today we woke up and headed out to get our next train ticket. This was one of those adventurous trips where we forgot something so had to go back and then return, but that’s just how traveling goes. We stopped and got an egg crepe type thing that was so good and cost only about […]

we spent two days in the bitter cold in pingyao. It is a walled city and so adorable with lanterns hanging all through the streets! We headed out to do exactly what you do in pingyao….. Walk an window shop. We came across what we think was some sort of festival for new years eve. […]

Our last day in Beijing Chelsy and I visited the summer palace. It was very nice with a huge lake. We walked around the whole lake, which had 8 unusual bridges, one with 17 arches. We also saw cixi’s concrete boat. This was the place that was built using money intended for the navy and […]

Today Chelsy and I went to the great wall of china! It is so cool and so amazing, and huge!!! We went to the wall at mutianyu, it was cool cause it had restored parts and unrestored sections. It was about an hour hike up to the wall so Chelsy and I decided to take […]

So we made it to Beijing!! Finally!! We had a 15 hour flight to shanghai, and then 2 hours to Beijing. We got in and the airlines left chelsy’s bag in shanghai (don’t worry she has it back now!) we hopped on a bus stopping near where we needed to but didn’t know where that […]

So far the trip has started off great! Chelsy and I met in Chicago and flew to long island, ny. The airport in long island is called slip but we didn’t realize that so when the lady went to put the tag on our checked bag we thought she was asking if we were going […]

Sorry It’s been forever since I have updated this. The rest of my tour was amazing!! I have made such great friends and it is sad to not see them everyday. But as with everything, the ship and this tour, those types of jobs always mean you make friends you won’t always see again! But anytime […]

I’m still having a blast on tour and have been super busy! After the Blues Festival we were back in Little Rock where we spent our days off on a great hike at a place called Pinnacle Mountain State Park. It was beautiful and looked out over the river. From Little Rock we headed to Shreveport […]

On our last days off we had relocated to Little Rock, AR and Chelsy, Robert and I decided to make the short drive to Hot Springs, AR. There was not too much going on but we got to touch a hot spring and go see the historic bath house and then go and see the room […]

The best part about this job is that we get two days off a week…. something I haven’t had in a job in two years!!! My last two days off we headed out to the lake near Tulsa. It was Chelsy, Ricky, Robert and I and we had a blast! We did some fishing, and we rented […]

This last weekend, in the crazy way that my life generally goes, I got convinced to run in the Ragnar relay. This is a 12 person, 24 hour plus, 195 mile relay from Winona, mn to minneapolis. You may wonder how this happens… My friend Elyse recently ended a relationship with a guy who was […]

After we left bodrum we got a 5 hr bus to pamukkale. When we got there we got our 12 hr bus ticket to Istanbul and left our bags with the bus company. We spent about 3 hours walking all around pamukkale. It is a huge old ruined city and then this mountain covered with […]

After the long night to get back to turkey we spent most the day in kasudasi just lounging, the next day we headed for bodrum. Bodrum has been great because we have met a lot of great people! The first day we got here we lounged and then headed out on the town with a […]

When they say Mykonos has some parties they are not kidding!! We stayed at paradise beach and had a blast, though the euro and summer prices are killing me!! Even so Mykonos is beautiful and we had a great time going even if just for a bit. The night we got in was their full […]

We spent two nights in Izmir. After visiting the blue mosque in the morning we headed back to the airport to get to Izmir. We mostly just wanted to cut out a full 12 hours of travel for only about $20 more! We spent the first night in Izmir on the waterfront enjoying the sunset […]