If you asked me before we started this year-long trip what my favorite city was, my answer was always “Munich during Oktoberfest or London any other time of year.” The first time I stepped off the train and into Marienplatz, I just fell in love with the city. After making our way through many amazing …
We have arrived at our last country in South America! That means only five more days of bumbling Spanish, business hours we will never understand and history lessons of Spanish conquests of ancient civilizations. In a way, I can’t believe we’re already here, and yet it also feels like a lifetime ago that we got off …
I never realized quite how much I loved oxygen until arriving in Buenos Aires after 10 days in Cusco and the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. When we got off the plane, I took a big deep breath and my lungs were easily filled with air dense with oxygen and it felt so good. It’s not that …
Back in February, after watching an episode of Nick Viall’s season of The Bachelor and drinking cheap red wine, we booked our very first non-refundable adventure for our trip around the world: hiking the Inca Trail. Since that day, I have not stopped looking forward to this moment and it’s finally here! We have arrived …
The more we travel, the more I continue to be amazed by all this world has to offer. Lima, is without a doubt, one of the most amazing places I’ve been to, and that is partly due to my lack of planning. Before we landed in Lima, I thought Peru was landlocked, and I absolutely …
My heart started fluttering the second I got off the plane in Bogota. There was a chill in the air that was a huge relief from the heat of Cartagena. There were tall buildings and traffic which meant there were millions of people trying to get to places worth going; something we’d missed in Salento. …
We spent all day yesterday hopping our way from Salento to Caratgena in one-hour travel increments. An hour walk, an hour bus ride, an hour at one airport, an hour flight, an hour connection, another hour flight and finally a cab ride to our Airbnb. It feels nice to have our own space again, and …
We’ve left behind pulsing city vibes of Medellin with its noisy traffic and endless nightlife for a dip into the serene tropical cloud forests of Salento, Colombia. We’re spending most of our time working from hammocks which is awesome, but not quite as awesome as living here: We’re staying on the Kasaguadua Natural Reserve operated …
Our first stop on our trip was Medellin, Colombia. We picked this city for several reasons, but mostly because the outpouring of love for this city from the backpacker community and several of our friends. It is relatively cheap compared to Chicago, it came with a pretty significant cultural shift, and it seemed to have …