This post was originally going to be about last week’s trip to the Azores Islands, specifically, São Miguel, the largest and most populated island. The weather is always milder in…

tl; dr:/ Moves are hard, intracity or interstate. Moving internationally is the hardest of all. When we decided to move to Portugal, we thought we would just sell everything, get…

This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 For purists, the VSOE is not the “original” Orient Express which was a route, not a specific…

This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 This is primarily a post of pictures, because right after Lisa got sick with the ‘flu, so…

This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 There we are, all dressed up and ready to enjoy a meal created by Michelin-star chef, Jean…

This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 Imagine for a moment that you are stepping off a bus into an ordinary car park. Then,…

This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 The original subtitle for this series was “Trip Of a Lifetime” ( or “TOAL”) and, just to…

While our Southern France posts were going live, someone asked me how we managed to go for such a long trip with only a suitcase and backpack. With the caveat…

Since we’re between trips at the moment, let’s turn the Wayback Machine towards the fall of 2021. Anyone who knows me won’t be surprised that when we started to get…

As I was writing last week’s post, I found myself going down a bit of a rabbit hole on a related topic: doing laundry while traveling. Our ability to pack…