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Who are we?

Trevis

I’m Trevis, an early retired travel lover who has decided to take the opportunity of a lifetime to trade a conventional working life for one of long term travel. My profession was as a software developer and software development manager.

More people probably know me through my hobbies, though. Specifically social dancing (Salsa, Zouk, Argentine Tango, Swing, Bachata, Kizomba) dancing and photography. I plan to share my favorite images and the boring details of our slow traveling lives here and on Facebook.

I’m Chrissy, and my love for travel began when my parents, a pastor and a stay-at-home mom, took me and my sisters on road trips around the Midwest to visit relatives during summer vacations. We spent long hours in the car reading books and singing silly songs broken up by picnics, camping in our tent, and playing with cousins.

As an adult I started planning trips with friends to places like New York, Mackinac Island, and the Gulf Coast. Then I met Trevis and he caught my travel bug – yay! We both got passports and took off on our first of many trips together.

Where we are, where we've been?

Auckland, New Zealand

 
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What have we been up to?

On My Thai Bookshelf

Our stay in Thailand began with a week in Bangkok, then a week on the island of Koh Samui, and now a month in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. The only real book collection I’ve encountered at any of the places we’ve stayed was at the house on Koh Samui, but the owner of that house is German, and so were all of her books.
Chrissy
Thailand |
January 5, 2026

So This Is Christmas

This isn’t the first time I’ve spent Christmas outside the US, but it still took me a little bit off guard this year.
Chrissy
Thailand |
December 29, 2025

Visiting the USA

Maybe we just weren’t gone long enough? Maybe we just heard too many warnings. But our first time back to the US after 6 months of nomadic travel was… not strange at all.
Trevis
United States |
December 21, 2025

Let’s Go to the Post Office in Thailand

The only remotely tricky part of sending postcards from Thailand was the drive to the post office, everything else was a breeze.
Chrissy
Thailand |
December 18, 2025

Bangkok, Thailand: First Time Visitor

I don’t know what I expected but… other places we’ve visited in Asia, China, India, Japan…those visits did not prepare us for Bangkok.
Trevis
Thailand |
December 7, 2025

Baño, WC, Tuvalet, Aseo?

Even after you figure out how to ask for the bathroom, you never know what you may find inside!
Chrissy
Thailand |
December 4, 2025

Around the World in 180 Days

I have to start this off by recognizing the incredible, absolutely incredible amount of privilege we have been graced with in being able to have experienced this adventure. Yes we made significant sacrifices in order to make this happen, but being healthy enough, wealthy enough and fortunate enough to possess a passport that was welcomed by the places that we visited are all paramount to having made this possible. Not to mention the incredible facebook communities that helped us to learn and plan this journey of a life time.
Trevis
United States |
November 13, 2025

Transatlantic Cruise on the Celebrity Apex

Ok, I was kind of dreading it. I know people who *love* them. Nothing about them has ever been appealing to me. Thousands of people in a floating hotel which also has a shopping mall, and a Casino inside! It just sounds like a nightmare.
Trevis
United Kingdom |
November 5, 2025

Favorites of Seville

We spent a little over three weeks in Seville, Spain between September and October. We didn’t do a lot of research and really had nothing planned except to relax after having walked the Camino de Santiago. We didn’t know what we’d be up for after such a potentially challenging trip so we kept our plans loose
Trevis
Spain |
October 18, 2025

Let’s Go to the Post Office in Spain

Sending postcards home from Spain was a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride due to Europe’s response to increased U.S. tariffs. … Spain might not send mail to the U.S. … Spain will send mail, just not packages. … Spain says they will send anything under a certain value, but individual post offices might interpret that as sending nothing at all.
Chrissy
Spain |
October 14, 2025

Church in Spain

As we plan out where we are going to travel, one of the factors that we consider is whether there will be a Christian, preferably Lutheran, church nearby. We plan our travels six to twelve months in advance.
Chrissy
Spain |
October 10, 2025

17 Days on the Camino

People started making the pilgrimage from parts of Spain, and later other countries in Europe back in the middle ages. The most popular route is the Camino Frances, but the original pilgrimage is what today is called the Primativo is the route we took. It starts in the town of Oviedo and crosses the hospitales mountains and continues going over, between and around mountains down into river valleys eventually winding and twisting its way into Santiago de Compostela.
Trevis
Spain |
October 4, 2025

On My Spanish Bookshelf

Truth be told, the book on my Spanish bookshelf was actually found on the bookshelf of our Latvian BnB.
Chrissy
Spain |
October 4, 2025

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory which is bordered by Spain, the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It’s close enough to Africa that you can easily see the north of Morocco on a clear day.
Trevis
United Kingdom |
September 27, 2025

Camino: During the pilgramage

I’m sitting in Melide, Spain… having our 3rd and final rest day before our last three walks to Santiago de Compostella. When we decided to do the Primitivo route, the main reason was that it sounded the most like what we enjoy about hiking.
Trevis
Spain |
September 17, 2025

Deep Thoughts from the Camino

What does one do and think about all day long while walking up and down hills and mountains for hours and days on end with only yourself, your spouse, and the occasional fellow pilgrim as company?
Chrissy
Spain |
September 15, 2025

Spain: The Camino

We came to Oviedo Spain two days before our plan to start hiking the Camino de Santiago. We started planning this over a year in advance but since we were also planning such monumental life changes (quitting our jobs, selling our belongings and transitioning to a global nomadic lifestyle) we didn’t even consider spending the time to plan our multi-day Spanish hike on our own.
Trevis
Spain |
September 1, 2025

Three Riga Museums That Tell Latvia’s Story of Survival

Our month here in Riga is just about over, we leave before the sunrise tomorrow morning. I’ve learned a lot about the history of this country from visiting its museums. The three museums that crystalize the tragedy of this beautiful place are The Occupation Museum, the KGB building and the Holocaust Museum.
Trevis
Latvia |
August 30, 2025

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