by Casey Siemasko | Mar 15, 2011 | Travel, USA
What to do for spring break…. It’s the age-old question that arises each year for all college kids. And since this spring break was technically our last one, we had to make it epic! Unfortunately, being at different schools meant our breaks didn’t line up exactly, but...
by Casey Siemasko | Mar 7, 2011 | Travel, USA
Every year around this time I get the same feeling. It’s that nagging, obsessive case of wander lust where I just need to get out of the country. Unfortunately, being a poor college kid makes jumping on a plane and jetting off somewhere in the middle of the...
by Casey Siemasko | Feb 28, 2011 | USA
By Dan Until the other week I had never met a “famous person.” I am proud to say that has officially changed. Have you ever seen the beautiful rendition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps played on ukulele in Central Park, NYC? If so, you’ve seen Jake Shimabukuro. If...
by Casey Siemasko | Feb 21, 2011 | Travel
My Top Ten Most Memorable Travel Moments 1. When Dan proposed on our weekend trip to Boston :-) 2. After UNC won the NCAA, I celebrated by singing our school anthem with fellow Tarheels in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Interestingly, you get awesome cell phone...
by Casey Siemasko | Feb 15, 2011 | Travel
I’m a huge fan of the bucket list idea. Actually, I’m a huge fan of lists in general. I have my ‘everything to do before I’m thirty’ list, the ‘things Dan and I want to do together’ list, and of course my ultimate bucket...
by Casey Siemasko | Jan 17, 2011 | Travel
Santa brought us a wonderful Christmas present this year–a christmas cruise!!! This was the first time Casey had ever been on one so needless to say she was super stoked. It was a family affair including about 13 of my relatives eager to put Casey to the test....
by Casey Siemasko | Dec 5, 2010 | Travel, USA
Some may say I have a mild addiction to rock climbing. In my defense, I work the rock wall at UNCW so I spend all my free time surrounded by other climbers. But climbing indoors isn’t quite the same thing as traversing real mountains. For one thing, you have...
by Casey Siemasko | Nov 15, 2010 | USA
Success!!! After many, many, many hours in the car and about nine different wedding venues, we have found the perfect place for our wedding! We were anxious to go ahead and secure a location as we knew we wanted to get married in May (one of the two most popular...
by tbales | Nov 15, 2010 | New Zealand, Travel
By Dan If you read the About Us page you might recall that my favorite expedition was a road trip through the beautiful countryside of New Zealand. I want to use this post to tell you a little bit about how awesome it was and maybe convince you to check it out if you...
by Casey Siemasko | Nov 10, 2010 | Travel
One thing you’ll probably hear us mention a lot in our blog is CouchSurfing. It’s mentioned on the page The Road Ahead and is one of the major tools we will be using on our road trip. So what is CouchSurfing? Basically one of the best ways to travel...