Portland > San Francisco > Tokyo > Kyoto

With a 3am wake up, brief stop in San Fran (chilling in the lounge like adults — ordering hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies obviously) and then to the second longest flight we’ve taken coming in at 11 hours, we finally made it to Japan. It’s cooler than expected — only 89 degrees. The language […]

Iceland in 48 Hours: Day 2

For those that have followed us, you know that we firmly believe in seeing the world like a local. Being a traveller and not a tourist. Today we did a very touristy thing purely due to the timeframe of our trip, and our desire to not rent a car. Normally in Europe, public transportation is […]

Iceland in 48 Hours: Day 1

When Icelandair makes a 48 hour stopover this easy, it’s hard to say no. We’ve never been to Iceland, and the flight to the UK was stopping here anyways. Might as well make a day or two out of it. Now Icelandair is a bit of a budget airline, and we were a little nervous […]

Anichka

How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way. – Mark Twain Have you ever met someone by happenstance walking away from the encounter grateful for the experience even though you will never see them again? While on the train from Vienna to Budapest on Saturday, I shared […]

Antigua Life

Despite staying up as long as I could Saturday, I ended up waking at 2am Sunday even though my flight was after 9. Jetleg 1Jessica 0 I tried to fall back asleep and finally gave up around 4. I needed to pack anyways, so I repacked everything and read a bit. Downstairs for breakfast and […]

Home Sweet Home

Today we kick off our long trek home to see friends, family and coworkers.  Three cities in eight days will makes for a packed in week, but we cannot wait to see everyone.  Our flight from London was surprisingly empty — good for us because we ended up with an empty seat in our row! […]

Day 7 — Italy!

Today was a new adventure for us — we traveled from Munich to Italy by train. It was surprisingly easy even though the 7 hour train ride was so long (our flight was cancelled, so we had to go by train..). It’s crazy how easy it is to just get on a train – no […]

Day 2 — Pictures =)

Now that we finally have decent internet, we can post more pictures! Caption: The beautiful Rhine River (Germany) Caption: This is the road we (as in Kevin) drove to get down to the Rhine.  Very windy and appears to be a one way…wrong. (Germany) Caption: Eltz Castle – A bit of a hike but worth it. […]

Spontaneous Road Trip

Wednesday night a spontaneous trip was born… less than 10 hours to the ocean? Challenge accepted! Bright and early Saturday we finished our long trek arriving in Mobile, AL around noon. First stop… USS Alabama, a warship used during WWII which seemed quite a fitting way to kick off the patriotic weekend ahead. We were […]