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Apartment Checklist for Slow Travelers 24 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
A part of Beyond Vacation involved traveling slower, which for us has meant staying in a place more than a week at a time. We have found that staying in apartments is the best way to do this. We had ...
Traveling as a Reader (or Why I Like My Kindle) 17 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Reading is very important to me. I had just forgotten that in the face of the wonders of travel. I am an explorer and a curious one at that. I like to see what is over that hill or around that next c...
Camera Woes and Woahs 10 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
I have too many cameras. Theoretically they all have different purposes, but sometimes it feels like too much. Most days the big weight that I am carrying is technology, not clothing. I would love to ...
Dealing with the Touristic Hordes in Iconic Rome 28 Jul 2013 | 03:06 pm
Cities all have their iconic sites. The postcard sites that make you immediately think of the city. Even in travel familiarity drives people. Rome has a bunch of very iconic sites. These are however t...
Taking it slow versus Seeing things properly 31 May 2013 | 01:23 pm
I heard this idea in the kitchen of our hostel, that you should “see Nice properly.” As in, see the sights of the town and get a feel of the place (I am making my own description, but it seems reasona...
A Story of Sperrmüll 27 May 2013 | 01:03 am
Ali wrote about how to separate garbage in Germany a while back. This is the next story in the line. When you have things too big to throw in the black or other classes of things that are specially de...
A Perfect Day in Freiburg 15 May 2013 | 11:06 am
Freiburg is a city attached to nature. The Black Forest isn’t just nearby, an arm of it comes right down into the center of town as Castle Hill. It is also a city of relaxation and enjoyment of outdo...
Struggling to Get Back Into Traveling 14 May 2013 | 01:41 am
We have been planning our Beyond Vacation trip since last year. The one day we spent in Lisbon and the few days in Barcelona just felt so good and freeing after a bit of a hard summer. An even harder ...
Beyond Vacation Summer Itinerary 6 May 2013 | 12:14 am
Our summer trip is finally approaching. The first trip under our Beyond Vacation ideas is going to be a big one. We leave on May 9 for 7 weeks around Europe. We are traveling slowly, staying a week in...
Shifting Away From the Vacation Mindset 30 Apr 2013 | 04:22 pm
A week ago Friday was my last day of work. I have been an employee for a long time, 13 years on and off at various companies and 5 and a half years at this one. Thus I have had a worker mindset to tim...
