My niece Heidi is headed to high school next year which means she has to pick a language. Foreign language wasn’t part of her grade school curriculum in any substantial way, so her knowledge of Spanish is based on what she’s learned from growing up in the US. Since she is attending a smaller school… Continue Reading
In 1999, I was sharing a duplex with a friend on the near east side of Indianapolis. I had a grant funded position at the Indiana State Museum and was barely making rent. I was attempting to put my history degree to work but wasn’t digging the museum/government employee way of life. My friend David… Continue Reading
When you travel long term, things you regularly do at home, but seldom do on vacation, can become minor adventures. I’ve never sought out a haircut on vacation. I don’t like getting my haircut at home. I follow a pretty steady pattern when it comes to getting a haircut. It’s a three-month cycle. I get… Continue Reading
Twenty years ago this month I left North America for the first time and headed to England for a semester abroad. While England isn’t a particularly exotic location it was an adventure to me. At the time I believed that it would be my only chance to ever travel internationally on such a scale or… Continue Reading
It seemed simple enough. We needed to have two packages sent to us while traveling and we were going to be in the Paris area for 10 nights, five of which would be spent at the Holiday Inn Saint Germain des Pres. Julie is a Platinum member with Holiday Inn because she traveled so much… Continue Reading
It was only a matter of time until we met a fellow blogger on our trip. While on our tour of Tequile and Lake Titicaca we met Nathaniel from Berkeley, California. He and his girlfriend Alex were on a very ambitious and very cool adventure. Both of Alex’s parents are cops in Oakland and one… Continue Reading
While “traveling” is indeed great, it is being there that is the fun part. Travel days themselves, save for the ones that feature breathtaking scenery, are pretty awful even if you do get exit row seats. They generally take up a lot of time so you don’t get much work done. They wear you out… Continue Reading
The last two weeks leading up to the trip were rather stressful for me. I was supposed to be done with work on Monday, January 6. That didn’t happen due to a major snow storm in Indianapolis. Our offices were closed that day and I was stuck in Minnesota on Sunday and couldn’t get back.… Continue Reading
We leave for our trip in a little more than six hours. Unfortunately we are too busy to write. Fortunately Gadi & Tun at Being in Awe posted our interview today. You can check it out here: Read our interview at Being in Awe. Continue Reading
Poi and Kristy from the travel blog No Place To Be were kind enough to interview us for their Random Traveller series. You can check out the interview here: Random Traveller #101 with Mark & Julie of The Time To Go Is Now Continue Reading
We quit our jobs at the end of 2013 to backpack around the world. We're sharing our stories, travel advice and hopefully some inspiration. Read more...
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