I’ll admit, Slovenia wasn’t ever on our list. It’s a tiny country that we didn’t know much about until we started researching our Croatia trip. We didn’t understand why every book we found on Croatia was paired with Slovenia.…
Our time in Ljubljana, Slovenia was sprinkled with several “firsts” for us. Most notably, it was the first time we rented a car and drove in a foreign country. It was also the first time our luggage had ever…
We have had our one-way tickets booked for eight months now but the closer we get to our departure date, the slower the time seems to crawl. So, we have come up with a way to satiate our wanderlust…
When we added Sarajevo to our Balkan itinerary, it was because we thought it would be interesting to see where WWI started and experience a city that we were only familiar with from the coverage of the Bosnian War while…
Today we spent part of the day here at the Newseum. For me, it was an emotional experience. Some of you may know that I spent most of my college years and a couple of years after college working as…
I received the offer in June 2008. I had gotten it. I’d gotten my dream job. I would be starting as an international equities analyst with a boutique asset manager in Chicago. So why now, eight years later, am…
In this journey towards full-time travel, there have been several “AAAHHHH!” moments. So far, purchasing our one-way tickets for the trip stands out, but we know the biggest are still to come. Here are a few nerve-wracking things that have…
I never thought this is how I would die. Frozen in fear inside our tent and rendered indecisive by a complete lack of viable solutions. In the end, it wasn’t bravery or even dumb luck that got me out…
The first international trip that Ben and I took, outside of our all-inclusive honeymoon to Mexico, was to Italy in 2011. But if you would’ve asked us 48 hours into that vacation if we would ever travel again, it would have…