Caravanning Scotland’s Highlands and Islands
Aug15

Caravanning Scotland’s Highlands and Islands

7 nights of caravan parks, free camping, hiking, scotch tasting, and dodging the rain   Sometime before landing in London we hatched a plan to campervan though Scotland. While staying with our friends Sam and Peter in London, Matt did tons of research to find us an available camper. Most companies were totally booked for all of August. We were only booking about 2 weeks in advance, so this wasn’t exactly a surprise. Matt finally...

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Norway Timelapses
Jul14

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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Adventures with our Italian Car
Jun15

Adventures with our Italian Car

Google doesn’t know Tuscan roads… Like really Google maps and Google navigate, which Matt will follow religiously almost anywhere… failed miserably a few times. My favorite instance occurred when we missed a turn and I switched from navigate to reading the map to get us back on track. Google maps showed me two roads of equal quality coming up. Both would get us back to the main road. We took the first turn. It zig...

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I’m Not Sure What I Just Witnessed

“I’ve got a great idea,” you think. “Let’s mix MMA, NFL, Rugby, Soccer, and generally lawlessness!” In Florence once per year, you could watch it! During our antipasti this evening, we watched the Calcio Storico match. It happens in June every year. Basically, a lot of really ripped dudes fight on a dirt field, trying to put a basketball through a horizontal gap in a wall on far end of the field....

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Paris Video

We had a great time in Paris, which makes the background track for this song just irony – don’t...

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From Paris to Venice
Jun06

From Paris to Venice

The overnight train we took might win the prize for the most unromantic way to travel between two of the most romantic cities in Europe. We booked an overnight train because we were tired of buying cheap flights, only to spend more on the early morning transportation and more expensive lodging close to airports. The only affordable options left when we bought the tickets were bunks in a 4 person or 6 person train car. Reminded of a...

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