I have often described life as weird. I have weird friends. (Seriously – skydivers and B.A.S.E. jumpers. Enough said.) I have weird experiences. (Swimming in a lake full of jellyfish, running a marathon in Uganda!) I have weird jobs. (Hooters. Ha! Packing parachutes!) I have weird feelings and beliefs. (I think the pledge of allegiance is fuc*** creepy in a classroom with kids who have no clue what they are saying, and I can’t properly advise them because I think…
The seasons are rapidly changing here in the Balkans. Regardless of where I am in the world, every year around this time I find myself feeling down. It’s a pattern I’ve come to notice so I pretend that it doesn’t catch me off guard, but it always does. One day I’m happy-go-lucky and the next I’m freaking out about what to do with my life! This tends to happen regardless of where I’m living, what I’m doing for work, and…
We spent a week in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was rainy, it’s been getting chilly, and we decided to get out of the van, stay parked, and indulge in a cheap hotel for the week! Now, I say cheap hotel, I don’t mean cheap like shady, hourly rate hotel on the side of a freeway. Everything in Sofia is cheap, and we ended up paying 135 euros for a whole week in a decent hotel! It felt good to have access…
Fall is here in Sofia, the capitol city of Bulgaria. I haven’t experienced an autumn in 4 years since leaving Minnesota to drive across the country to San Diego, with pit stops along the way. Today as I was thinking about that last fall I experienced, I thought of my friend Caitlin who lived in Bellingham at the time. I stopped by her place on my way to SoCal and we went on some beautiful hikes where we found bright…
I left off when we were staying at an awesome little hotel in Dhermi on Friday evening. I need to write a little bit more about our stay because we really picked a good hotel! It was more of a boutique hotel/ bed and breakfast, as we were served breakfast the next morning. The Augustus Hotel is owned and run by a family of 4 and they went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable. As we were…
We ended our time (for now) in Croatia at a little campground south of Dubrovnik. We were parked under kiwi trees and grape vines and the property was filled with orange trees, clementine trees, and lime trees. It was probably my favorite campground so far as it had a beautiful property, a beach across the street, free internet, hot showers, and places to plug in our devices. Those last ones are my 3 must-haves when we decide to splurge on…
I know I said it in a previous post, but we’re not that good at touring cities. One marvelous, ancient church or museum tends to look like the other 20 marvelous ancient churches and museums nearby. Yes, the architecture is fascinating – especially considering the times during which they were built. But all that aside, when we’re living in a van not making any money (purposely!), touring cities can be a bit intimidating cost wise. While on this adventure, we’ve…
As I write this we are currently at a restaurant in Bosnia! Country number 14 for Bella! This is our first restaurant meal in a couple of weeks, so it’s extra exciting. We came here for the wifi, but decided to eat while we drink and use free internet! 🙂 We both ended up with a seafood risotto.**I was going to add a bunch of pictures to this post, but it will have to wait as the internet here isn’t…
August August was a deadly month in the BASE jumping community. The deadliest in the history of BASE jumping – since the 1980’s. From beginners to the extremely experienced, there was a period in time where every other day we were hearing of someone else dying, sometimes 2 or 3 on the deadliest day. BASE jumping is dangerous and everybody has their own different personal reasons for jumping. I’ll write about my reasons another time and Dustin will write about…
Blogging is obviously not one of my strengths! We’re having too much fun and we’re hardly ever around internet! I’ll get there, though. 🙂