After hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu for 4 days (and now a year into traveling around!), we were ready for the "chill" part of our year off. Think nature, pools, and sunshine...

Prague saw us off in a fitting fashion and woke us up to a powdering of freshly fallen snow. Message heard load and clear: time for us to get outta here! Our flight from Prague...

We arrived in Queenstown on a cold afternoon ready to start the "adventurous part" of our Australia / New Zealand segment. Think boats, bungees, and hiking. Needless to say, we got started right away on the closest adventure we could find...

The start to Zimbabwe had us making our way to Sikumi Tree Lodge on the outskirts of Hwange National Park. Since we were the only guests there during our stay, we were able to enjoy the hospitality, nature, and private animal watering hole all on our own...

As part of our year off, Mirek and I wanted to spend some time volunteering. We didn't know exactly what we wanted to do, but we knew we didn't want to pay some organization $2,000 to "get to" volunteer...

To climb Kilimanjaro, you have to hire a company to guide you up the mountain. As in, you're not even allowed to go by yourself. So step one is to find a company to take you up...

The crew started trickling into Tanzania a few days prior to the start of our climb, giving the bros time to get over their jetlag, Soph the opportunity to take her last few showers, and me the chance to have my last few ("few") beers...

The overnight flight from Vienna to Ethiopia took a solid 14 hours (including one layover) so by the time we arrived in Addis Ababa we were feeling nice and sleepy. As in, Soph legitimately fell asleep while we were planning our next move. Fortunately, when it comes to caffeine...

Adventures with Koko Phat, Spills, and Maddie (nickname pending) The train ride from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano is surprisingly easy, and I highly recommend it if you need to get from

While Soph was getting off at San Juan Capistrano, cheerily reflecting on how "surprisingly easy" the ride up had been, I was bracing for the remainder of my 5 and-a-half hour migration to Santa Barbara...

In late August, Mirek and I had the pleasure of traveling to Seattle to spend the weekend at my cousin Ben's wedding and welcome Nadia to the family. Given that we also have some solid peeps living up there...

Before leaving Europe and coming home for a month, Mirek and I were able to check off one of my bucket list items - Kygo in concert. We had been walking around Prague when I noticed a billboard...

After our whirlwind tour of Rome, we were ready to turn down the tourist and crank up the bro. The shift was swift and terrible. We landed in Split and we immediately cruised out...

We arrived in Rome the night of the fourth of July, where we met up with our favorite Mexican. Introducing: Alejandro Gonzalez Marcos Aurelios Muchacho Luchador LaBamba...

Mirek and I were supposed to go to Israel last year while we were in Jordan. Since this didn't work out, it has been on our "must go to" list ever since. When we found ourselves in Prague with a free week on our hands...