Travel Lessons

  • the surprises of the netherlands

    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.…

  • 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…

  • misfiring 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…

  • technical 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…

  • travel 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…

  • Travel 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…