I fly a lot. Even over the past 2 months, while I was attempting not to travel, I took 10 different planes across multiple continents. I’m not trying to brag; despite what many think, the actual process of traveling can be tedious, frustrating, and tiring. Instead, my goal is to save you time and rage by sharing the top thing…
I have a friend back home who’s afraid of flying. Though I’ve never actually discussed it with her, I imagine she thinks I don’t understand that feeling at all. After all, I’ve taken at least a few dozen flights just this year! I also tend to argue for flying over driving, and I don’t take…
Over the course of this year, we have visited over a dozen countries in which English is not the primary language. In each one, we’ve tried to learn some basic vocabulary to help us get around and communicate with locals. What not to learn One thing that complicates this effort is that when you Google for things…
I love words. Maybe I have an innate appreciation for them, or maybe my affection was born of necessity – because I was an immigrant and never wanted to be behind. Either way, I’ve been interested in language and vocabulary since my early teens. Even so, learning vocabulary can be tedious – even for a logomaniac (my word-of-the-day a…
In honor of my mother’s love of all things cow, here are some bovines around the world:
Hi C! Thank you! In every place we have visited, there has been something that we liked. We have learned a lot about how to live in many different cultures, partly by doing a lot of research on each of the places we visit. I am a computer programmer. I started studying Computer Science in…
Dear S, Thanks for your interest in our blog! My wife, N, writes most of the posts, so all the credit goes to her. She really appreciated your letter! My profession is Software Engineering, also called Computer Programming. At university I studied Computer Science. You can read more about both my job and N’s job…
Dear C, You are completely right about what we’ve learned! The main reason that we took this trip was to learn more about different customs of the world, and I think that has been a success! In Copenhagen, we saw what it’s like when everyone bicycles. In London, we saw how an excellent train system…
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,…
I’ve noticed fun, unusual, and alarming signs during our travels. Here are some of them: