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If you have traveled for any length of time, then you are bound to collect numerous tales of bathroom mishaps. From food poisoning to disgusting holes in the ground, there is always something out there that is terrible in the moment… but a great story for later. And so it is with my tale of […]

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Let’s face it. Movies like Sideways, Bottleshock, and French Kiss glamorize wine tasting to be a romantic and whimsical event and have us yearning to traipse through wine country on a sunny day drinking to our heart’s content. While going on wine tours can be all these things, it can also turn into a disastrous […]

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Monuments and museums are great and might be what draws you to a particular city, but it is the unexpected (good and bad) that causes that city to be forever remembered. The interesting part about travel is the unexpected. The best part about travel is the pleasantly unexpected. The legendary part about travel is the […]

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When it comes to food, certain combos just work: Salt & pepper, cheese & crackers, eggs & bacon, and (my personal favorite) chocolate & peanut butter… swoon. However, on the road I discovered a whole new award winning culinary combo: Avocado and Tomato They are the new celebrity couple of my foreign cooking world, which […]

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Fish in a hostel?!  Are these LandingStanding people crazy?! Yes, maybe.  Fish can be intimidating to cook, right? It’s delicate and easy to destroy if you cook it for just one tiny minute too many. So why in the world would we attempt to cook it in a hostel? And how? Simplicity is how. This […]

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Tony and I cooked this meal in our hostel after an exhausting day of hiking in Patagonia.  The mixture of brown rice, veggies, and sausage was the perfect combo to revive our tired bodies – and fill our grumbling stomachs.  We love our spicy food so the added hot sauce gave this dish the extra […]

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You would not believe the amount of “wow you must be rich!” comments I got from people back in the states when I told them about our RTW trip. Well, I hate to disappoint people but Tony and I are anything but. We have been able to afford this trip because we were diligent with […]

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Fellas, admit it. You got a corporate job after graduation, grew out that beautiful shaved head, and dreamed of the day when you could shave it all off again. No? Just me? I don’t believe it… Almost every guy has had a shaved head at some point in their life and if you have, you know […]

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