On Genuine Friendship: One for the Europals
A meditation on the ways travel puts us into contact with total strangers ('Europals'), and how Laurel always thinks we'll be friends forever
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Chucking it 201: What are your Obligations, Really?
Thinking through the obligations, personal and professional, that keep you from long-term international travel
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4 Best Pre-Plane Tips to Improve Your Flying Experience
We share our painfully-accumulated tips about how to make airline flights suck less (pre-plane)
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The Valuable Lesson We Learned Listening to Gamelan Music in Bali
We listen to gamelan music on our honeymoon, two nights in a row, and discover the limits to our cultural relativism.
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How to Celebrate Midsummer’s Day (and Why You Should)
Everything we know about midsummer's day, and why we encourage you to add it to your list of celebrations, even in a small way.
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What’s in a Minimalist Pantry? Amazingly Little!
How do you keep cooking on the road interesting but not have to throw out a ton of food when you leave? We help stock your minimalist pantry!
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The Full Monty on the Full English
The full English breakfast, in all its glory: we cover all the traditional elements, as well as post-breakfast plans (don't have any)!
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Gloucester Green vs. Covered Market: a Knock-Down Drag-Out Battle to the Death
Our take on the two best markets in Oxford
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Where to Next? How We Pick Travel Destinations
Here's how we pick travel destinations, both on this trip and on others. It's a proprietary blend of science and whimsy...
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Chucking It 101: Should You Retire and Travel the World?
The first key aspect of chucking it all to travel the world: do you actually like travel? If not, don't despair!
