This idea of hitting the road for an extended trip is not completely unprecedented for me and Chad. In 2010, we saved up our money and I saved up my paid time off at work and we managed to go to Europe for a full month. Seven countries in 30 days. I often tell people…
Looking Back – That Infamous Trip to Mexico
In a couple of prior posts I have referenced the great vacation we took to Mexico in 2017 that helped spark our decision to try traveling for a year, so it seems appropriate to share details about that trip. It actually all starts with a long ago episode of House Hunters International, in which a…
Looking Ahead – The Scenic Route to Budapest
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…
Looking Ahead – First Stop Iceland
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…
FAQ – Why We Are Doing This? (long version)
A confluence of events forced us to realize that the time is right for this. We’ve had a tough couple of years, from about 2016 until pretty recently, primarily on the professional front. We were both working very hard and many hours, but that trickles into your overall happiness, satisfaction and ability to connect with…
FAQ – Why Are We Doing This? (short version)
We love to travel, and we’ve been very lucky to have many opportunities to travel internationally, through our own efforts (including a 30-day grand tour of Europe in 2008) and with The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (which gave us trips to Norway, Brazil and Bahrain). But while we occasionally dreamed in very vague terms of perhaps spending…
FAQ – What Are We Doing?
If you’re reading this blog, you probably already know that Chad and I are taking a year away from our usual professional endeavors to work online while traveling for a year. Two important things to understand about this experiment are 1) we will be working; we can’t afford to take a full year off from…
OLD BLOG – Fun American “Road Trip”
The first real vacation (other than our honeymoon) my husband and I took together was in December of 2008. Before that we were saving to buy a house and just traveled on business or with our parents. We decided to do a Vegas-based road trip the week before Christmas, flying home Christmas Eve to drive…
OLD BLOG – Rustic Playa – Cave Bar, Flintstones Breakfast and a Spectacular Vacant Ruin
As I mentioned in my intro, Chad and I are not really “beach people.” We’d rather spend our vacations exploring cool stuff than relaxing the day away with a cold drink in hand (though evenings are good for the cold drink segment). However, for Chad’s folks’ 35th wedding anniversary, they wanted to do a family…
OLD BLOG – Why New Orleans in August Isn’t That Bad
Ten years ago this August, Chad and I had our honeymoon in New Orleans. You might think New Orleans in August is unbearably hot and humid, and the reason we had such a wonderful trip was because we were young and in love. While that is partially true, I think there is a lot to…