This post is part of a series called Colombia 2017 There comes a point in every trip where you need to just flop around for a while in the morning. Today was that day. Our apartment came stocked with some bread and eggs, so we made first breakfast around 8, brewed a second Moka pot…
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This post is part of a series called Colombia 2017 Our last day in Bogotá! We woke up early to hit the Museo del Oro before leaving the city. The museum opens an hour earlier than some of the others, a good enough reason as any to visit. That and it reportedly had an excellent…
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This post is part of a series called Colombia 2017 You can’t ignore the mountains that surround Bogotá. For our last day in the city, we decided to get up close and personal with the most famous peak – Monserrate. Rather than doing it alone, we met up with another friend of a friend, Nick. Nick…
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This post is part of a series called Colombia 2017 Two days in one, on account of a lack of internet. Before our trip, we connected with a friend of a friend who lives in Bogotá. Colombians are impossibly friendly and welcoming to guests, and Ximena was no different. She invited us to spend a…
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This post is part of a series called Colombia 2017 Before we get to the clickbait title, let’s back up: what are we doing in Colombia? There are a number of answers: we’ve never been to South America, we have Colombian friends back home, and Bourdain did a compelling episode. It’s also the type of…
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We recently visited Berlin for the first time. Because this was mostly a work trip for me, we didn’t do our normal daily-blogs. Blog entries about structure from motion and debates on LIDAR point cloud density would be a bit off topic for this site. We did want to capture our thoughts on the trip…
View MoreLaunching this site has been a great chance for self-reflection around our attitudes about travel. What do we get out of travel? If we could travel even more, would we want to? I find the various aspects of the online travel and tourism fascinating. There are seemingly endless folks who’ve created travel personas – people…
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You should visit Naples because it’s everything that makes Italy wonderful, surrounded by everything that makes Italian unlike anywhere else. It’s hot and sticky and loud and vibrant, with plenty of chances for a quiet, calm, cool escape. If you truly love Italy, you’ll love Naples. Naples is old, young, and absolutely charming. First off,…
View MoreThe U.S. Bank FlexPerks cards are our main credit cards, and our main source of travel points. They’re not the best travel cards, and they’re not trending the right direction, but in this case, convenience wins out. We do most of our banking through U.S. Bank, so going with their travel cards just made sense….
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You should visit Florence because, despite wars, floods, and the crush of tourism, Florence remains the most tangible connection to the reawakening of Western civilization during the Renaissance. Florence reminds us of the battles fought, and those we still fight, to express ideas freely and challenge social norms – not just through its art, but…
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You should visit Detroit because it is both exactly what you’ve heard, and nothing like that at all. You can visit Detroit as an optimist, a skeptic, a ruin-hunter, or just as an American. But you should visit. Detroit is more than just an airport code on your Delta connection – it’s a place to…
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You should visit this site because you believe in the value of travel. We believe that travel is an incredible privilege, and an important way in which we build bridges and connect the world. We believe that in a world that threatens to tip towards nationalism and conflict, travel opens doors and melts hearts. For…
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This post is part of a series called Naples 2017 We’re a bit delayed with this last post, due to the … unpleasantness. But, better late than never! Although technically our flight home was on Monday, it was very early in the morning, so Sunday was our last real day in Italy. We knew we…
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This post is part of a series called Naples 2017 Like unbelievable. But with Napoli in the middle. Get it? ‘Cause today we went to Napoli? Get it? Today we went to Napoli! The city gets a bad rap, but it was hard to see anything negative about it – it’s got just the right…
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This post is part of a series called Naples 2017 We seem to have found ourselves in Italy. An absurdly cheap airfare deal got us to Rome. From there, a Google search result for “cutest villages on the Amalfi coast” got us to Atrani, admittedly a very cute village indeed. We’re staying in a rather…
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This post is part of a series called Southeast Asia 2017 Today was our chance to get a quick glimpse of Tokyo before heading home to Minnesota. Tokyo being impossibly overwhelming, we chose to focus on what is, perhaps, its core feature: animal cafes. After a perfectly pleasant night at our hotel, and a delightfully…
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This post is part of a series called Southeast Asia 2017 Today was another travel day. We woke up in Kuala Lumpur and ended the day in Tokyo. We had intended to rise early and explore the city but ended up getting a late start on account of our fancy bed and gorgeous view. We…
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This post is part of a series called Southeast Asia 2017 Today was mostly a travel day, but not entirely. We got moving very early and were out of the hotel by 6. The very kind hotel staff packed us a breakfast to eat in the car. The Hue airport is a very low-key place,…
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