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December 8, 2017
For as long as I can remember, I have known about and dreamed about Namibia. My introduction to this strange and vast country came in the form of a National Geographic picture featuring the Deadvlei trees inside of Namibia’s Namib-Naukluft Park. Dead trees stood at attention under a clear blue sky littered with stars and […]
December 6, 2017
Paradise is defined by Webster’s dictionary as: a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight. Paradise therefore is São Tomé and Principe. Nestled in the Gulf of Guinea and blessed by an equatorial climate, the islands of São Tomé and Principe offer year round warm waters, warm weather, lush green forests and colorful coral […]
November 17, 2017
Anyone who knows me knows I’m afraid of small planes, which I call “baby planes.” I am willing to take an extra stop on the way to my destination or drive 6 hours just to avoid flying in a plane that seats less than 80. So it’s unclear what had possessed me. Maybe it was […]
November 13, 2017
Before embarking on our journey together I read a lot about relationships and travel. Naturally, Christian and I worried about how travel would impact our relationship. “Researching” online answers to those questions can be daunting, especially when you are faced with a multitude of possibilities and titles like “Travel Is the Ultimate Relationship Test“, “10 […]
October 10, 2017
When I first got on the plane to go to Accra, Ghana in West Africa I promised myself a few things: I would not be like the other black Americans who come to West Africa, in a Dashiki, high-fiving everyone and saying “I’m home.” I will try not to feel weird about wanting to say […]
October 7, 2017
It’s coming full circle. 13 years later I end up back at the first destination that ignited my passion for travel. It is here that I married my young 16 year old heart to Picasso’s Guernica and vowed to return. It had embodied for me then and it embodies in my memory now – the […]
October 4, 2017
Andorra is an obscure little country centered between France and Spain. It speaks Catalan (the only country to do so – however, after October 1st, we will see) and it’s surrounded by the Pyrenees mountains. There’s less than 100,000 people who live there and they do not even have a University. There’s also no train […]
September 25, 2017
On our way from sightseeing around the Netherlands to Brussels we decided to spend a night, 36 hours total, in Bruges. We had heard from many people, including reading about it, that Bruges was an idyllic must see, an adult disneyland, where romance runs wild along with good food, aromatic beer, romantic canal rides, […]
September 21, 2017
Hi! I’m Christian, the husband of the primary author of this blog, currently traveling with her around the world for three months before I have to go back home for work. This is an update from my halfway point on my perspective on the journey. When we were planning this trip, I did not really […]
September 18, 2017
When I was young I thought tours were a cop-out. A lazy way to see a city or town instead of roughing it, getting lost, and talking to locals. But then most of my travel centered around local bars and bike rides. But as I hit my mid-to-late twenties I started seeing the wisdom in […]
September 16, 2017
My husband and I headed to Brussels for the sole purpose of seeing our friends Samet, Maria, and their baby girl. I had zero expectations for the city of Brussels and only had the goal of eating fries and drinking beer (of which I did plenty). Both my husband and my friend Samet proclaimed, “Brussels […]
September 8, 2017
Arriving in Amsterdam after what felt like a forever train ride on an uncomfortable sleeper train from Austria was like…. But we persevered and rode into the station early in the morning after little sleep. After a brief and unnecessary sleep deprived couple’s argument we left our bags in the storage area of the railway […]
September 4, 2017
After traveling for a month around Asia: Mongolia, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangkok, and China we finally landed in a familiar place: Austria. Christian grew up in Austria with his parents after they moved from Germany so for us it was like coming home. While we took a day trip to Salzburg to enjoy the Sound of […]
August 26, 2017
Here I am. Sitting in Ulaanbataar after a whirlwind 12 day trip through Mongolia. A dream of mine I’ve held for as long as I can remember. It finally happened and it’s hard to find the words. For starters, we booked our private tour through SunPath Mongolia. Booking through them had been a compromise Christian […]
August 18, 2017
Our introduction to Mongolia started off a bit rocky. For starters we woke up early again and argued our way to the airport in Beijing. We spent an hour and a half on Air China’s uncomfortable seats and finally had smooth entry into Ulaanbaatar until we reached baggage claim. We waited about 20 minutes after […]
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