On our way out of Vienna we spotted missionaries. Things usually get a bit awkward when this happens because I feel the need to hug them. I’ve been doing this for years and Mark has learned to accept my need to boost the moral of these good people by gently mauling them. Elder and …
Our road trip up to the Austrian MotoGP took us near Vienna so we made room for a stopover to take it in. We stayed right around the corner from the spectacular St. Stephen’s Cathedral so our early morning stroll beat the crowds and the rising sun splashed everything with vibrant shimmering gold. Seeing St. …
We have successfully added another sub-genre to the ever-growing variety of tourism crazes. You’ve likely heard of “Eco-Tourism” and “Dark-Tourism,” but we’ve just created a whole new classification we are calling “Accidental Tourism.” The story beings with two happy travelers. We have one destination in mind but a multitude of options to get there. …
We stayed the night in a lovely Airbnb in Zagreb—Croatia’s capitol city. It was a really relaxing place to stop, unwind from a days drive and stroll around the city that evening. The next morning Mark snuck out and went for an early jog around the neighborhood while I slept in, and came home …
In Mostar we visited our third notable Bosnian Bridge. The Balkans are dotted with these ottomans marvels and I’m a bit obsessed with them. The former Yugoslavia is and incredible intersection of cultures—it is a synergistic breath of otherness which I find beautiful. Here, Ottoman architecture is overlaid onto a European canvas like cursive flourishes …
On our drive though Bosnia & Herzegovina, we did a little sleuthing on our phones and got in contact with the missionaries in Sarajevo. The Elders were busy but the sisters had a spare hour during lunchtime for us to take them out to eat. We love meeting missionaries wherever we go and taking them …
We put Bedouin in a Marina and headed out on a week long roadtrip. Marinas are like getting a babysitter for your boat, usually an expensive babysitter, but they take care of your boat child while you’re away and you can leave with peace of mind that it’ll be put to bed each night and …
It’s 3am and the little town of Slano is glowing from the aftermath of a ferocious lightning storm. We’ve been anchored in the bay here for the last five days, soaking up this super relaxed town and some of the warmest water. We planned a quick stopover but enjoyed it so much we just …
