Posts from the ‘Travel Gear’ Category
Share If you are anything like me then you probably belong to a decent number of airline frequent flyer programs. Even if you haven’t flown the airline in a while it’s still nice to see how many miles you’ve racked up or more importantly – when they expire. But that’s where the problem lies – [...]
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Share Whether we are traveling or working at home, Beth and I wear our ExOfficio underwear regularly. So, when ExOfficio asked us to review a couple pairs for their March “Epic Underwear Sale” (25% off all their underwear), we agreed and put them to the test. It turns out ExOfficio liked our reviews so much [...]
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Share We were approximately 1 day (yes, the very first day) into the big trip when Randy’s backpack suffered an irreparable and massive fail. The hip buckle broke. We have no idea why, but he put it on and it just snapped. Since it took 4 hours just to find simple black thread in Iceland’s [...]
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Packing for the first leg of our RTW was tough! Not only were we camping our way through Europe (with a tent, etc), but we were going through an array of temperatures – from Iceland to Southern Italy. On top of that I really wanted to wwoof and I had no idea what type of clothes to bring. Then I had to pack all this stuff into a backpack! Aghh!
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Share Iceland, true to its name is quite cold and when I was there I discovered they take their handmade, woolen goods seriously. There were a lot of things we loved about Iceland but one that stood out to me the most was the handmade wool & yarn arts. There were multiple yarn stores in [...]
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Share Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Political unrest is not usually covered under standard travel insurance. For Egyptian travelers this news has come too late, and I’m sorry about that. Trust me, I understand how bad it sucks to be the example from which others learn. (I once broke my arm snow sledding [...]
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Share I had been dreaming about this trip for years. Really, YEARS. Now that I’m finally on the road I am so happy, I honestly don’t know why I waited so long and I can’t wait for the second leg to get sealed up (hopefully in the next couple of weeks)! The first leg of [...]
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