Category Archives: Travel and Exploration

Safety and Security while Traveling Internationally, Plus some Humor

I’ve only traveled internationally about three times (not including Canada and Mexico). I’ve learned a few things along the way that might be helpful to someone newly traveling. First – check your passport’s expiration date. Some places won’t accept/let you in if it’s within a couple months of expiration. It generally is easy enough toContinue reading “Safety and Security while Traveling Internationally, Plus some Humor”

Lost in Translation

Something a little more lighthearted today to make up for yesterday’s post! When I travel to a foreign country, I enjoy trying to learn that country’s language. A couple of reasons. First, I enjoy learning languages. Secondly, I personally feel that it’s helpful to know at least a few key phrases. Third, beyond key phrases,Continue reading “Lost in Translation”

Planning Relaxing Vacations

You know what I always find funny? When people feel like they need a vacation from their vacation. I find that it’s because people jam back their vacations (especially when they travel internationally) by trying to hit all the “must see” items because they feel like they should. That hasn’t been my philosophy, and I’veContinue reading “Planning Relaxing Vacations”

Engagement

This post is a little bit of travel, since I’ll be talking about Cinque Terre, Italy and a little bit about relationships and humor, since it involves my engagement story. So, my engagement was actually a surprise to me – we’re a big “discuss major decisions” couple and early on, we had discussed/agreed that marriageContinue reading “Engagement”