I remember when I first told people I was going to Russia on this trip. WHY? Was the most common response I received. There are several reasons I chose to go, but the top reasons are that Howard’s family is from Russia (Lithuania, actually) and he really wanted to go to St. Petersburg one day. When he was alive we would talk about where we wanted to travel, and St. Petersburg was always near ... View Post
Iceland – A land of opposites
Iceland is a study in opposites. There is the whole fire (volcanoes) and ice (glaciers) thing, but it has a huge dichotomy between Reykjavik and the rest of the country. I didn’t expect it to be so completely different. Let me try to explain... Reykjavik Leaving Reykjavik our first day of touring to drive out to the Golden Circle route in the morning was a surprise to ... View Post
Get Ready, Get Set…
I left off the "A Year of Planning" post with my reasons for going east to Europe instead of west to Asia. Once I had a direction, the ideas came fast and furious and I spent hours, and I really mean up to 8-10 hours a day, doing research. I researched where to go, what to do, how long to spend in places, the things I needed to do to get to those places (visas, vaccines, tickets), and read ... View Post
Costa Rica and Sea Turtle Conservation
We set out to discover a little about Costa Rica and ended up learning a lot about sea turtles, ourselves, and "Pura Vida" or "pure life." This trip was a special add-on to our adventures around the world since we sold our house and didn't really have a place to live in August. So off we went to Costa Rica to do a little volunteer work. Our first day we landed and spent the night at a hotel in ... View Post
A Year of Planning
Last September, I decided I was going to do it. I was going to take a trip around the world. I was going to take my kids. I was going to do it. I just had to figure out how. Going around the world should be easy. With the internet and the ability to reserve almost anything online at any time, travel to foreign countries has become so much easier. I can't imagine doing this 20 or 30 years ago. ... View Post
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