Travel Fail: We gain a day in the Irish countryside
I realized this doesn’t sound like a fail. In fact, gaining a day sounds kind of impressive – especially when the International Date Line isn’t even involved. Losing a day […]
Foreign Findings: What does a Nicaraguan frog say?
I remember learning what a Spanish rooster says. I don’t remember what I learned, I just remember learning it in my high school Spanish class. And I think there was […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Ayr, Scotland edition
Pisa wouldn’t be so popular if it wasn’t for that building with the shoddy foundation. But the building, and it’s screwy way of standing up, does in fact exist, and […]
An American girl in Italy (aka the time I got spit on)
I got spit on once. I mean, like really spit on. It’s funny, that story is always one of the first ones to come out when trading old travel stories […]
Travel Triumph: A rare sporting success in Scotland
Last week, a game played at a friend’s baby shower prompted speculation at the Shamblin household about which traits would be best (or worst) for our future offspring to acquire […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: New places with old friends
Right now it’s sunny in Portland. Sunny. Right now. In October. In Portland. I love my city and to be honest, the rain doesn’t bother me as much as it […]
Travel Tricks & Tips: The best travel-planning advice you’ll ever hear
Last month my mom came down with something – a bad case of the Can’t-See-It-Alls, better known as CSIA. Actually, it’s not better known as that, I just made the […]
See Jules Review: Zip-lining in Guatapé aka extreme(ish) adventures for the rest of us
I was over at my sister’s apartment the other day and she pulled out a new book she’d recently picked up, Lonely Planet Great Adventures. In mainly picture format, the […]
Foreign Findings: Love locks abroad and also, apparently, at home
I love seeing love locks. They always surprise me. I’ll be walking along, checking out other stuff and then I’ll spot them – a cluster of padlocks, some old and […]
Travel Triumph: Getting down to the business of downtime
A few weeks ago my father-in-law was giving me a hard time about the fact that when traveling, I bring a book along. It was all in good fun of […]
