Hi F, Thanks for being interested in our travels! We have been very happy to be able to visit so many places. It’s always a challenge to figure out how we’re going to get from one place to the next. Of course, we have taken airplanes sometimes, but we have also spent many hours on trains,…
Dear F, I’m glad you liked our blog! My wife, N, writes most of the blog posts, and she is happy that you enjoyed them! The pink taxis really stood out to us, mainly because there were so many of them. We didn’t ride in any of them, but we did take a few rides…
Hey D, Haha, I’m great, just taking some time away from Tokyo sightseeing to reply to your class’s letters! How’s it going on your end? My wife (N, who writes most of the blog posts) and I loved Poland! We were there in the summer, and the weather was very nice. N is from Russia, so…
Dear S, Thank you for reading our blog! We’re glad that you found it to be useful. Traveling so much can be a little tiring, but it is definitely worth it! Thailand is a large country, and its regions are very different from one another. I started out in Chiang Mai, a city in the…
I’ve noticed fun, unusual, and alarming signs during our travels. Here are some of them:
When we last left our beleaguered heroes, they were collapsing into a fancy bed after a long day of travel. So, it comes as no surprise that by the time they woke up, got ready, and figured out the Osaka trains, it was one in the afternoon. And they were hungry. They saw that the subway station had a…
I was recently asked: Based on all of the places you’ve been…, which one has been the best of all? We have liked many of the places we’ve visited, so picking a single “best” one isn’t easy. I’ll consider the following criteria: People: Is the city diverse? Are the people interesting? Are they generally nice?…
Someone asked me why I claim to spend so much time travel planning, and I joked, ‘Because I’m OCD.’ The actual answer is that I research a lot before we step foot anywhere. That includes housing, customs, vocabulary, and activities. In case you want to do the same, here are the steps I take. I Book Housing I do this…
We are aware of how lucky we are to be able to travel around the world. And yet, we cringe a bit when our trip is called a vacation. Part of our reaction is that we work 15-40 hours each week at jobs in our respective fields. This requirement alone means that in each place we go:…
Hi C, Thanks for reading our blog. I hope you liked it! The best place of all? That’s a very good question, a hard one to answer! In fact, your question led to an entire blog post! To sum it up, based only on this trip, we think that some of the best cities are…