I often mention on here how much we love traveling in order to experience new ways of being and living. In a lot of ways our expectation is to always find ways that other places are unique and different from the U.S.A. One way we thought Santiago was different and unique is the much smaller […]
A Glimpse of Fluency
I have always been in awe of people who can speak multiple languages. Part of me knows it’s not that difficult – just learn and practice and continue to learn and practice. The other part of me – the part that wins out – knows that it’s rather difficult to find others to practice said […]
A Night with Dante
A cool thing about Buenos Aires is the heavy Italian influence found in almost all of the restaurants (Pizza is Argentinian fare) and in the language. You say Ciao instead of Adios, and when in doubt my faltering Italiano passed for decent communication without too many strange looks. It seems fitting that the first sight […]
My kingdom for a hair straightener
Flights these days can lose their allure pretty quickly…particularly when you’ve traveled a ton…and after you’ve had three take-off and landing combinations within 12 hours. A scientifically proven method, should you find yourself in this dilemma, to up the ante and make flights fun again: Cross over the Andes. Our flight pattern had consisted of […]
Better Together
Gross right? I know. But I’m kind of on cloud 9 now that the dynamic duo is back together and ready to take on a new continent – South America. Currently we are in Miami; Adam is out golfing with his aunt and uncle and I am sitting on a lovely patio contemplating how much […]
Whirlwind
Adam and I made a sort of pact a long time ago – that we would try to take a trip somewhere once per year. This pact has taken us to some incredible places, our 2011 trip, for instance, was Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and revisiting Paris. And then Australia happened. Which opened […]