One Year Anniversary Video!

It’s officially been one year now (well, a year and one week because we got a little behind on this post) since we started TwoBadTourists.com! This time last year we were in Rishikesh, India sitting in a plain hotel room for two days straight trying to get the blog ready for its launch while we […]

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7 Reasons Why You Should Visit Ireland

Discover the best reasons to visit Ireland. Famous for Irish Whiskey, Guinness and rolling green landscapes, this country is definitely worth a visit.

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A Weekend in Toulouse and Carcassonne, France

Passing through the south of France on the way to Paris is the perfect opportunity to visit Toulouse and the nearby fortified city of Carcassonne.

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Going Back to the Middle Ages During ‘Semana Cervantina’

Alcalá de Henares, a small city outside Madrid, offers a chance to step back in time to a medieval market that takes over the streets during Semana Cervantina.

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Surviving My First Week of Teaching English in Spain

I survived my first week as a language assistant teaching English in Spain after a year and a half of not “working” in the traditional sense. But I was anxious!

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Accents: The Pros and Cons of How We Speak

Accents are an important part of understanding and learning languages. The pros and cons of having a distinct accent vary from sexy foreigner to discrimination.

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3 Warm Winter Destinations & 3 Cool Winter Activities

As winter will be quickly approaching in the coming months, I’ve already put on my winter thinking cap for travel plans and activities during the cold months.

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Will I Meet the Challenge of Teaching?

I begin my new job as an English teaching assistant next month. The anticipation has me wondering if this something I’ll be good at and enjoy or totally regret.

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The World Outgames: Your Next Gay Travel Destination

We love to use special events as reasons to check out new travel destinations and wrote an article for GayTravel.com about traveling for the World OutGames.

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Antwerp’s “To Russia With Love” Kiss In

Auston and I have never been huge gay rights activists though we have plenty of friends who take on that role and some who are even employed in that area of work. To them, and to all the countless others that we don’t know personally, we are of course eternally grateful for the work they do. We and the rest of the LGBT community directly benefit from their hard efforts. However, I’ve just never been innately passionate about it. It’s odd I suppose since it directly affects me, but it’s the same for many others. Just because you’re woman, or a minority, or an immigrant doesn’t mean you’re working day and night for your specific rights even though you clearly need and benefit from them. We all take on different passions, hobbies, works and activities. And we support one another when necessary.

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