Back in June, we were two drinks into happy hour at Stout (our favorite Chicago bar) when we hopped on our laptops and registered for the Budapest Marathon. We had intended to try to run a few marathons abroad and Budapest fell perfectly in the month we planned to be in Europe. We probably would …
We got into Krakow at 8 AM after taking the over-night train from Vienna. It was nine hours on a stop-and-go train, that was running an hour late (ask me how I feel about train logistics, I dare you), with crappy sleep in 20 minute increments. We hadn’t showered and our walk to the hostel …
When we were in Medellin for three weeks at the beginning of this trip, I made a comment that I didn’t really feel like a backpacker, yet. Even though I had a backpack and was in a different continent, I didn’t feel like I’d earned my stripes. Europe has earned me my backpacker wings. Every …
I can’t actually figure out if I love Prague, or if I love Prague in Fall specifically. Autumn has turned what I’m sure is an already beautiful city and painted it with the most stunning reds and sparkling golds and popping yellows. I have walked into a fall fairy tale, and the coming weeks will …
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 …
Our City Scorecard is designed to share our high-level review of a city based on metrics that are important to us and that we think are important to travelers. The number of things we’re able to try, the amount of time we can spend in a city, and even the weather and season during which …
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 …