…te their apartment for the time you’re there and stay with friends or family. This might strike you as a bit weird, but it’s actually quite nice. In Berlin, Copenhagen, Melbourne and Shanghai, because they were close by and accessible, we became good friends with our landlords, we went out to dinner with them, and we continue to keep in touch. Damn, airbnb should pay us for all the nice things we’re saying about them. It was (and is) our go-to…
THE BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD (TO LIVE IN)
…s markets and subways are just footsteps away. So without further ado, here is our list our favorite cities to potentially call home: 10. CUSCO, PERU This growing metropolis of half a million people is the gateway to Machu Picchu but it’s a great city unto itself. Nestled in the mountains of Peru, it’s a surprisingly cosmopolitan city with people arriving at its international airport from all over the world on their way to the Incan ruins. The…
TWENTY QUESTIONS: THE MAORI PEOPLE
We had the opportunity to sit down with Tainui Stephens, a Maori director and producer, in Wellington, New Zealand, and discuss what distinguishes the Maori from other indigenous cultures around the world. So many indigenous people, such as the native American Indians, saw their land taken from them and their culture marginalized. But in New Zealand, it’s different. The Maori heritage is more integrated into the life of the country. We…
15 PLACES NOT TO BE MISSED (AND 5 PLACES YOU CAN SKIP)
…added to your list of great Spanish cities — along with Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville. P.S. Eat at Artxanda and order the fried peppers. 5. PETRA, JORDAN Of all the “Wonders Of The World” we visited (including Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum, Angkor Wat), Petra was the most “wonderful.” You can travel down from Amman or cross the border from southern Israel to discover this remarkably preserved ancient city that must…
NEW FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD
…What continues to astound us is how we make new friends nearly every place we go. Some are through mutual friends, some are through chance encounters, all are enriching our journey incredibly. In the first 60 nights of travel, we have had dinner with other people roughly 48 times. Here is just a small sampling of the awesome new friends we’ve collected so far. These are the true souvenirs of our journey….
REAL ESTATE PORN: OUR APARTMENT IN PARIS
…ds for the lives of Parisians. And what an incredible place in Paris we found! Never has an apartment been such an important character in our journey. Through sheer determination, we scoured airbnb.com and vrbo.com (and several more obscure sites) looking for a place to call home for an entire month. In the 10th arrondissement, on the very happening Canal St. Martin, we got lucky. Check out what we found. If the owner would have allowed us,…
A NEW YEAR (TO THINK)
Every morning at sunrise, 365 days a year, Indian people arrive at the shores of the Ganges river to bathe in the sacred water, to mourn and burn the dead, to pay homage to their ancestors with offers of floating candles and flowers petals, and to pray. This is the holiest hour of the day at the holiest place on earth for all Hindus. In Varanasi, we woke before dawn and made our own pilgrimage to the riverbank to witness these rituals…
TWENTY QUESTIONS: THE KEY TO SUCCESS
…In a visit to another of the world’s lovely coffee houses, we catch the proprietress off-guard with one of life’s important questions….
FRANNY REPORTS: CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
…A year and a half ago, Franny helped organize a school fundraiser to aid the victims of a substantial earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. For this reason, we made sure that Christchurch would find a place on our itinerary. When we got to the city, we were all shocked, saddened, humbled and inspired by what we discovered….
TWENTY QUESTIONS: A HINDU PRIMER
…, another in our ongoing series of “Twenty Questions” around the world….