Discovering the World Through Slow Travel
The Chinese app listicles we read before visiting China were… well… they were terrible. A lot of travel guides overestimate the number of translation apps you will need. You will need one (1). They overestimate your interest in the air…
Childhood Abroad, Reviews, Slow Travel
In May, we spent a day with our two year old daughter at Shanghai Disney. Before we started traveling, we lived in Florida, and we’d been to Magic Kingdom a number of times. Shanghai, The newest expansion of the Disney…
The car ride from Dali to Zhoucheng was a tight fit. I was in the front seat, next to the driver. Jake and his parents were in the back with Lisa on their laps. Jake’s parents had been visiting us…
We spent the entire month of November in Budapest, Hungary. It was the 11th month of our year of slow travel in Europe. We rented an Airbnb on the Pest side of the river, and explored from there. As usual…
In May of 2018 we went to the U.S. consulate in Shanghai, China to renew our passports. Dannie’s passport was set to expire in early 2019, and we new we’d need to  resolve that soon or we’d run into trouble….
It’s Jake again, with our monthly installment of Operation Digital Nomad, the post in which I update everyone on our progress monetizing our travel blog so that we can travel the world indefinitely. As always, this post contains affiliate links,…
In July of 2017, we decided to really switch up our travels. Our travels had been dominated by famous European cities (see a list on our destinations page) but we decided to spend the entire Summer tent camping in Scotland…
As part of our slow travel adventure, we spent the entire month of February in the coastal city of Split, Croatia. During that time, we made two day trips that we really enjoyed, not just as a family travel experience,…
Childhood Abroad, Slow Travel, Wellbeing
In April Jake and I did a little photography lesson in the Black Dragon Cafe, here in Dali, China. After we shared the photos from the baking class we took there the month before, CC, the baking instructor and owner…
In September of 2017, our three months of tent camping in Scotland was two thirds complete. We had just finished July in Dunbar and August on the Isle of Skye, and we decided to wrap up the season with a…
This post is our guide to exploring and photographing the Island of GulangYu in Xiamen, China. We’ll go over the routes you can take to get there, how to get around, and a whole bunch of attractions you might want…
It’s Jake again, with our monthly installment of Operation Digital Nomad, the post in which I update everyone on our progress monetizing our travel blog so that we can travel the world indefinitely. As always, this post contains affiliate links,…
If you could believe it, the decision to spend our entire Summer tent camping in Scotland was actually a last minute thing. We were halfway through our year of slow travel in Europe, and in order to continue without getting…
In this post we outline how we wound up applying for a Chinese Visa in Hong Kong. You’d think that since we spend so much time traveling, we’d pretty much have everything down by now. But it turns out that…
We spent the entire month of August tent camping on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was the second month of our Summer in Scotland, which we spent sleeping in tents and exploring nature with our two year old…
The Charles Bridge is one of the most iconic sites in Prague, the capitol city of the Czech Republic. It crosses the Vltava River, allowing thousands of tourists a day to travel between Prague Castle and Petrin Park on the…
When we chose Dali, China as our home for the months of March and April, on of the main attractions for us was its reputation as a veritable garden of cherry blossom trees. It’s a reputation that’s off the radar…
Hey there, it’s Jake with our monthly installment of Operation Digital Nomad, the post in which I update you on our quest to monetize our travel blog and keep on traveling full time for as long as possible. We have…
Using a VPN for Travel The internet has completely changed the way we travel. We book our flights online, find our lodging on Airbnb, and get directions from Google Maps. The world is a big place to explore, but as…
Childhood Abroad, Photography Tips, Slow Travel
The Fisherman’s Bastion is one of the top destinations in Budapest, Hungary - and with good reason. Not only is the structure itself stunning - with it’s white towers and staircases that bring to mind an elaborate sandcastle - it…
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