On February 26, 2013, James and I set out on an amazing, incredible, and life-changing one year journey around the world. Throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the U.S. we immersed ourselves in the fascinating culture, experienced many beautiful landscapes and monuments, had a lot of crazy adventures, and met and traveled with SO many […]

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Massive puking, motorcycle accident, torrential rain, horrible allergic reactions, and lost luggage: there are quite a few unfortunate events and happenings that we encountered on our round-the-world trip!  When you travel in foreign countries, you are constantly experiencing  strange food, different climates and insects, transportation schedules, and very different cultures… so it’s very likely that […]

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After traveling for 330 days, you may have a LOT of “statistical” questions for us, such as: How much money did you spend? How many countries and continents did you travel to? How many flights did you take? And you may like to know some random facts/statistics as well, such as: Did you know that […]

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OH SNAP!!! No blog posts for almost a month? What is going on here?? Well, let me tell you why you haven’t been updated on the final week of our epic journey around the world… BreAnn usually blogs about a city/place/experience about a week after we have left so that there is time to write […]

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Tags: Andreas, Anita, Aurora Borealis, black sand beach, Blue Lagoon, glaciers, Gro, gulfoss, Holmenkollen Ski Jump, hot springs, ice blocks, Iceland, icy, James, lava cave, lava tube, north pole, Northern Lights, Norway, Oslo, rental car, Reykjavik, Skaftafell, Skaftafell National Park, storm, Vik, waterfalls, winter 1 Comment »

Although the main reason we came back to the U.S. was not under the happiest of circumstances, we have both had a really lovely time with our families and friends over the holidays. We both got to spend quality time in Sacramento for a couple weeks before the holidays, and then I flew to Wisconsin […]

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So, I’m sure this news comes quite unexpected, but James and I are back in the United States for the holidays!  James flew back on Wednesday, December 4th, and I just arrived yesterday, December 11th. Feels good to be back on U.S. soil with loved ones in Sacramento (California), and right now our main focus […]

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Tags: cancer, Cape town, grandfather, Iceland, James, Kenya, Kruger National Park, Malawi, mesothelioma, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nonno, obituary, passed, Sacramento, Serengeti, South Africa, united states, Victor, Victoria Falls, Zambia 11 Comments »