Day #10,338… (and kinda 39): The Outback. We could see it as we descended from our jostley flight across Australia: a huge expanse of brick-red peppered with silvery explosions of desert shrubs. Feeling like Adventurers in the truest sense of the word- due in no small part to surviving the flight… I always feel a […]
A couple days ago I was perusing my Facebook feed and happened upon a picture of a friend of a friend summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro. It looked crazy amazing and more than a little bad-ass and reminded me that Mt. Kilimanjaro has been on my Bucket List for quite some time. I know for sure it’s […]
Day #11,040: Like all last days of vacation, this one had a twinge of that Sunday Night feeling. When you start mentally prepping for a return to real life and making checklists and generally acting more serious than being on vacation should merit. To combat this, Mr. M & I went on a morning hike […]
Day #11,039 (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland): At 6:13am, I rolled over in bed and- only 25% awake and an hour shy of the alarm- realized there was a golden ray of sunshine stealing into the room. Oh. My. Gaw!!! I leapt out of bed, threw open the curtains (sadly for Mr. M, who would’ve been just as […]
Day #11,038: I woke up an hour and a half before the alarm because I was THAT excited to see the Matterhorn. I could feel sunshiney weather a-comin’ and just KNEW we’d see the peak. I threw open the curtains. Blinding fog. Like an angry old lady, I shook my fists skyward. Food has a […]
Day #11, 037: On our rail journey from Lucerne to Zermatt, Mr. M & I quickly learned that the miraculous efficiency of the Swiss transportation system meant we had to be equally competent in order to make our transfers. Trains are timed such that you have about 5 minutes before you miss the connection. We almost missed […]
As travelers go, Mr. M & I are wickedly expeditious. My itineraries are the sightseeing equivalent of whirling dervishes and inspire incredulousness on tripadvisor forums (“Far too ambitious… you should consider staying in [fill in name of any town] for at LEAST five days…”). Even for us, today was Epic. We may have set a […]
I don’t know how I decided I needed to ride one of the steepest cable cars in the world. Perhaps because- like a 5lb chihuahua- I always imagine myself dramatically braver than I actually am…
Day #11,020: It’s been decided- we’re heading to Switzerland!! Somehow the stars aligned, and Mr. M & I managed a few free days around the 4th of July holiday. After an evening spent scouring kayak.com and considering destination after destination (at some point that night we were sure we’d be going to Amsterdam… then Portugal… […]
Day #11, 018: I spent Father’s Day remembering one of the finest people I’ve ever known: my dad. Before he passed away five and a half years ago, my dad was one of my very best friends. I was head-over-heels for him from the very start. In my preschool/kindergarden days, my favorite movie was Disney’s […]