Apartment Hunting Abroad
Looking for an apartment abroad for the first time? This is our experience looking for a place in Madrid using various resources and websites.
Our Top 5 French Destinations
Looking for top destinations to visit in France? Here’s a list of top 5 regions to visit – some obvious and others you may not have thought of. Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Paris, Nice, Lyon, Nancy.
Long Stay Visa in France: Applying for a France Tourist Visa
Read this advice on how to apply for a long term (long stay) French visa, including details on the France visa requirements and French visa application.
The 3 Worst Hostel Experiences From Our Round-the-World Trip
We recently shared our top 5 hostels from our round-the-world trip and now it’s time to share are 3 worst hostel experiences from London, Barcelona, and Rio Dulce.
5 Favorite Hostels From Our Round-the-World Trip
During our round-the-world backpacking trip, we stayed mostly in hostels. However, we also made sure to treat ourselves every once in a while with a hotel – about once a month. You can only stand to not have a private room for so long! Our other common lodging option was of course CouchSurfing which we […]
Reflecting on the Past Year Abroad and the Next Year of Traveling
Can I Snooze My Birthday Wake Up Call? It’s 9am on the Sunday after arriving back in Arizona from a year long trip abroad and my phone is ringing. I’m sure I didn’t set the alarm so I’m confused. Is Jesus calling? It is Sunday so that seemed logical. He’s not. It’s my mom. Proudly […]
Return to the USA for Miami Sun and Fun
Ok, it wasn’t so much ‘sun and fun’ as it was rainy and cloudy. When we arrived in Miami we were informed that we had just missed great weather and that apparently we had brought the rain in with us. That was definitely not true since we had just arrived from Brazil where the sun […]
A Week of Carnival & Five Must Do’s in Rio de Janeiro
Check out how we spent a week celebrating Carnival 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. We made time for Rio’s best including street parties, food, drinks, and sightseeing.
Our Interview for Flashpack At Forty
Check out the interview we did for Flashpack At Forty where we discuss our worst travel experience, keeping travel costs low, and why we write a travel blog. Craig and John, the bloggers behind Flashpack At Forty, are a married couple from the UK who started a round-the-world trip in 2011 and, like many travelers, have no […]
Bus Journeys to Parati, Brazil
Iguazu Falls was the perfect way to cross the border from Argentina into Brazil and from there we continued our journey to Rio for Carnival, but we had one more stop on the way. Parati is a former Portugese colonial town with well preserved cobblestone streets (or as Auston calls them: cobbleystone) and historic buildings […]