Destinations

In March, the husband and I took a much-needed 8 day vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico as part of a non-simultaneous home…

As we dove deep into planning our six week European adventure, we talked about all the places we were interested in visiting — for me, Paris is always at the top of the list but not so much for Justin. At the top of his list was London. London is a beautiful city, with a rich (and bloody!) history, full of people who speak English and a theatre scene that can’t be missed. Yet, every time I hear the name of the city, my heart starts to race in a panicky way and my mouth goes a little dry. I haven’t been to London in over a decade, but the last time I went was also one of the worst travel experiences of my life.

In case you missed any of our blog posts during our awesome six week Eurotrip adventure, you can catch up with this…

Where We Stayed: In a small, no-frills AirBNB in a killer location. Ocean Park is far enough of the tourist track to…

#tbt to that time I went to Europe with my dad, my brother and his girlfriend…

Though I’ve been a few times, LA has never been high on my list of places to go. I don’t remember much…

When Justin’s mom, Rhonda, came to visit, we wanted to play tourists in our own town and show her around a bit, checking out some sites she may not have seen on previous visits. We used my Downtown Walking Tour as a starting point, skipping the places Rhonda had already seen or wouldn’t have interest in, and adding in a couple new spots we had yet to check out.

In just a couple months, we’ll be embarking on our greatest travel adventure together: six weeks in Europe! The first two weeks…

In elementary school, I used to tell people that Schwartau was the shortened version of my real last name, the Ellis Island version given to my ancestors when they immigrated to America. My real last name was Schwartauburgerhifinfiner. My friends believed me, for years. But it’s not true.

August 20, 2005. I was 20 years old, had 6 years of French under my belt, and got to fly international first…

Theme parks are my jam. Growing up in Florida, we were fortunate enough to be able to visit them often. Sea World.…

  File this one under “Stupid Shit Kids Do.”

We arrived on Wednesday, Aug 10. It’s been a fun, but not over-taxing, four days. We’ve seen some and still have some…

We had the opportunity to spend 8 wonderful days in this city. We’ve seen so much, met lots of friendly people, and have…

In 2005, my family spent six weeks living in Whistler, British Columbia. My dad and brother flew, but my mother and I drove an SUV full of everything we’d need including four suitcases, three computers (remote work, ftw!), three pets, and one litter box.

This is the story of Sherra and Ashley’s Cross Country Adventure.

Spoiler alert: things get REAL WEIRD in Colorado.

A lot of people don’t like Paris. Whether it’s bad experiences with rude French people or confusion on the metro or witnessing…

Someone recently told us that they thought Bruges was beautiful but like a museum. We didn’t really know what they meant and had no preconceived notions about the town. (Well, not many, at least. All I ever think of when I hear “Bruges” is Colin Farrel’s thick Irish accent saying, “Bruges is a sh*thole” and Voldemort saying, “It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s f***ing thing?”

(To view any of the photo thumbnails larger, just click on them to load in a lightbox viewer.) Budapest is made up…

Upon arriving at our home exchange in den Haag, I noticed something odd about two of the three toilets in the house:…

How do you sum up a city? How do you convey the sense of an entire place, made up of so many…