To many Westerners, Soviet dachas maintain a near mythical aura following a Cold War’s worth of media and pop culture references. From...

Georgian Food After spending three months with the Marines living outside Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (plus another seven months...

If it’s not clear already, our lives largely revolved around food during our time in Zap. Family, sure. Booze, you bet. But food...

Getting settled into life in Zaporizhzhia, we faced an interesting - and somewhat incongruous - set of circumstances.  On one hand, we...

As a Marine Corps officer commissioned out of the Naval Academy, Chipp basically kicked off his service in the deep end: What semester do...

After exploring Istanbul - and learning a little about the travel/work balance on the road - we headed off to Zaporizhzhia (a.k.a....

As promised, here’s Part Two, wrapping up our time in Istanbul. And, in a shameless plug for the city, most Turkish Airways flights fly...

From the delicious meals - formal, streetside, and everything in between - to the aimless strolls through new neighborhoods, we couldn’t...

With a heyday from the 80s to early 90s, Cheers may have been before our time, but that’s not to say it didn’t in some strange cosmic...

Okay, so it’s time to address some social media comments / mocking… Yes, Chipp has embraced the “murse” (a.k.a. man purse, man bag,...

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After wrapping up our first Monday to Friday “work week” living in Istanbul, we needed to take a step back and ask - what’s working, and...

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When we tell people about our plans to travel for a year, one of the most common questions we get is, “how can you afford to take a year...

“Elephant in the room” is an understatement.  Really, how can you talk about any 2020 plans and not address COVID-19?  As expected, this...

A couple years ago, we decided to take a year off to travel the world.  Not immediately - wasn’t a drop everything and go all Eat, Pray,...