Portugal will always hold a very special place in our hearts because, in many ways, it represents the birth of this very website as it exists today. Portugal was the first stop on our first big international trip that we did after betting it all on this corner of the internet, leaving our jobs and…
Look, on a spectrum of “mountain people” to “beach people”, we’re about as far over towards the mountain side as it gets. However, we’d be lying to you if we said that we didn’t love ourselves some time out on the Oregon Coast around Cannon Beach. Of the towns on the northern coast, we find…
As self-identifying mountain people (not beach people) AND people who don’t really like crowds, you might be surprised to learn that we actually really enjoy Cannon Beach. We try to make it out to Cannon Beach a few times a year, and most of our days are spent on the trail (so we’ve done most…
Look, if you’re here, you probably already know that we have a strong recommendation for you: if you find yourself with an extra day in Madrid, you should go to Toledo. Before Madrid became the capital of Spain – which is a relatively recent change that saw Madrid go from backwater to capitol in a…
If there was one big European city that we, two self-employed Americans with a decent handle on Spanish, would move to without thinking too much about it, it would be Madrid. The reason is pretty simple: of the European capitals, Madrid feels the most lived-in of the bunch. When you’re walking around the historic center…
We love Granada, we’ve been multiple times in the past few years, and we think it’s one of the most fascinating cities in Spain, if not Europe as a whole. The cultural mix that has occurred in Granada, between the Muslim kingdoms that ruled it for 700 years and the Christian Kingdom of Spain that…