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#WhyIMarch (from the Archives)
We started this website for our travels and there were a few posts that got lost in the transition of domain names. This was one of them. As I am watching the presidential primary heat up, the impeachment trial on TV and women continue to march for the 4th year…
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6 Ways to Save Money: How We Were Able to Travel for a Year
I always thought that people that took these gap years to travel must come from a very wealthy family that is able to pick up the bill for everything. The more we dreamed about seeing more of the world, the more we talked about what would need to happen to…
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Grand Teton National Park in the Winter
We are back in the United States, and the top thing on our list – National Parks! Knowing we would be driving to Colorado for the holidays, we decided to alter our route this time for variety and also to avoid some bad weather. Our route from Colorado to Minnesota…
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Thoughts about the Australian Bushfires
The fires in Australia are consuming so many of my thoughts recently. I wanted to pull some information together from our research to share. We are currently following many other travelers that are really engaged in things happening around the world. We have realized that others may not have as…
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Month 9 Stats & Recap
A couple days late on this one, but we are back with a recap of the last month. It looks a little different this month because we are officially back in the States and it is a brand new decade. Here is what we’ve been up to the last few…
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24 Countries, 1 Year
One year, twenty four countries. It’s been a wild ride. We wanted to do a quick recap of the places we’ve been, so we borrowed an idea from our kiwi friends. Simple and quick – we are giving you a quick overview of the countries we’ve visited and some of…
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Christmas Card 2019
Mail is a wonderful thing when you see those handwritten addresses instead of the usual typed bank statement or utility bill. Christmas card season is the best time of year for the mailbox. Since we weren’t really able to pull it together and mail out cards, we are sharing this…
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Some Gift Ideas That Don’t Suck and Do Some Good
‘Tis the season of giving. We are opting out of holiday gifts this year and it is hard. I love finding gifts for friends and family, but it definitely comes with a little stress and pressure also if you can’t find something for every person on your list. I’m hoping…
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Berlin Christmas Markets
After our amazing experience in Leipzig, we hooked on the German Christmas market experience. Berlin is a city we’ve always wanted to explore and it worked out to be on our way back west. When we did research on the Berlin Christmas markets, we found out that there are more…
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A Guide to the Leipzig Christmas Market
It’s time to highlight one of the oldest and one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany. The Leipzig Christmas market dates back to 1458 and is laid out through the streets of the city center. Unlike the multiple locations of the markets in Vienna, you can wander through all…