Lisbon: An amazing, historical city to kick off our trip. There's so much history here that it would be worth another trip back, plus it's only 7 or so hours direct from O'Hare Airport. The Portuguese culture, warmth of their people, fresh seafood, history was fantastic to experience on our first stop. Their history goes …
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The Galápagos Islands are a part of Ecuador which is split equally by the equator. Ecuador’s literal English translation is equator and this was our first time south of Latitude 0. The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of 13 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, most islands are uninhabited. The islands welcome ~250,000 tourists each …
Thursday 2/6 - 6am First alarm sounds and we’re ready to go bright n early. As we peer outside, we see the snow flurries from last night have carried over to the morning. Being our optimist selves, we have no worry about a delay in our scheduled 8:40am take off. After a ~30 minute uber …
Whew, our long awaited first long trip to Europe to visit Emily. Berlin day 1: We took of at 5:10pm CST, landed at 6:30am local time. We stood waiting for our gate to pop up on the screen for about 20 mins and Allison’s genius idea to ask the security guard about it led us …
It was early December and the dread was upon us... NYE plans. The night that everyone has set, super fun, Instagram-able plans. Of course, the obvious answer to escaping this pressure is to travel, but travel conveniently because airfare is typically astronomical. So we compromised by escaping the bar lines, cover fees and outrageous Uber …
January 15, 2019 -->Blogging to never forget shared experiences and offer tips + tricks throughout the ups and downs of exploring what the world has to offer Thanks for joining me!
Leo & Allison's travels 