Paris Je T’aime

Ask anyone, and they will have a favourite city…or maybe even a few. The latter case is true for me. My favourite city (thus far) in the world is a three way tie between Montreal, Paris and New York. There are so many other cities that are valiant contenders just a slight notch or two…

Travelling Like Nobody’s Business

We’ve learned a lot in our travels. About the countries, their histories, their food. But it doesn’t feel as though we’ve changed. We’ve made new friends, but I don’t think we’ve had any major revelations that have changed who we are at the core. Perhaps we’re more enlightened about the way of things in the…

The Jitters: Pre-Inca Trail Thoughts

I truly believe that it is important to try new things. It is so easy for us to just sit back and do what we always do and not force ourselves to go out on a limb. If Ewan and I hadn’t crawled out from our comfort zone, then we wouldn’t have had three months…

Why I Love Postcards

I will admit it.  I am a pen and paper kind of gal.  I love to furiously handwrite in my (allegedly) unintelligible handwritten scrawl in journals, to-do lists, letters and, when traveling, postcards. I honestly love sending snail mail just as much as receiving it (believe me: last November I sent 47 Christmas cards!).  I…

Getting Sick

We had a lovely stretch of nothing in Huanchaco…the perfect weather to wander, watch a bunch of tv shows and movies, relax and snooze.  And it was at the tail end of this relaxation that we were hit. We can’t pinpoint it…was it just a bug? Or something in particular we ate (we HAD heard…

Hi. We’re Shy.

We’re shy people. … but I’m a people person. Does that make sense? Well it’s true…I am super shy up front, but I love hanging out with people. I love having a variety of neat and different friends and acquaintances.  It just seems that the first step is always in the other person’s court. I…

Bad Sleeps are Made of These

The cheapest flight option for us to get from Bogota to Cartagena was a late night flight, getting us in to Cartagena no earlier than 11 PM. Fate would also have it that we decided to finally delve back into the world of dorms.  A decision made due to room costs in Cartagena, but that…

We’ve Been Traveling for a Month….And???

Over a month of traveling. I think it has mostly been about learning…learning Spanish, learning to travel slowly, learning to accept that we are actually on this journey that we have dreamed of for so long. That coming to terms with the fact that we quit our jobs, gave up our apartment and mega-downsized our…

Learning the Art of Slow Travel

We are in the midst of a five day sojourn in Mazatlan.  In our previous travel life, we would have likely stayed for two days (three tops); giving us a chance to see the city, check off some of the sights and must-do things before packing up and motoring onto our next destination.  When you…

We’ve Started our Trip!

Happy New Year! It’s here – our dream come true!!  We are at our hostel in Cancun, sweating up a storm (it’s 28, but feels like 39.  See you later winter <insert evil laugh here>). Our travel day yesterday went well, especially considering that it was snowing up a storm in Chicago (my only complaint…