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9 Ways Visiting Every Disney Resort Has Shaped How We See Travel

In the past nine months, we’ve been to five continents, 24 counties, 53 cities, and twelve Disney parks. That is every single Disney park across the globe, plus the Aulani Hawaiian resort just for good measure. We expected international travel to wear away at some of Disney’s sparkle. We thought that maybe after traveling the …

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10 Tips for Celebrating Christmas Away From Home

During our year-long backpack trip around the world, we spent Christmas in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I recall that Christmas morning quite vividly. I was drinking a peppermint mocha and watching “A Christmas Story” on my laptop in a cafe. I knew that somewhere on the other side of the world, it was still Christmas Eve …

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Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends: Kindness in Shanghai

We’ve been in Asia for a couple weeks now. It has been incredible, but it hasn’t been the easiest place to be a tourist. The language barrier is real. There are lots of restaurants and museums and cafes where there is no English posted, and even if there is English posted, many of the people …

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A Rough Week: The ‘My Laptop is Gone’ Edition

If you’ve spoken to me in the past 10 days, it’s highly unlikely that you made it out of the conversation without hearing about my laptop. It has been an all-consuming feeling of anger at myself and heartbreak over the situation. If we haven’t spoken, let me fill you in. Last week, I was flying …

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When You Can’t Say Thank You | Language Barriers of Travel

I walk into a coffee shop in Prague and the barista is chatting in Czech with the customer in front of me about what I assume involves whether she wants her muffin for here or to go. When they’re finished, I smile and say, “Hello.” I do this intentionally, not only because it’s polite, but …

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 Reasons Chicagoans Make Good Travelers

We’re having some fun on the blog today and talking about one of our all-time favorite cities: Chicago! Our Chicago History Kenny was born and raised on the city’s Northside and grew up going to Cubs games, taking trips to the Field Museum and eating gyros and pizza puffs from Franksville. He ventured south for …

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