UNESCO World Heritage Site Pamukkale is actually two sites in one: the travertines and the ruins. The Romans walked from Hierapolis to the mineral water pools two thousand years ago, and you can still do the same today. Because there are two sites in one, why not write two blog posts in one? Usually it’s…
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Pergamom and the Bad Travel Day
You might be familiar with the Bad Travel Day. Any travel writer, travel blog or tipsy backpacker at the guesthouse will surely indulge you on their particular story, and to be honest we’re no different. We knew the Bad Travel Day would come; we just didn’t think it was going to happen on this particular…
The Sirince Lifestyle
Well, we just had our second power outage in 12 hours. The change in the weather seems to really mess up the Turkish power grid. We lost power in the middle of the night, too. We were probably the only ones who noticed, since we were still awake. Turkey is funny like that. They go…
Bitter, Sweet, and Smoky
It’s time for us to leave, and it’s time for me to whine. Right now there is a festival going on in Bamberg called Sandkerwa (pronounced Sand-Curve-Ah). At first I was angry that the fireworks that end the festival start at 10 PM on Monday–and we have to leave around 9:30. Seriously, what a bummer!…
Annafest Forchheim
Holy shit that was fun! Annafest Forchheim has got to be the most attractive German beer festival I can imagine. It’s about two kilometers outside of Forchheim in the kellerwald, literally a collection of beer cellars (kellers) dug into forested hills. So basically it’s a beer festival in the woods. It is an incredible atmosphere,…
A Blissfully Beery Birthday
For both Josh and me, Zoigl epitomizes the romance of beer culture and tradition. Zoigl is challenging to find and as with lambic, there is a spontaneity involved even in the brewing process itself. In Falkenberg, we found out that some Zoigl is open fermented when the owner/brewer at the Kramer Wolf stubl invited us…
The Vancouver “Sound”
I’m one of those people who needs to see live music, because I find it to be a salve for the soul. Nothing can substitute for the immediacy and the intensity of a live show, especially when it’s loud and you can feel it in your bones. And some bands are simply meant to be…
Off my chest
I would really like to say the trip has been a blast so far. And it has been exciting, but for the wrong reasons. Missing out on Dublin was really sad, especially since we were supposed to meet a friend and enjoy a private VIP tour of the Guinness brewery. But, we went with the…
Paris, Day One
First thank you for signing up – we’re really flattered that so many people care to follow our expeditioning. We spent all day Tuesday moving and it was a much bigger task than we expected. We suffered. By Wednesday, we were on a plane, presumably to Dublin for an all-day layover prior to our flight…
SEE YOU IN DUBLIN!
We are leaving MIA at 1:15PM and are set to arrive in Dublin sometime early Thursday morning, local time. Very excited as you can imagine but right now, feeling the effects of a day of moving that was much harder than expected. We had two hours of sleep the night before but the adrenaline kept…
A Journey of a Thousand Miles…
…begins at home. This blog will follow Josh and me on what is turning out to be a spontaneous trip around the world. We really didn’t plan this more than 2 months in advance. One day I said, “Josh do you want to live in Bamberg for a while?” And Josh said yes. Living in…
Still Packing
Another test…more to come -Josh
Love and Barley 