Tales From The Road

Russia has had some "great" (?) rulers for the last 3-400 years or so, and it would seem that our[...]

  This is a post about bears. Not the ones that stole Goldilocks porridge.. but 3 real bears. This set[...]

The New Year is the perfect time to reflect on the past year and to dream of the future. We[...]

Ok...so I stole that from Lonely Planet..but it is kind of funny. I am talking about summiting Mt. Sinai: the[...]

The scrap dealers in Calgary suggested Matt’s car was only worth $80 Canadian dollars. WTH?! While it was a piece[...]

After we left Poland we headed to the Ukraine which turned into another surprisingly great destination. We actually ended up[...]

When both of us were in elementary school we read the book Underground to Canada. I remember as a child the[...]

Well Mr. Cochburn they are in the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania! This is also where you are more likely to[...]

I think I will continue to process the experience we had at Aushwitz-Birkenau, and will likely never fully grasp the[...]

Europe redefines Old. Every city we have been in has an Old Town, maybe an Old Castle, and certainly Old[...]

  When I was a kid, I knew it was never a good thing to quit. My mother made me[...]

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As high as you can into the wild blue - Dixie Chicks" Matt and I live in what many consider[...]

The canoe slid slowly to a stop. The sandy bottom of the ocean grasped the boat with the tenderness of[...]

First Impressions of a country can sometimes be wrong. We sure hope our First Impressions of Japan aren't! Japan was[...]

"No we can't leave tomorrow, it's too lovely here" ~ Matt It needs to be scientifically confirmed, but I do[...]

Mazatlan - the shrimp capital of Mexico and renowned party place of spring break fame. Back in the late eighties[...]

What happens when you throw together a national celebration of the dead and some greasepaint? You get the two of[...]