Location: Hanoi & Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Introduction: We have found that travel to Southeast Asia can take us far from our comfort zones and yet, that’s one of the things that makes it so appealing. When people would ask us …
We’ve heard it said that the joy of travel is in retrospect. Now that our year of world travel has come to an end, we do have a lot of fond memories to reminisce about. We enjoy an annual tradition …
Location: Fort William, Bowmore, Oban and Glasgow, Scotland Introduction: We explored the west coast of Scotland spending the majority of our time on the island of Islay. Aside from its abundant natural beauty, Islay is home to 8 whisky distilleries …
Introduction: Scotland quickly impressed us, reminding us in many ways of New Zealand, another country that we love. It’s sparsely populated with more sheep than people; the landscapes are beautiful; the single carriageways lack shoulders and there’s the occasional one-lane …
Location: England Introduction: We found ourselves with an unscheduled return to England following our deportation from Finland. Without a plan, we decided to put our remaining hotel and credit card reward points to good use and mapped out a course …
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia Introduction: We’ve read a number of novels involving St. Petersburg (e.g., Anna Karenina) that left us longing to see this famous city. However, obtaining a Russian visa is a challenging and expensive process. In addition, relations …
Introduction: We felt a real connection with France and couldn’t get enough of their delicious food as you can see in our latest video.
Location: Switzerland Introduction: We planned to skip Switzerland on this trip. However, her natural beauty wowed us so much on our first visit that when we discovered a cheap flight to Geneva, we rationalized that we’d never been there before. …
Location: Helsinki, Finland Introduction: Yes, it’s true. We overstayed our welcome in mainland Europe and we’ve been deported. We made some incorrect assumptions about travel around the European countries. We won’t bore you with all of the details but there’s …
Location: London, England Introduction: Our original travel menu did not include England as we had the privilege of traveling there a few times before. However, several budget airlines use London as a hub making it inexpensive to visit from just …
