Essential Gear You Didn’t Know You Needed for Your RTW Trip
My current One Bag is the Tom Bihn Tri-Star, which is 33 liters. It’s small, so I can’t fit all the RTW gear I want, and I pack very carefully. Here are some of the things I’ve brought or acquired that I’ll never leave home without, ever again. Vapur Element Water Bottle (or Eclipse) I’ve never had a $10 travel item I liked more than this. For lightweight travel, this bottle is a massive improvement over...
Beginner’s Guide to Munich Oktoberfest 2016
It’s tough to figure out Oktoberfest until you get there. I just did it the hard way, but maybe by reading some of these tips, you can avoid some of my misery. 1. Seats Booking a table at Oktoberfest is not easy. I was rejected at 6 places before I got my table – lunch on a Monday. Weekends and dinners were unavailable. If you’re in Munich, it is a little easier, as you can go in person to get things done, but I had...
Tom Bihn Tri-Star Travel Bag Review
This is not an unboxing review like you see all over the web. We’ve been using Tom Bihn Tri-Star as our only bags for the last 4 months as we make our way around the world. We’re proud to be from Seattle, and were excited to represent when the Seattle luggage company Tom Bihn offered to give us a bag each for our adventure. Both of us decided on the Tri-Star bag because it is maximum legal carry-on size for the discount...
Practical Tips for Saving Money in Rome
Eating Eat breakfast at the counter if you are just getting pastries and coffee, you’ll save about 20%. We did this a couple times and it was a savings of about two or three euros per visit. Get yourself breakfast at the nearest supermarket: yogurt, muesli, orange juice, coffee, and fruit will cost you €10 for multiple days of brekkie. Get a pizza for lunch, by the slice or share a whole pizza. This costs just a few euros per...
Norway Timelapses
This is from above Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock). About 30 minutes of time elapsed between 7:30am and 8am. 1/2 second intervals. This is the view from the Hostel at the Parking Lot (Preikestolhytta). 5 second intervals, running for...
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