“Go outside. The worst that can happen is a bear kills you.” – I saw this on a bumper sticker on an RV when we were driving from Montana to Wyoming, and it cracked me up. Plenty of time outside on this trip. No bear sightings. Check. For those counting,…
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Grindelwald, the gateway to the “Top of Europe”
We had an early wake-up on Thursday to catch our first train of five for the day that would take us from Bruges, Belgium to Grindelwald, Switzerland in the Bernese Alps. Today was proof that travel isn’t always easy, and we were thankful that none of our trains were delayed…
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In Bruges
On Monday, we took the Eurostar train from London to Brussels, Belgium retracing our journey from April, but in reverse. After a half hour delay, we departed London around 1:30pm for the two-hour trip to Brussels. From there, we boarded an intercity train to Bruges, about an hour away. It…
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Championship Sunday in London
For the second time this year, our domestic flight was delayed out of Austin on Friday afternoon, which was putting us too close for comfort in terms of making our international flight connection in Atlanta. What started out as a lengthy connection in Atlanta turned into a sprint through the…
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Donkeys, Elk, and Moose…with a side of Sarah McLachlan in ColoRADo
When Sarah McLachlan announced the tour for the 30th anniversary of her album, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy, I knew that I was going, as that was the soundtrack to my college years. The only question was where? We originally considered going to one of the shows in Seattle, WA and exploring…
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The Road to Paris 2024
Our road to Paris 2024 actually started in 2022 with the first opportunity available to purchase event tickets for the Olympics….more on that in a moment. Our previous experience with the Olympics was for the men’s marathon in London 2012. We had attended the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the…
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Kick-off to summer in Cozumel
I’ll be honest, tropical destinations generally aren’t my favorite. The heat and humidity beat me down, especially this time of year when I’m already trying to escape those conditions back home in Texas. But, I’ve got plenty of mountain adventures planned in the upcoming months, so we kicked off our…
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Biding our time in Brussels
Our trip got off to a very rocky start on Friday afternoon when the text messages from the airline started rolling in regarding a flight delay for our domestic flight to Detroit. The new departure time kept getting pushed back later and later, and it quickly became apparent to us…
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Running solo through The Big Apple
I don’t travel by myself often. But, when I won an entry through the lottery late last year for the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, I knew that this was going to be a trip that I would be making by myself. NYC is among my favorite cities to race,…
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Kathmandu…Adventure starts here
Our big adventures are often in remote places, which means they usually start with multiple flights and long plane rides. This trip was no exception. We drove from Austin to Houston on Thursday, and Kurt worked remotely from the hotel there on Friday before we headed to the airport in…