This is the longest I’ve ever gone without publishing a new post on this site. Even the stress of moving to Germany or being hospitalized for two weeks wasn’t enough to keep me from posting somewhat regularly. But that changed with all this crazy lockdown stuff. It’s been so stressful, so emotionally traumatic, that I […]
I’m freaking out right now. I don’t know about you, but this is some scary sh*t. Quite literally, the whole world is dealing with the effects of this virus situation, more so than we’ve ever had to deal with another global crisis. And it’s just the beginning. We’re in for a long road of fighting […]
My last true ulcerative colitis flare up was at the end of November 2016. That means it’s been almost 3.5 years since I had a flare up. Now, I’ve had a few bumps along the way, but they were all short-lived and minor enough that I was able to get things back under control simply […]
We don’t use Airbnb all that much anymore when we travel. Too many stories about people getting screwed over, whether it’s a filthy apartment or a full-on scam. Too many stories of how harmful it is to locals who get priced out of their homes. And the days of spending your vacation in someone’s cozy […]
My good friend Gigi was planning a walking trip from Riga, Latvia across the border into Estonia. It seemed like a great opportunity to spend some time with a friend and explore a new city, so I booked a flight. We spent a long weekend wandering through the old town, checking out an impressive indoor […]
Switzerland is often named as one of the most expensive countries in the world. When I went there to travel with a friend for about a week, I tracked my spending as usual to show you how much my Switzerland trip cost. I spent 6 days in Switzerland: 2 nights in Bern and 4 nights […]
A trip to Japan has been one of Andy’s travel dreams for longer than I’ve known him. This year we finally got around to booking a trip, and it turns out Japan is a very overwhelming country to travel in, especially for two introverts. We tried to jam in as much as we could during […]
At the beginning of 2019, a Facebook memory popped up that caught my eye. It was from 10 years prior, February 2009, and in the way that Facebook used to make you write about yourself in the third person, it said Ali Garland “wishes there was a good way to make a job out of […]
When our friends Gillian and Jason confirmed that they would spend a couple of nights in Bratislava, Slovakia as a break in the middle of their cycling journey from Prague to Budapest, I quickly made plans for me and Andy to meet up with them. Not only was it a chance to see our friends, […]
The last park on our Uganda safari was Lake Mburo National Park. We drove into it in the afternoon a bumpy ride out of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and Peter took us on a game drive right away. He told us there was only one lion in the park, so chances were not high for seeing […]