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Capitol Chaos
12May

Capitol Chaos

After finishing up Tim’s parole in Spain, it was time to begin the home stretch: the U.S. As part of our education, it had been…

Borderline Insanity
11May

Borderline Insanity

Having spent our time in a place that isn’t its own country (but thinks it is) it was time to move onto a place that…

Spanish Inquiring
09May

Spanish Inquiring

Vietnam proved to be a great time, full of enough adventure to fill several vacations. While we were sad to say “farewell” to the Spees…

Hoa Lo Prison
29Apr

Hoa Lo Prison

The Vietnam war was a war between the communist North Vietnam and the democratic South Vietnam In which the United States intervened heavily. It was…

Vietnam Adventure
14Apr

Vietnam Adventure

Vietnam is a strikingly beautiful country with a complicated and tragic history.  Despite this, the majority of Vietnamese people we met were kind, generous, and…

Advanced Sinking
11Apr

Advanced Sinking

Koh Tao While Neil and Mom were in Mexico to go bike with one of his friends at a bike festival, Dad and I decided…

Thai Time
31Mar

Thai Time

Greece ended up being a really fun stop. For somebody who previously didn’t really care much for Greek food, it wound up being one of…

All good things…
14Mar

All good things…

…must come to an end. Alas, after our time in DC we were on to Denver for a few nights of hanging out with the…

Greece – the Old Place
06Mar

Greece – the Old Place

After our visit to Egypt we decided to go to Greece for a while. We started in Crete which is an island off of mainland…

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Welcome to our travel chronicles! This blog is our digital journal, documenting the highs lows and just plain strange adventures of our year abroad. Join us and share the journey.