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Portland, Oregon: My Greatest City in America? 18 Nov 2012 | 11:00 pm
Why didn’t anyone tell us that there are so many incredible cities in the good ole USA… we could have saved a lot of money on international flights if we just would have toured within the continent fo...
If You’re Going To San Francisco…. 4 Nov 2012 | 07:47 pm
If I chose to live in one of the cities we visited on this adventure San Francisco would be right up there with Amman, Jordan as my top two. We arrived at night in San Fran after a bus ride from LA an...
Happy To Be Here… VERY Happy To Be Here 25 Sep 2012 | 09:32 am
Okay, we admit… we’ve been under cover a little, but there’s been a good reason, we promise! We actually have been telling our friends and family that after taking Mom to Jeopardy in Los Angeles, we h...
I’ll Take ‘Highlights Of My Life’ For $1,000 Please, Alex 12 Sep 2012 | 09:39 am
Today we have a story that begins with, “So we were riding elephants in Thailand…” and ends with Alex Trebek asking Shawna if we funded our RTW travel by selling drugs during a commercial break on Jeo...
5 Reasons Why We Just Couldn’t Leave Cali, Colombia 10 Sep 2012 | 12:52 pm
As you read in our “So You Think You Can Dance” post, we headed to Cali, Colombia in search of a chance to learn how to salsa dance. The top pros in the world call Cali home so we figured that despite...
So You Think You Can Dance 25 Aug 2012 | 12:13 am
We came to Cali, Colombia with one purpose in mind, and that was to learn to salsa. Except I am going to use the word “learn” very loosely. We recognized that as two awkward Caucasians utterly void of...
One Hot & Spicy Friday Night in Cali, Colombia 21 Aug 2012 | 02:50 am
Without a doubt Cali, Colombia has completely blown us away. As some of you know, we are here learning how to salsa dance…and soon I hope to report that our moves are of the hot & spicy variety to whi...
Colours of Cartagena 17 Aug 2012 | 09:36 am
For me, Cartagena, Colombia is one of those cities that is just fun to wander around in without any kind of said destination. We spent our days in the Old City which is great for wandering because the...
A Travel Story We Probably Shouldn’t Tell Our Parents 10 Aug 2012 | 06:48 am
Every once in awhile when you are travelling, you come into a situation that shouldn’t be shared with your parents back home, at least not until you are certain you have made it through the ordeal uns...
Summer in the City For My Birthday!! 7 Aug 2012 | 12:24 pm
The slight downside to seeking out “Skottland“ was that in order to make our flights work for our next GUAG adventure in Colombia, we had to get on a bus at 4:30am to take the six hour trip from Golfi...
