our time in the netherlands has been a welcome surprise from what i was expecting and i’m so glad that haha pushed for us to spend nearly two weeks in rotterdam and amsterdam to close out our stay in europe. my preconceived notions about the netherlands prior to arriving with the realities: amsterdam being packed […]
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the realizations of travel after half a year on the road
well six months has passed and we’re still trudging along here in europe (currently in the city of riga in latvia). at the start of the year, i was partially excited and equally as nervous about how things would turn out given that neither of us had been on a trip this long with this […]
Read Moremisfiring on all cylinders in riga
we’re entering our 7th month of being on the road and at the risk of jinxing our future travels, i have to say that we’ve been rolling pretty good over the last few months. we’ve had our share of hardships but they’ve been relatively few and far between. the weather was pretty much great as […]
Read Morehow travel has changed me after being on the road for four months
*i’m a semi-pro at packing luggage we’ve found ourselves on the go at a minimum of once a week, sometimes even switching rental units within the same city. this took a while to get used to and i still think i can get much faster at it. i think it’s come down to: -compartmentalizing everything […]
Read Moretechnical difficulties in spain
so over our 12 days in spain, we’ve had to make a few adjustments from life in asia. nothing groundbreaking but these were some of the things we’ve noticed on a daily basis. keep in mind that neither of us have been in europe for almost a year and a half so. i also think […]
Read Moretravel lessons – the barcelona edition
our trip in barcelona hasn’t been bad by any stretch of the imagination but i feel we would have had a better time if we had made a few changes. spain in general was an audible that we decided on about three weeks ago so planning it out in it’s entirety wasn’t as thorough as […]
Read MoreTravel Lessons – Asahikawa Edition
Jojo and I are currently hiding out in our hotel room and watching Season 7 of Modern Family. Our plan to find a cat cafe today went out the window when we stepped outside this morning for food. It is currently -9°C in Asahikawa but feels like -20°C with wind chill. Brrrrrrrr! So it’s a […]
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