Author: Mrs Wander
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Hiking Through the End of the World in Chilean Patagonia
After a few weeks in hot northern Argentina, I was ready to head back South towards “El fin del Mundo” (the end of the world) and cool off in the mountains. We made it to Puerto Natales and spend a few days getting ready for our hike. This time we are actually carrying all of…
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Wining for the Argentinian Mountains
After about a week, I was ready to leave the humidity of the jungle and head into the desert, although the wine had something to do with it. We had to transit through Buenos Aires one last time before finally arriving in Mendoza. Mendoza Despite Mendoza being known for wine, its only the 3rd biggest…
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Falling for Empanadas in Argentina
After saying farewell to our Antarctic travel crew, it was time to head North to a warmer climate. I created a map below of all the places we visited in Argentina. To get an idea of the scale, Argentina is 2360 miles from its northern to southern most points. That’s like driving from the border…
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Embracing The Antarctic Chill On Our Seventh Continent
Our Antarctic Expedition started out amazing, and we could only hope that we didn’t peak too soon. The spectacular views kept coming and while we did have one weather cancellation, it was like a fun snow day in the middle of the week! To give an idea of where we were, Mr. Wander made me…
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The Great Penguin Antarctic Expedition
If you hadn’t already guessed from my riddle next week, we are visiting penguins on an Antarctic Expedition! And seals, and whales, but mostly the reason for going is to watch waddles of penguins. We were joined by my close friend and her husband who will henceforth be known as Mrs. and Mr. Penguin, as…
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A Year of Around the World Travel: By the Numbers
What a year! We visited 4 continents, explored 28 countries, and traveled a total of 64,000 miles in 11 months. It is hard to really put the entire experience into words, so instead the data nerd in me will lay it out by the Numbers. Hopefully my fellow nerds will enjoy it and maybe it’ll…
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Back to the Americas, Caribbean Style
After the chill of fall was starting to set in around northern Europe we decided to escape to the Caribbean for a bit of warmth before heading back home to snowy Minnesota. We started with Curaçao, chosen only because of the convenience of flights both from Europe and to our next stop, which was Panama!…
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A Farewell Food Tour Through Northern Europe
Upon leaving Turkiye, the plan was to go to my favorite comedian in the UK, and make our way to Amsterdam to catch our flight across the pond. Along the way we were lucky enough to catch up with a few good friends we met earlier in our journey. We also managed to eat our…
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Enjoying the Culinary and Historical Delights of Turkiye
After several long days of hiking through Cappadocia and along Pamukkale, not to mention a less than restful overnight bus adventure, it was time to relax for several days along the Mediterranean. We took a shorter bus to Fethiye (Fet-e-yay), and one last one to Izmir. We opted not to tour around much, and just…
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Winding Our Way Through the Mountains and Waters of Turkiye
We visited 6 different cities in the three weeks we spent in Turkiye, which is a huge improvement with learning to “travel slow” when you consider we visited 13 cities in Japan in a similar time frame! I really loved learning all about the history of Turkiye, so I hope you don’t mind learning a…