16 Posts were tagged as "Life"

A deflated sort of feeling

This was not how it was supposed to end. Back in October of 2017 when Laura brought up the idea of taking a 9-12 month trip around the...
By JonathanMarch 18 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

An Adventure in Egypt - Luxor

I knew Luxor was going to be a reprieve, albeit a small one, from the absolute chaos that Cairo brought but outside of the attractions, I...
By JonathanJanuary 24 2020

An Adventure in Egypt - Cairo

One of the reasons we loved Istanbul so much was the feeling that it was truly preparing us for what we would experience in Egypt. Akin...
By JonathanJanuary 22 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

And here we are, 3 months later: Pt 2 The Misfortunes

As I mentioned in part 1, I feel that it is a disservice to not discuss the misfortunes of a situation. I will say though it is a much...
By JonathanDecember 13 2019

And here we are, 3 months later: Pt 1 The Highlights

Here we are, three months later...well, three months and two days. Sitting here in Istanbul, a place we weren't even originally planning...
By JonathanDecember 06 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

What do you...do??

Laura and I are asked quite frequently how we are doing this gap year and what exactly we are doing. For a while it was hard to...
By JonathanNovember 22 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

Tech bag - an almost review

I'm just going to be upfront and honest. I love my tech. From an early age, it was a bonding point between my father and me and I have...
By JonathanSeptember 03 2019

What is this?!?!

Well, its my attempt at handcrafting a blog for my family. Over the course of a year...A YEAR...I have been playing around with different...
By JonathanJune 01 2019