This brief article from the current issue of The Week bolsters my contention that we found English to be much more prevalent last year in Europe than in prior trips. John McWhorter The Wall Street Journal The future belongs to the English language, said John McWhorter. English is rapidly becoming what the creators of Esperanto […]
With the prospect of being able to take the Highlander west dangling in front of us, the next week would prove to be nerve wracking. Although we were confident the Expedition would make the trip in good stead, we much preferred the Toyota for its all wheel drive capability (winter driving conditions could require it), […]
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So, what’s up next for our intrepid travelers? Our return home went smoothly, slipping easily into a new routine that would carry us forward until our departure for the west coast in mid-December. For Joanna this means volunteering at the Horse Protection Society of North Carolina Inc., a horse rescue operation in China Grove once […]
The bottom line is that this wasn’t a low cost endeavor, even though we camped and from time to time stayed with folks we know. I maintained a daily log of our expenses broken down into seven categories; Lodging, Food, Culture (museums, entrance fees, concerts, etc.), Miscellaneous, Public Transportation and Parking, Tolls, and Gas. Cash […]
So what exactly does it take on the expense side to travel for nearly six months in Europe? A big chunk of the cost is getting there and back and providing for transportation, a bit of which I’ve examined an earlier post. What follows in the next two posts is the complete breakdown. Pre-Trip Expenses […]
We’ve been back in the States now for a little over a month and have settled into a nice routine that may or may not be the one we pursue in the future. We’re currently on the road, driving to the west coast for the holidays, a trip that will last about six weeks. Throughout […]
The rest of the gear was comprised mainly of equipment we’ve collected and used during many years of camping. I won’t cover all of the small pieces we took along, instead placing a focus on the key components that made living out of the back of the car fairly comfortable. For cooking, we used three […]
With the car decision made in early 2013, we could begin to assemble the gear we’d be taking, freed from having to reduce what we would take with us because we could now ship it all in the car. This proved to be both a blessing and a curse. To be perfectly honest, we took […]
As we went from dealer to dealer looking at potential cars to purchase and ship over, we established some guiding principles to help keep us on track during the process, as it is very easy to get caught up in the excitement of car buying and end up with a vehicle that while nice, is […]
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