Quickie

Turkish Beach Cows

September 24, 2010

It’s not all that crazy, it’s just that we’d never seen a cow anywhere other than out in a pasture. We spotted this guy just hanging out somewhere on the southern coast of Turkey.

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Jozin z bazin

June 7, 2010

Reading any of the words down here is optional because the only thing you really need to watch is the above video. But if you wanted to learn more…

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Airport Code: ADB

May 14, 2010

With the exception of small municipal or private airports, every airport has a 3 letter IATA code. JFK, SFO, LAX, CHI… The most interesting piece of trivia involving IATA codes probably has to do with Rush’s song YYZ. The song begins with a morse code rendering of the letters Y-Y-Z ( – . – –   […]

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We ♥ Bunkbeds

April 4, 2010

Growing up, despite having two younger siblings, we never had bunkbeds in the house. None of my best friends had bunkbeds either. And despite the fact that I thought having a bunkbed would probably be one of the coolest things in the world, before we left on this trip I probably spent less than 4 […]

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Vietnam: “The Conversation”

April 4, 2010

For 33 days we traveled our way across Vietnam on a pair of old Minsk motorcycles. One of the best parts about traveling by motorcycle is that it gets you way, way off the beaten path.

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Tasmanian Buddhist Dentist

March 26, 2010

Spotted in Hobart, Tasmania

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Quickie: Treasure in Insadong

January 4, 2010

One of the problems with traveling on the light and on a budget is the accumulation of treasure. Yes, of course, we are collecting “memories” and “photos,” but I really did want to buy a souvenir tea jug with Ghengis Khan’s face on it, those dishes in Basque, the giant artisan lamps in Ireland…want, want, […]

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Quickie: Estonian Artist space, SooSoo

November 25, 2009

SooSoo is a great little gallery and design shop tucked away on the outer edges of Tallinn. In addition to the usual design shop items that you can find everywhere around the world (think UglyDoll, light up furniture, etc), they also had a great collection of locally and regionally designed goods. I thought the knitwear […]

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Quickie: Basque Design Treasure found

November 25, 2009

In addition to there beautiful country and delicious food, the Basque have a rich tradition in symbolism. You often see older buildings and pathways marked with various patterns and icons. When we were at the Fete du Piment in Espelette, I was blown away by a local artisan company that takes these traditional designs and […]

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Conversion Rates

November 24, 2009

The fact that most of the EU is on the Euro makes traveling from country to country a breeze as far as money is concerned, but not everyone  uses the same money yet.  Here are a few of the currencies that we’ve been buying in as we travel and their current exchange rates (locked in […]

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