The best travel tips for Norway, from someone who's actually been there. Learn everything you need to know about traveling to this beautiful country. Ever since we went to Norway on our honeymoon (you can read about our epic European adventure starting here), I get a lot of questions about traveling there. We motorcycled through fjord country for nine days, so my perspective is a little skewed to that method of travel and geographical area. But I thought it might be helpful to round ... continue reading...
Top 10 Tips for Packing Light
Tired of schlepping a suitcase around the globe? Here are some truly helpful tips for packing light. Once you go backpack, you never go back! This post originally appeared on Hey, Let's Make Stuff. In a matter of years, I've gone from the girl who, no matter what, fills her enormous suitcase with half her wardrobe to a girl who heads around the world in a backpack. With extra space at the top. I dragged my colossal suitcase across New Zealand in 2009, up and down stairs in tiny hostels, on ... continue reading...
How to Live a Life of Travel
Want to live a life of travel? You have to make it a priority. Here's how we do it. I was thirteen the first time I left the country. I went to the UK with a student exchange organization. I spent two weeks exploring England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Without my parents. When I was fifteen my parents took our family to India, with a stop in Bangkok. I saw the Taj Mahal at fifteen! I spent seven spring breaks in Mexico with my church. I went to Taiwan in college, to New Zealand with ... continue reading...
Our Experience with the Volvo European Delivery Program
The Volvo European Delivery program is the best way to take a European vacation! Pick up your Volvo in Gothenburg, and drive around Europe. It's amazing! I wanted to take some time to talk about the Volvo European Delivery Program -- through this program we purchased a car in Sacramento, picked it up in Gothenburg, Sweden, drove it all around Europe, and then it was shipped home to us from Brussels, Belgium. When I tell people about it, they are generally floored that a program like ... continue reading...
Honeymoon Travelogue: the Nurburgring, Luxembourg, and Belgium
In the previous installment of our honeymoon travelogue, Cori and Ryan kiss in Kissing. Well, this is the last post in our honeymoon travelogue. It's been an incredible 26 days to share with you, and I'm excited to talk about the last few days of our trip! There will still be one more post next week talking specifically about our experience with the Volvo European Delivery program. I've also received some questions about how we afforded such an amazing trip, so I'm planning on writing a post ... continue reading...