were thrilled when comedian Ronny Chieng invited us to come see his set at the 5th Annual Brisbane Comedy Festival. The festival has...
Read More →We left our home 1 month ago today. It still feels unreal, like we will be flying to freezing Minneapolis headed back to work tomorrow. But, we aren’t, and that is still exciting to me....
Read More →We arrived in Brisbane on Thursday evening from the Solomon Islands and figured out the train to get our Airbnb host’s apartment in Coorpooroo. Back in the world of hot water, we caught up on...
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