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Living in Spain – The Unexpected
Jason and I recently spent 3 weeks in July living in Madrid, Spain while Jason taught for Auburn University’s Global Programs in Europe. His students had first been in Rome for 6 weeks taking classes and then had a week off to travel during the 4th of July Holiday. On week 8 they landed in …
Change Your Perspective – Breathtaking Scenes from National Park Hopping
If you’ve been following along on our Instagram page, you’ve seen that we have been highlighting parts of our National Park hopping trip we took summer of 2020. Since my travel journal from that trip is buried somewhere back in Missouri and we are currently in Spain, I’m going to do my best to take …
You’ll Be Begging To Go: Our Stunning Wee Hidden Gem On Loch Awe
And so, we saved one of our favorite places in the world for last on this journey. Welcome to Ardanaiseig Hotel on the banks of Loch Awe. We have stayed in this area every time we’ve been to Scotland and can honestly say we look forward to the calm, the wandering, the amazing food, and …
Spectacular Snowcapped Highlands to Boggy Lowland Islands and Back
Last we left you, we were on a smaller ferry, scraping the bottom of the hull along the shallow channel from the Isle of Harris to the Isle of North Uist. We made it! We drove off the boat in search of our next stop – Langass Lodge. Langass Lodge was a bit of a …
Lewis & Harris: Journey to the Edge of the World
Welcome to the Isles of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Yes, they look like just one island but the landscape here is insanely varied from North to South, East to West and yes, even just around the corner. We opted for three days in this magical land and ended up looking …
Scotland Travels: An Extraordinary Journey to the Incredible Skye
Only have one full day on the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye and are more the outdoor type? These are our recommendations: Edinburgh to Skye – Get the Car On our most recent trip to Scotland we started with a bit of a wild itinerary. The plan was to fly into Edinburgh and drive to Skye …
Proven Travel Safety: The Last Thing You Think About and the First Thing You Need to Know
If you haven’t picked up on this by now, we love travelling. Like, a lot. We also like to encourage folks to get out and see the world, however much of it they’re comfortable with. And while we don’t usually talk about this explicitly, we like to travel safely. For the most part, that means …
Travel Lessons – Conquering the tempting need to overpack
What we’ve Learned about Travelling, Part 3: Packing. Something we strongly recommend that seems nuts, but actually alleviates some travel stress: travel with carry on bags ONLY as much as possible. Get your clicker finger ready, we have lots of products to share that help us dramatically with this! We BOTH used to check big …
It’s All in the Plan
Okay, so you’ve decided you want to travel. Yes! And you’ve decided where you want to go. Excellent! Now what? Ummm…help? Once you’ve settled on a general travel destination idea, you largely have two options for booking your trip: DIY or hire a travel agent. We used a travel agent for our honeymoon and our …