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...

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...

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

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...

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...

You might think that after our relaxing stay in Budapest, we'd be ready to get active in Greece. You'd be wrong. The name of the game was chill-some-more, this time in the luxury of some pretty amazing company. Arriving in Athens...

If Iceland was an appetizer of near-endless daylight, Norway was a full-on feast of never-setting sun. To get to Tromsø we had to fly through Oslo, which meant an epically long schlep...

Copenhagen was great. Could Dublin be even better? It is the home of Guinness after all. The three of us set out on an adventure to see what Dublin had to offer...

After spending an entire month in Prague, it was time to stretch our exploration legs once more. We kicked things off in Denmark, where Mirek and I were lucky enough to be graced with the presence of the one and only Athena Torres...

The first "official" stop on our year off was, to me at least, a surprise. The trip was my birthday gift from Mirek, and he is *very* good at keeping secrets. On the way to the airport...