Skipping Managua.  Part II. Leon

One week after visiting Granada, we drove into its long-time rival – Leon. Like Granada, Leon is set in a breathtaking location.  Approaching the city from the north, we counted at least six volcanoes on the horizon, all part of the Cordillera de Maribios. As we got closer to the […]

Skipping Managua.  Part I.  Granada

One of the apparent trends in our travels is that capital cities in Central America do not get a lot of love from us. That’s just a fact.  In Guatemala, upon arrival, we left its capital, Guatemala City, by jumping into a taxi and riding away without ever seeing it.  […]

A Whole New Life

Start with Part I Here We were walking from Airbnb towards the livestock barns, and I noticed it wasn’t quite as dark as I thought it would be.  As we were driving up the mountain, my fear of encroaching darkness made me feel that it was much later in the […]

Nicaragua: A Road Less Traveled

The dusk was setting quickly over Matagalpa, the little red and yellow coffee berries no longer visible on the branches of coffee trees lining the narrow, unpaved road steeply ascending into the mountain.  The light of our headlamps jaggedly bounced up and down, as our tiny, rented Toyota Yaris struggled […]

Girls, Girls, Girls.  Souvenirs: Part III

Back by popular demand is Part III of our souvenir inventory (Part I and Part II are here).  As we wrote before, we are very picky when it comes to souvenir shopping; yet, sometimes, we do bring souvenirs home.  Most of the time it is something related to the culture, […]

Norway:  It’s a Good Day for a Hike

By Julia / August 21, 2024

This is going to be our 25th post about hiking on this blog and I don’t think we ever actually acknowledged or explained just how much we enjoy hiking or how much that influences our travel itineraries.  In fact, my own sister to whom I talk multiple times a week […]

Polar Plunge. Literally.

By Victor / August 15, 2024

As we moved through the fjords, in many beautiful spots we saw one common type of construction – slick, modern, wooden containers, often with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the water.  Some were built on the bank of a fjord; others were floating on a jetty connected to the shore via a […]

Summer in Norway

By Julia / August 8, 2024

What does summer look like in one of the most northern countries on Earth? That is the question I should have asked myself when packing for our trip.  But I didn’t. “It’s summer after all!” I thought, shoving shorts and T-shirts into my backpack.  I wasn’t even planning on bringing […]

No Way! Norway!

By Julia / August 2, 2024

It feels like every time I start a post about a new country, there is the same theme.  “Look, we are doing something we’ve never done before!  We usually don’t travel like this, but we made an exception this time!”  A long time ago we started out as budget travelers […]

How I Sent My Parents To The Concentration Camp

By Victor / July 24, 2024

Because my parents still live in Belarus and I live in the States, I like inviting them to join our trips from time to time.  This way, we can kill two birds with one stone: enjoy some quality family time and explore a new destination together.  Over the years, we […]

San Diego. Finally.

By Julia / June 20, 2024

After twenty years of traveling, we have been to over forty countries, almost every U.S. state, most national parks, and basically every major U.S. city.  But there are still places out there to explore. “We have still, somehow, not been to San Diego,” Victor said. I vaguely remembered how.  We […]

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