Wednesday’s Wonder: Fancy Book Learnin’
This Wednesday’s Wonder: Ljubljana’s dedication to street art reminds us that the written word is as old as that old guy you know. Without a doubt, 99% of the time you ask my students if they love to...
View ArticleCommunion in Split, Part II
Here’s the deal: when you get married, you have to put up with your loved one’s quirks. So, all those times your baby brother would fart in your face and laugh and you’d be thinking to yourself: “one...
View ArticleSeeing Plitvice in a Day
Get ready for some Plitvice-ness.This blog is dedicated to travelers, but specifically to those who don’t want to give up their day job. We want to show people that it is possible to see the world...
View ArticleIstanbul and Cappadocia 8 day Itinerary
Sallah was my favorite character from the Indiana Jones series. As a kid, I always thought he was Turkish because of the red fez and I dreamed of going to Turkey just to see everyone walking down the...
View ArticleWednesday’s Wonder: But Where Does it Go?
This Wednesday’s Wonder: A gate in Venice, Italy leads to a footpath. But, where does it go?Venice, Italy is probably one of the more visited places on Earth. Just like Paris or London, Venice has so...
View ArticleContinuing that Lake Bled Fairytale
Well, folks, I’m about to let you in on a little secret: swans aren’t that adorable.I know, we were misled to believe that all swans are just little misunderstood ugly ducklings with a heart of gold....
View ArticleVaporreto-ing Through Venice’s Main Thoroughfares: The Canals
Wouldn’t it be weird if we lived our lives entirely on water? Remember when you used to play the lava game where you couldn’t touch the floor? I would imagine living entirely on water would be...
View ArticleWednesday’s Wonder: A Real Life Snow Globe!
This Wednesday’s Wonder: The town of Wengen is just like a snow globe.You know when you were about seven years old, and your entire second-grade class would participate in some kind of White Elephant-y...
View ArticleWednesday’s Wonder: Can’t Get Enough Sunsets
This Wednesday’s Wonder: Can’t Get Enough of those Sunsets around the world. Sunsets: they’re often ignored, sometimes because there’s no time to appreciate them and sometimes because there’s just...
View ArticleWednesday’s Wonder: Does Not Compute
This Wednesday’s Wonder: Roaming the near empty streets of Salzburg, suddenly surrounded by robots, panic does not ensue.It was a very cold, very crisp Christmas Eve when we made our way to Salzburg....
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