3 years ago today we set out on an adventure which lead to a series of wonderful outcomes. I now live in Rio de Janeiro, am married, and have a son. From the beginning I knew that there wasn’t going to be any trip or adventure which was going to be able to top our […]

We arrived back in Victoria last night. My parents, sister and Jane waiting for us at the airport. Was pretty jet lagged coming back, and the whole trip seems sort of surreal now. When I think back to New York City, I can’t help laugh; suited up, 35 pounds heavier, short hair, no facial hair […]

The final 10 days of our trip are here… hard to believe! So, we arrived in Athens on the 7th of September, with a warm welcoming by an old friend… Maria. My family and I had met her family several years back on the island of Mykonos. We met Maria after leaving Mykonos and going […]

We checked out of our hostel in Sofia just before 6:30pm. Jordan and I had gone to a local pub for a couple drinks prior to departure for our train. Our hostel manager was amazing at this hostel. Almost like staying with a family. He made our stay really enjoyable and was very happy just […]

After a series of very long train rides from Budapest through Romania (Timisora and Bucharest), we are finally in Sofia, Bulgaria. Unlike Romania, Bulgaria is actually quite a bit cleaner, more modern and the people are very friendly. We are currently staying in a hostel with 2 other people from Australia, who have been traveling […]

Well, it seems like forever since the last update. We are currently back in Prague for the second time on our way east through Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Over the last couple weeks we have not done too much in the way of traveling. We ended up back in Amsterdam somehow… yes, this would be […]

Okay, the last time I was in Paris, I was a teenager. After spending 3 days here for the second time in my life, I absolutely fell in love. Around every corner is something to see. Music everywhere, even on the Metro. Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, the canals…etc… just amazing. Our original plan […]

After showing a group of campers how to make a bonfire in Munich, we started what became a huge communal fire where we met people from all over. We were staying at a place called "The Tent" which was a series a massive tents with bunk after bunk of beds in them. Thank goodness we […]

Time is kind of a funny thing. When you keep busy, time flies… but at the same time it could be said that Budapest feels like weeks ago. After Budapest we took one hell of a long train ride to Salzburg. Going to be honest here: Salzburg was MUCH nicer than Vienna. We checked into […]

Seems like a distant memory, but it’s hard to believe only 6 weeks ago we signed up for our first pub crawl in Edinburgh… then less than 1 week after that we did one in Dublin. We had sworn off pub crawls after we saw the dent they left in our wallets… until of course, […]