One of the worst things about not comprehending the language in the place you reside is not knowing when someone is yelling at you. ‘But Nate,’ you might say, ‘Is that really a problem? People don’t just randomly yell at […]
January in Montpellier: A Series of Interesting Guesses
“But that’s the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don’t want to know what people are talking about. I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in […]
A Year in…Languedoc-Roussillon?
2018 was admittedly lacking in Joy Adventuring posts. Don’t get me wrong, Terra and I certainly had some adventures. We logged 6,000 miles on two cross-country road trips, one of which was highlighted in this post. We took our remote […]
Big Days and Cold Nights – Wandering Through our National Treasures
Wander here a whole summer, if you can. Thousands of God’s wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted. If you are business-tangled, and so burdened […]
If ‘Bliss’ is a Place, We Found It
By now, you (my faithful reader) probably realize that we are no longer travelling through the Land of Enchantment – or Europe, as it’s most commonly known. What have we been up to since then? You really didn’t have to […]
Ill Abroad: My Journey Through the French Health System
When we think of travelling the world for lengthy periods of time, we often think of the glamorous aspects. The culture. The food. The people. New experiences. But what about the “hard as a rock” bed, or the perfect restaurant […]
Guest Post #3: Embracing the Unexpected in Iceland
We must travel in the direction of our fear. – John Berryman Last year, as you may recall, Terra and I had the privilege of travelling through Iceland for just a few short days (read about it here). We were […]
Nice is Quite…Nice: Our Journey to the South of France
I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to […]
A Perfect 10: Building a Dream Itinerary in the ‘City of Lights’
“I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris […]
The Joy Guide to Amazing Eats in Paris (and the Five Categories of Paris Food Failure)
You knew it was only a matter of time, didn’t you? In our posts we’ve covered numerous cities and palaces throughout Europe, multiple Nate-stories, and house sitting adventures, but have yet to write a post focused exclusively on the Joy’s […]