By Emily Pre-Turkey Jitters Whenever Peter and I listed the destinations for our world tour, as soon as we said “Turkey,” the listener would grimace and shake their head. “I wouldn’t go to Turkey,” they’d say. “Rethink that one. It’s way too dangerous right now.” We heard this so...
By Emily My Not-So-Great Idea While sitting in Belgium planning the next leg of our trip, I couldn’t stop looking at all the gorgeous national parks in Croatia. Both Plitvice and Krka National parks are filled with stunning waterfalls, plentiful and large enough to make your jaw drop. I just...
By Emily Landsiedel Paris is an iconic city that I’ve grown up watching in movies and seeing in pictures. On top of that, I visited it about seven years ago for a few days with my family, so I may have felt like I knew it already when I arrived. However, I...
By Emily Landsiedel While staying with our Spanish friend Angie in Barcelona, I asked her and her roommates what traditions Spain had that were unique or different. Never in my weirdest dreams would I have imagined their answer: “We have a tradition in Barcelona where kids circle around a...
By Emily Landsiedel South America is a breathtaking, fascinating place, and visiting it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. However, it wasn’t without some surprises. Below I’ve confessed what I found most shocking or interesting about each county we visited in South America: Peru: Let’s set...
By Emily Landsiedel Buenos Dias! If you read Peter’s post on our experiences in Cancun, you already know that I dealt with a bit of culture shock the first day we arrived in Mexico. Okay, by “a bit” I mean my heart was pounding, palms were sweating, and I...
By Emily Landsiedel My mother grew up in South Carolina, so although this is my first time in Texas, this is not my first visit to the south. I see many similarities between Texas and my mother’s home state. Sitting out on the balmy porch looking out over the...
By Emily Landsiedel As someone who grew up in a town with around 35,000 people, there are many things I have admittedly been unaware of or sheltered from. In Helena, MT where it’s common to experience nearly empty streets on a Saturday night, a packed 10-lane freeway more than...