As I mentioned in my Iceland post, we will be kicking off our trip with Chad speaking at a conference called Brain Bar Budapest. I wish I could describe how completely bemused and amused we felt upon Chad receiving the invitation. Seriously, for the first couple of weeks, every time we talked about it we…

The most common question I get about our travels is “Where’s your first stop?”. There’s a short answer and a long answer, but my most common reply is “Budapest.” However, it’s complicated. It will take us a full week to reach Budapest from the time we leave the United States on May 24. The reason…

As we were planning our trip, an exciting announcement was made. WOW Air was coming to St. Louis (two hours from our home). WOW Air is a super-budget Icelandic airline. Think $300 round trip tickets from St. Louis to Paris budget. So, we decided if it could get us close to Budapest (our first home…