Home Sweet America

WRITTEN BY Julie

I’ve been sitting on a draft version of this post for over a week. I have had trouble deciding if the theme should be: a) look at all of the fun things we did while we were visiting the good ole US of A, or...

04.26.14

Broadway Market, London

WRITTEN BY Julie

Since we started this little blog, there has never been a day or a moment where we’ve looked at each other and declared simply, ‘We must write about this on the blog.’ If you read our little space...

03.29.14

Central Europe: Top 5 and Bottom 2

WRITTEN BY Julie

When we spent 6 weeks in Southeast Asia back in 2011 we had a fun game we played when leaving each country. In addition to the daily ‘high-low’ game which I’m sure is familiar to many, we did an...

03.19.14

Top Cheap Eats in London

WRITTEN BY Julie

We are closing in on six months in London. The time has flown. I think the first month or two seemed to pass much more slowly as we dealt with all of the moving stuff, but since Christmas it feels like each week...

03.03.14

Planning a Successful Weekend Getaway

WRITTEN BY Julie

Our proximity to new countries and cities has reinvigorated our interest in the humble weekend getaway. What is interesting is that despite our comfort and experience as travellers, we have had quite varied...

02.18.14

Expat 101: Moving Pets

WRITTEN BY Julie

When moving overseas, whether for work or pleasure, the careful transportation of pets is often a key consideration. In order to properly describe the process of pet relocation, I’m going to make a few assumptions:...

01.21.14

A Lovely English Weekend

WRITTEN BY Julie

With a dog sitter already on the books for this coming weekend, Drew and I were furiously planning our next getaway. Given my 2014 goal of visiting 10 new countries we assumed a quick trip to Ireland or Belgium would...

01.04.14

Ringing in 2014

WRITTEN BY Julie

After a wonderful holiday with the Smith family in London, we took a quick New Year trip to Cologne, Germany to ring in 2014 in style. We chose Cologne because it was quick and inexpensive (frankly, with so many...