Posts written by Laura

A Very Quick Goodbye

Today marks an entire month post-travel for us. In an alternate reality before Covid, we would still be knee-deep in Indonesia looking...
By LauraApril 21 2020

The Case for Adding Experiences to your Itinerary

Today we celebrate our 6 month anniversary on the road! I'm currently typing away at our Airbnb in Bangkok. We will board an overnight...
By LauraMarch 04 2020

Culture Clashing Around the World

When we landed at Cairo Airport in December, we knew we'd be shifting our known standards of living. As I write from Jaipur, India, 5...
By LauraJanuary 29 2020

Musings on Food

It seems as though whenever we are eating these days we are also reminiscing about our past meals. We compare them as we either wolf down...
By LauraJanuary 10 2020

Living Life while Travelling

We are nearing the holidays here in Athens, Greece and we're getting festive even while the sun is shining and temps are in the mid 60's!...
By LauraDecember 19 2019

Travels with/to Family & Friends

It was Thanksgiving yesterday, while not celebrated here, of course, we managed to do it up properly. There was turkey, card games, video...
By LauraNovember 29 2019

Data Dig: Sustainable Cities?

Our time in Rome has really allowed us to write more! Or is it that we've finally created a groove of living and traveling that balances...
By LauraNovember 13 2019

The results are in!

We did it! We tracked the week, all seven days, in 30-minute blocks. Now I can tell you confidently what it is we actually do in a given...
By LauraNovember 07 2019

What's in a Day?

For basically the whole year leading up to our launch I was snooping on other families doing similar adventures, mostly on Instagram. I...
By LauraOctober 30 2019

An Ode to Unplanned Travel in Vienna

I remember putting Vienna into our itinerary and sort of saying 'I heard it's lovely there! I bet there are things to do' and then just...
By LauraOctober 26 2019

A month on the road / City Highlight: Bristol

We celebrated our month anniversary 2 days ago. Woohoo! It both feels like its been a month and also doesn't at all. This first month...
By LauraOctober 06 2019

Travel days - glorious wins, devastating losses

We just woke up in our 'junior suite' as Jon called it, in Turku, Finland. I've got a coffee beside me and I am ready to tell you of the...
By LauraSeptember 22 2019

Money on the Brain

I woke up this morning at my parent's house in Jenison, Michigan. There were cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven and hot coffee already in...
By LauraAugust 28 2019

My whys

It's June 1st, a start to a new month and our last month as Portlanders (for a while anyway). We've been talking about this adventure...
By LauraJune 01 2019