After a full day of driving, we reached our first road trip destination. Alamogordo, New Mexico. For a while now, Kurt and I have talked about taking a roadtrip to the Grand Canyon since he’s never been. This month seemed to work well, so we decided to make it happen. Our friend Anxhela also decided… Read More White Sands, Black Sky
Kosovo prides itself on being one of the newest countries in the world. While its independence is still only accepted by about 100 countries of the UN (due to pressure from Serbia, Russia, and China against being recognized as independent), they’ve been an independent nation since 2008 and are on the road to potential EU… Read More Kosovo: The Newborn Country
Over 10 years ago, Erisa promised that if she ever got married, she’d invite me to celebrate with her in Albania and see her beautiful country of origin, and I promised I’d move mountains to be there. Obviously these types of promises can’t always be kept, so it was an honor that it worked out… Read More A Big Fat Albanian Wedding
We woke up Wednesday morning in Himare and got ready to take a bus to Berat. As our luck would have it, the guy helping us at our bungalow’s restaurant for breakfast said he was actually from Berat. He asked how we were planning to get to Berat and we told him our plan. He… Read More Berat: One of Albania’s UNESCO Sites
Did you know Albania has gorgeous beaches?! The entire southern coast of Albania is often called the Albanian Riviera. One of the coolest things is that it’s not only beach after beach, but there are entire parts of the coastline filled with countless HIDDEN beaches accessible only by boat or sometimes hiking! Albania shares water… Read More Albanian Riviera: Himarë
First things first, before we talk about Albania, please for the love of all that is good in the world, delete the movie Taken from your mind. Sure, like everywhere in the world, you can find crime, but Albania is without a doubt one of the most hospitable countries I’ve ever been to. We felt… Read More Albania: Europe’s Most Underrated Country
The first stop on our trip was Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands! When we were planning our trip and saw that it was less then 60 miles off the coast of Morocco, we knew we had to make a stop there. Thanks to Jacobo, an old friend from college who is from one of the… Read More Canary Islands
At the end of the 2nd day’s evening game drive, Kurt and I were dropped off at the luxurious Tinyeleti Treehouse! Think of this as a complex and beautiful treehouse about 2-3 stories high in the middle of the South African bush with a comfortable bed and shower and toilet but in the middle of… Read More Safari Tree House!
As our small plane landed in Kruger National Park, we saw an impala grazing near the runway! Wow! Our guide for the week greeted us inside the airport and drove us to our lodge where we had lunch before our first game drive. The views from the lodge as well as our room itself were… Read More South African Honeymoon: Safari!
What is Love in the time of COVID? Sometimes it’s testing your relationship to see how many consecutive hours you can stay at home together before wanting to kill each other. Sometimes it’s sharing an “office” and seeing how many of the other’s calls you can make it through before wanting to rip your ears… Read More Love in the time of Cholera COVID
Lauren Around the Globe 