Ohhhh, baby. What a whirlwind! After a double red-eye starting on April 6th (back-to-back red-eye flights), we arrived in Paris on April 8th. Goodbye South America! Between the 30 hours of travel followed by all that Paris has to offer and celebrating our 2-yr wedding anniversary no less… our posts have been a little slow […]
Mickey D’s, McD’s, and to our Australian Friends… Mackers. Whatever you want to call it, McDonald’s is the Magneto of fast food chains. The Super-villain extraordanaire… and for good reason. But have you been lately? We sure hadn’t. But only6 blocks down the road from our family-stay in Lima, Peru is a newly renovated McDonald’s […]
photo credit: PNASH I am no expert about PKD (trust me), but have had to do a few extra things because of it when I was preparing to travel. So hopefully you take my earlier advice and decide to travel NOW, but also know that just because you take the leap doesn’t mean you shouldn’t […]
Typically, our weekend posts have been the place for us to discuss eating on the road and some of our favorite hostel recipes. They should be easy to make, healthy with only a few ingredients, and made in a short amount of time. But in honor of National Kidney Month and following up on my […]
March is National Kidney Month and has inspired me to share one of my major reasons for traveling. Read on to learn more about me and hopefully steal a little inspiration as well. Working your ass off and retiring with oodles of cash at 65 is a good goal, if a little traditional. So don’t […]
After non-stop travel through Bolivia, we have finally settled in Cusco, Peru for a couple of weeks before our Inca Trail Trek takes us to Machu Pichu. Sometimes, you just need to decompress. We only have a few weeks left to appreciate South America before we jump to Europe which is sad, but one of […]
If you have traveled for any length of time, then you are bound to collect numerous tales of bathroom mishaps. From food poisoning to disgusting holes in the ground, there is always something out there that is terrible in the moment… but a great story for later. And so it is with my tale of […]
photo credit: stevendepolo Instead of showing you a specific recipe this week, let’s talk fundamentals. There are a few key things to keep in mind when trying to cook a meal on the road: You will almost always have limited kitchen supplies, so check before buying groceries. Keep it simple. No more than 5 ingredients […]