“Don’t worry about how much it costs to live in Western Europe. Air travel is so cheap and easy!” How many naive backpackers have uttered this phrase? Have you? I sure did. But then you actually go ahead, book that “cheap flight” for the first time on Ryanair, and see it isn’t quite so easy. […]
Talking about differences in gender is always problematic. It is not just the differences between men and women only. Talking about any group in general terms is problematic. Nobody is an exact composite of a group and there are always outliers. Plus, my advice will not necessarily correlate to just any woman. But from my personal experience […]
We asked last Monday. You answered all week. And now we have the winner of our $50 in Roomorama credit. The Question Where will you use your $50 of Roomorama credit and who is the one person (living or dead) that you would want to go with you? The Winning Answer @benwebb1: 1950s PR […]
If there is one constant about the beach, it is this: After a sunny day in the sand and surf, after you are crispy from too much sun and salt, when the idea of a nap is just about the best thing you have ever heard… EVERYTHING tastes fantastic. But don’t let this unimpeachable fact […]
Friends of ours (TwoOregonians.com) once wrote about traveling as a couple, “”Home is each other, and life fits in a backpack.” Poetic and yet, so true. But traveling as a couple can also present many challenges. One of those challenges is how to just be by ourselves. Alone. When we are staying at hostels, we […]
After a ridiculous 8 days in Umbria, Italy, most of which was spent learning, eating, and drinking at the Travel Bloggers Unite (TBU) conference, we are finally recovering. We met some tremendous people who taught us a great deal and inspired us even more. So while my belly, liver, and brain are in full detox […]
Here is where you and I have a problem. I have been on the road now for over three months and for the past month you KNEW that I was going to Normandy… yet you never once mentioned the ridiculousness of Mont Saint-Michel. But when I tell you that I decided, on my own, to […]
You would think two former corporate cube dwellers would need a little more stability in their lives… but we are loving all of the changes going on right now. New site design. New Continent… Goodbye South America! Slowing the travels down with a weeklong stay in the Normandy countryside. Upcoming travel conference in Umbria… can’t […]