A Visit to Pompeii

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Week 115 Day 662 Roma, Italy 41.9000° N, 12.5000° E Our next stop after Ireland, was Italy.  The plan was to meet my Mom and Dad in Florence on the 20th, so that gave us 10 days to do the Southern Italy on our own.  We decided to focus our attention on Rome to visit the Vatican and explore our …

Ireland Road Trip

Ireland Road Trip

Week 114 Day 661 Roma, Italy 41.9000° N, 12.5000° E There are so many places on Tom’s and my bucket list in Europe, so it was really difficult to make our itinerary.  Tom’s mom is full Irish and lived in Ireland herself for a year while she was in high school.  Tom has grown up hearing countless stories of the …

A Short Weekend in Amsterdam

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Week 114 Day 657 Naples, Italy 40.8450° N, 14.2583° E With Tom having grown up in Holland, MI and myself being from Mt. Vernon, WA the competing Dutch capitals of the US; we knew we needed to stop through Amsterdam during our Eurotrip. As with the our time in Scotland, our short weekend in Amsterdam was much too short. We …

2 Days In Scotland

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Week 112 Day 648 Northern Ireland 55.2037° N, 6.5232° W Our Euro Trip has commenced and we are quickly making our rounds to Scotland, Amsterdam, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, and Iceland before we head back to the states. Europe may be small, but we are quickly confirming that we hardly have enough time with the few select locations we picked. We’ve …

Our Month on Koh Phangan

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Week 92 Day 633 Bangkok 13.7563° N, 100.5018° E One of the things I’m always interested in is WHY someone visits the place they do. Often times, it because it’s part of the backpacker’s circle known for a good party or somewhere famous like Rome or Angkor Wat where you go for the history. There are a million sights to see, …