Traveling as a couple has its ups and downs. For the most part it’s worked out incredibly well for Martin and I but only because we found a system that works for us. I call it Divide and Conquer. I ventured out into guest writing last week for Pam at Spunky Girl Monologues. My post [...]
We don’t make hotel reservations. Rather, I should say that we don’t usually make reservations. I think we’ve made maybe two in the last year of travel. That’s just our style. If a guesthouse doesn’t have a room available, the one next door probably will. We weren’t picky to begin with; we’re especially not picky [...]
Hasankeyf wasn’t on our itinerary a week ago. We were in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey to check out Urfa and Van Lake, before heading further north. As Martin explained here, we got a last minute tip from a family staying in our guesthouse. They told us that the town was a bit of [...]
If we were honest, we’d have to admit that the dig at Göbekli Tepe was what brought us to Turkey. Martin wrote up a great piece about the dig and it’s significance here. While I think he went into great detail describing the place, I think it’s also fun to see it on video. [...]
Eighteen years ago a man and his son were on a road trip, driving toward an Arizona destination that has since been forgotten. They passed a road sign that grabbed the man’s attention. He asked his son to pull off the road, pointing in the direction of a small town off the highway. They [...]
Martin’s advice on buying a Kurdish carpet was simple: You can’t win. That’s it. Just one rule; one that drove the proverbial nail in the coffin for a competitive girl like myself. I can’t win, huh? He explained further: men have been selling carpets here for thousands of years. They are Carpet Selling Supermen and [...]
We decided to do the tried-and-true travel method of getting to know a new city: get lost. Today’s adventure was through the back streets of Diyarbakir’s old town. What we found was a confusing but surprisingly clean labyrinth of ancient culture and architecture. You can check them out in this screen or see them [...]
When planning our trip to Turkey we knew just a few things about the country. One: we wanted to go. Two: it’s the seat of civilization (translation: people have been here a long, long time). Because we are the type of travelers we are, seeing just Istanbul and the Aegean Coast wasn’t going to do [...]
Once upon a time I was a mother. No, I didn’t have my own kids. But for a year and a half I was a mother to two amazing girls. How might I have accomplished such a feat, you ask? I was an au pair. It was a job I took sort of on [...]
You poured your heart into raising us. You were amazing. You were my mother. You were my hero. Today, because you are still all those things, you are my friend as well. Thank you Mom. I love you. Happy Mothers Day.
We’re poor backpackers. I’ll just say that up front. We’ve been traveling for a year now, slowly bleeding money from our bank accounts. We’ve spent most of our time in SE Asia, India and Nepal, which means we’ve been able to stretch our money quite well – until now. For whatever reason (Martin and [...]
Europe has been on the travel agenda for the past month and a half. That means many things. The most important for us is seeing friends and family again. We can’t afford to jump around European hostels/hotels like we could in SE Asia or India. That’s just not in our budget. Our solution is a [...]
We wrote a little tip about exploring Stockholm by ferry yesterday. Because I’m a visual person I thought it would be nice to add a few more photos from our ride: a trip around the Swedish archipelago by ferry on a beautifully sunny spring day. You can scroll through the photos here or in full [...]
Swedes get pumped about the Spring. You can’t blame them – Sweden is cold and a bit dreary for most of the winter. Come spring, people need to blow off a little winter depression with a fresh helping of booze. Lots and lots of booze. The Valborgsmassoafton festival takes place every 30th of April. [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
