Sadly, our European adventure has come to an end. What a tremendous experience! I hesitate to use the phrase ‘once-in-a-lifetime’, as we hope and expect that this has launched a life of travel and adventure. Friday was our last full […]
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When a Problem is a Good Thing: ‘Whaling it’ at Fontainebleau
The last few days have marked an entirely new type of adventure on our trip. In this post I’ll discuss a number of unusual things from the weekend, including but not limited to 1) finding ourselves in the “Sea of […]
A Noise in the Woods – Our Final Days in the Alps
“I only went for a walk and finally concluded to stay until sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” – John Muir Today we left Marvin and Lisa’s house in the French Alps after the most blissful […]
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 […]
France Part Deux: A Polar Opposite Experience
Do you recall back in August we were living in Paris and spending our time eating (or should I say, flinging) snail, navigating the subway, sweltering in the summer heat, and housesitting for 2 cats? Our current experience, while once […]
Putting our feet up in Croatia
It’s hard to know where to start on this post, as I have nearly two weeks of ground to cover on our time in Croatia. I think we’ll start with a general overview and then, per usual, a Nate story. […]
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 […]