Author: Mrs Wander
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Our Last Tastes of Scotland…for Now
It was almost time to say goodbye to Scotland, but we made sure to save a few highlights, and a few favorites for the last week. We visited our last Scottish castle and garden for awhile, a globally renown whiskey distillery, and a loch known for its special inhabitant. One Last Castle We had a…
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Whiskey, Bagpipes, and Stories by a Peat Fire
This week after arriving back on the Mainland from Isle of Skye, where we visited a lovely pub, a traditional distillery in the Speyside region, and found a few bagpipe bands. We had a few days on the Mainland before hopping on another ferry to Orkney where we attempted to find Puffins and learned a…
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How to Bike Across Wales in 4 Days
That’s right, we decided to take on another adventure to bike across Wales this September! I’m sure your first question is why?!? One reason is because It’s fun! Some of you may know we attempted a bike across Iowa last summer as part of RAGBRAI, which didn’t finish as I’d hoped so I might also…
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Lewis and Harris, is it one island or two?
This week we’re headed to the Isle of Lewis and Harris. While it is geographically one island, it is considered to be two separate islands. The southern third is Harris while the northern two-thirds is Lewis. We spent five days exploring both parts of the island, before heading back to the Isle of Skye to…
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Our Winding Journey to the Isle of Skye
As we made our way north from Glasgow, we had marked several places we wanted to stop in this area, but it wasn’t exactly a straight line to Isle of Skye. Although, I don’t think there are any roads that are in a straight line in Scotland. It did help us avoid some of the…
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Remembering How to Cook….and Drive in the UK
After 12 new countries we finally arrive back to a familiar country, the United Kingdom! We visited both England and Scotland but only spent time in places we hadn’t visited before, so no London or Edinburgh this time. Our first week we headed to York for some chores and to see if we remembered how…
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How to Cruise Like an Egyptian
In our early stages of planning we had identified a few experiences that were top of our list and helped shape the itinerary. One of these is the Nepal Trek to Everest Base Camp (Check out Part 1 and Part 2) and another is a cruise on the Nile! We tried to get our parents…
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Making Our Way Westward to Qatar and Cyprus
After our big Nepal Adventure we planned about 5 days at a resort in Cyprus for nice warm weather to relax a bit. Kathmandu is a relatively small airport, so to get to Cyprus we would have to do a layover. Since it was one of our longer flights of the year we looked again…
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Bring on the Data! The First Four Months of Full Time Travel
We’ve finished our first trimester of travel, so I figured it was a good time to share some fun graphs and data since several of you had commented or messaged me that you’d find that interesting. Plus, I know many of you are also engineers being our former coworkers and what engineer doesn’t love a…
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Double the Passes, Double the Fun in Nepal
With conquering EBC behind us and a surprisingly good sleep above 16,000ft we were ready to take on the backside of the loop! We had two hard days left, alternating with easier days, until we started back down. Including the two passes, we were back to Kathmandu just one week after reaching the EBC! Day…