Well as it goes with blogging it’s been far too long, and since my last post far too much has happened in our lives to not share here. The TL:DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) version is that we got our visas to go live in France for a year and as I’m writing this we’re […]
The Good Life in Provence, France
Know it’s been a while since Amanda and I have written but we’ve been busy seeing so many of the sites of France. Our time in Provence has just come to an end and it was absolutely beautiful. You hear about “The Provencial Life” a lot in the travel and health/wellness circles, but don’t really […]
Heading to Our Final Stop in Spain
Today we’re traveling from the beautiful provence of Galicia and the town of Santiago de Compostela down to Andalusia and it’s capital, Sevilla. The south of Spain promised to be hot, dry, but also full of a lot of fantastic culture and great Paella. Our time in Santiago was our most “local” experience yet. The […]
A View from Picturesque Porto
Well our little detour from “a month in Spain” to spend a week in Portugal has been a great move. Today is our last day in Oporto (as the locals call it) and it’s been a really great experience to be here for a few days. Porto is the 3rd biggest city in Portugal and […]
Living the Good Life in Lisbon
Greetings from Lisbon! The decision to cut our trip a week short in Madrid has turned out to be a good one thus far. We had originally planned on staying in the same place in Madrid for 2 weeks straight, which would’ve been great for the kids/not traveling, but we found that Madrid was a […]
Ireland Wrap Up and Looking Ahead to Spain
Well we’re a week and a half into our trip and I think things are going really great so far. As I write this we are on the plane from Dublin to Madrid and have checked the first leg of our trip off the list. Ireland was really amazing. Our trip there (as Amanda documented) […]
Hello From Dublin
Well it’s the end of what is technically our second day in Dublin, but it really feels like our third day already. Overall the trip has been great so far, and there’s been a ton of quick lessons for Amanda and I along the way. Almost all of them have been positive, with the exception […]
The Big Day Has Arrived!
Well as I sit here on the eve of our departure I can’t be simultaneously more excited and more nervous, if I’m honest with myself. A trip to Europe is one thing, doing it with a 3 and 5 year old is another, and doing it for several months on end is a completely different […]
One Month and Counting!
Well today is a great day for us. We just passed the 4 week mark from the end of my job and really what could be the beginning of the rest of our lives. Not to be too dramatic, but this is the day that we’ve been looking forward to for so long, and now […]
Making the Leap
The last week and a half has been a whirlwind. Holy crap. The decision to make this move, take this trip, and choose the path that we’re choosing is a bold move. Giving up a high paying ‘stable’ job, leaving the comfort and familiarity of our community, and heading overseas for 6+ months (and maybe […]
Well Laid Plans
All great stories start with a great plan. And ours is no different. We’re sitting here in the middle of January 2016 looking ahead just a couple of months towards what will be the trip of a lifetime (so far at least) for both of us, and for our family as a whole. With the […]