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
We were in the city of Hue in the middle of Vietnam. We were trying to get to Hai Phong in the north to meet our friends, Jay and Bill, who were visiting us from the United States. We were to meet them in Hai Phong and then take the morning ferry to the island… Continue Reading
The last time I went to Cincinnati for something other than Kings Island amusement park was a Social Distortion concert at Bogart’s in 1996. The last time I went to a Reds game Dave Parker was still playing for them. In other words, I’ve grossly shortchanged one of Indianapolis’ nearest neighbors. Julie wanted to ride… Continue Reading
We constantly get questions on how we booked our flights to go around the world. Before we went on this trip, I traveled for work. I spent years trying to find ways to book the cheapest flights. Here is what I did for our trip. There are numerous ways to book flights and the best… Continue Reading
It was nice to spend more than a week in a country again. When I pitched the idea of taking this trip to Julie her only stipulation was that we go to Croatia. And thanks to not being allowed back into the Schengen Area we were able to spend over a month there. Croatia’s peak… Continue Reading
As we made our way south to Croatia and the Adriatic coast, we stopped in Budapest for ten days. Budapest was on our “must visit” list from the beginning of the trip. Though we had been a bit burnt out on cities having recently spent time in Vienna, Brno and Prague we really enjoyed our… Continue Reading
I’d been to Czech Republic twice now but had never visited her ex-spouse Slovakia. Julie hadn’t been there either. We were headed to Budapest. We could have just spent an afternoon in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava and checked it off our list but that seemed like the cheap way out. After consecutive weeks in Nürnberg, Prague,… Continue Reading
Our plan for Austria included some time in the Alps so we could do some alpine hiking during the quiet summer months. Time and money didn’t allow this so our visit to Austria was cut down to just Vienna. We knew it wasn’t going to be cheap but Vienna was between where we were and… Continue Reading
How much fun was it to drive in New Zealand? Fun enough to make me forget that I was stuck driving a Hyundai Getz. We’re on a budget, we didn’t have many options. But you know what? It didn’t really matter. Despite the fact that getting up some of the larger hills was a chore… Continue Reading
After spending too much money in Western Europe we needed to move east. The Czech Republic was part of our plan from the beginning and was the most logical destination after Germany. Julie had never been and I had only spent a couple of days in Prague 19 years prior. We wanted to get out… 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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