Dealing with Trolls and other “Uglies” on Travel Forums
Dealing with Trolls and other “Uglies” on Travel Forums Travel Forums can be great places. You need a tip on where to go in a particular country, where to stay, or just want general …
5 years of full-time Travel! And on changes…
Last month we celebrated 5 years of full-time travel. 5 years! It’s scary how time flies. I still remember the day when we went to the airport in July of 2014 for that one-way flight to Prague : the …
Does the Romance of Travel still exist?
Does the Romance of Travel still exist? It’s the trip I’ll never forget. I was 21 years old, a university student in Montreal. My mother worked and lived in Lusaka, Zambia. That year she invited me to …
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. Before our recent trip to Georgia and Armenia we’d always travelled independently. In Georgia and Armenia we tried something new: taking part in an 8 day intensive …
When People tell us that “we’re lucky” to Travel Full-time…
When People tell us that “we’re lucky” to Travel Full-time… It always makes me cringe. Maybe I could understand it if the person saying it was from a lesser-developed country. But the majority of …
Different reasons for revisiting Places. And on finding resolution
Different reasons for revisiting Places. Lissette and I are back together after a few months of travelling separately. Besides spending some time with my son in Montreal and with my mother in Mexico, …
Going from travelling full-time to having a base. Memories of the Good, the Bad and the Complicated.
Going from travelling full-time to having a base. It was 7 months ago that we left Split. We’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. For those new to the blog: we left Canada in 2014 to travel. One …
What is Slow Travel? And why it’s how we travel
What is Slow Travel? And why it’s how we travel We often get comments from people who don’t understand how we travel. “You were a month in Brno?! Why would you do that?” Slow travel means exactly …
Things that seem weird when you go to Europe
Things that seem weird when you go to Europe When we left Canada to travel full-time 4 years ago we didn’t think that most of our travels would be in Europe. It’s a continent we’ve fallen in love …