Name: Emily Kammerlohr Hometown: Houston, Texas Major: English & Ancient Studies Favorite cities: Istanbul,Turkey and Bath, United Kingdom Favorite food: Spaghetti I’ve got a thing for chocolate and mango gelato, swirled together with cream and a cookie on top. Eight…
One of the first questions that people ask us is, “So how do you guys make money on your site, anyway? Are you selling vacation packages??” Nope. No timeshares, people. I know you’re disappointed. However, we do still need to…
We found our way to our Parisian flat – home for the next few days. It was our first experience renting someone’s apartment off of a website (HomeAway.com), so we were a little nervous. The flat was was in the…
We should have known by our first hour in Paris that epic mistakes and adventures were in store for us. We should have seen what was coming. And maybe we did. But those mistakes always make the best stories. And…
One of the first questions that everyone asks us about our Europe adventures is, “How much do these trips cost anyway?” And it’s a great question. It’s hard to sit in your living room and calculate how much trekking across…
Our intern, Alissa, reports from her travels in Rome! Guilty…after high school, most of my world history knowledge came from movies and fiction novels. Still productions like Gladiator or books like Angels and Demons, even Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar had me excited…
(PART 1) Overwhelmed. We were overwhelmed. The hardest part of planning a trip is starting with nothing and staring at a blank sheet of paper. Knowing that you can go anywhere but that you only have a small amount of…
We have a challenge for you! Answer this: What five adventurous things have you done in your life? We’ve been asking girls this, and it turns out we all have stories to tell! We’ve been inspired by the adventures of…
“If you’re not living on the edge you’re taking up too much space.” ― Stephen Hunt I recently visited the edge of the world. I am also happy to report I have not fallen off the face of the earth. For…
Kristian, Dawn, and I looked at our iPhone screen and tried to keep from giggling. A German man had just called us cheap women. And surprisingly, we weren’t at all offended. In fact, we were pretty impressed with ourselves. The…
