“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 […]
France
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 […]
Seinfeld was Wrong – People are the Best
Elaine: Ugh, I hate people. Jerry: Yeah, they’re the worst. I am sure any true Seinfeld fan will recognize this conversation between Jerry and Elaine. And the scary part is – I think we (at least I) recall it because […]
Some Final Thoughts On Paris – The List of 5’s
We made it to Croatia! There will be more posts forthcoming on this next leg of our journey; for now, however, let’s take a look back on what was an amazing 24 days in Paris. Any of you who know […]
The Snail, The Sweat, and The Sanctuary
The True Test of a Snail We were told on one of our Paris walking tours that the true test of a snail is how easily it comes out of the shell with a utensil. The guide mentioned some restaurants […]
Settling in to a hot Parisian August (subtitle: it’s 91 degrees at 9pm)
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendour. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of iniquity. In two thousand years, Paris had seen it all. This quote is at the beginning of Paris, an historical […]
Living in Belleville – the first few days
We actually met our first Parisian on the first day of our trip, in Iceland. Terra and I were wielding our enormous backpacks, and for some reason the bus driver wanted us to try to fit them on top of […]
First day in Paris – When getting one thing accomplished makes for a successful day
Imagine if you were able to accomplish one real, significant, meaningful thing each day for a year. On the surface, it’s tempting to think that one thing is a low bar since there are 12 hours of sunlight (well currently about […]