Brian and Brooke vs. the WorldBrian and Brooke vs. the WorldBrian and Brooke vs. the World brings you one couple who, after planning a multi-year RTW, had to switch gears when Brian accepted an expat job offer, and Brooke accepted traveling on her own. See how this couple handles the excitement, and stress, o Articles
Vaccinations: Check!
2007-11-15 21:47:00 No more human pin cushion for me - I finished my vaccinations today! Brian also got the last of his hepatitis this week. Yay, Guatemala, here we come! More About: Check
The Vultures
2007-11-14 03:35:00 In prehistoric times, the island of Menorca was populated by the Taliotic people. When the Romans came, they recruited these Taliotic people to fight for them as slingers. How exactly do you compensate or convince a society that doesn't deal in any sort of monetary values to fight for you?... More About: Spain , Vultures
Friends for Life
2007-11-11 18:21:00 The Danish hand surgeon I sat next to on the flight over to Spain told me I'd have friends for life after a trip like this abroad. At the time, I didn't know what the dig would be like, and who else would be crazy enough to end up at the remote island of Menorca for a month in October to dig up Roman ruins. I took Danish guy's words with a grain of salt. More About: Life , Friends
Brooke vs. Juana
2007-11-09 05:39:00 Well you may know from ?The Sick Room? that I might be a little upset with a certain cook/housekeeper named Juana. I can?t say I had fond feelings for her before the whole ?spread the sickness? incident, but after? after was the time when pleasantries were thrown out the window. It felt like war: Brooke vs. Juana. More About: Spain
The Tramuntana Winds
2007-11-06 00:22:00 I am finally adjusted to life back home, but still have a few stories to tell of my adventures in Spain. Here is a little piece on why I was fearing not making if off the island - the Tramuntana winds. From day one we were told about the Tramuntana winds that can pound the ... More About: Winds
Coming Home
2007-10-30 17:54:00 Can’t believe that my time is about up! I leave tomorrow for Barcelona, and then on the 1st for home. I have many stories to tell, but since I haven’t been feeling well (again) they will have to wait ’til I’m back in the states. I hope that the Tramuntana winds let ... More About: Home , Spain , Menorca
The Sick Room
2007-10-22 16:55:00 I now classify our room as the sick room since each girl seems to go down for a day or two as of recently with some ailment. It all started about a week ago when Lia spent 2 days in bed after what we initially thought was a hangover. The funny part is ... More About: Spain , Room , Sick
The boys across the street
2007-10-21 12:29:00 In Spain , an American will quickly notice how secure the Europeans are about their bodies, and what is being shown to others. I?ve seen people changing into their swimsuits while at the beach, and I have also heard word of our housekeeper walking into the bathroom while Doris was washing her clothes and proceed ... More About: Street , Boys , The Boys , Acro
Misconceptions About Digging
2007-10-15 18:10:00 It only took 2 days to realize I made a big packing boo-boo when coming to a dig. Sure, if I were just traveling to some city, I?d have more than enough stuff to wear and be ready physically. When coming to a dig, I was 100% unprepared. Shoes ? I only brought two ... More About: Misconceptions
Heaven is Cala Morell
2007-10-14 20:46:00 Last week our excursion involved checking out all the taliotic sites around this side of the island. The taliotic people were the inhabitants of the island that started off living in caves, and later moved into stone villages. The Romans later came and used the taliotic people to their advantage as slingers (sling ... More About: Heaven , Spain
Dance Emergency!
2007-10-08 22:19:00 Spain is known for being laid back and having an intense night-life. Siestas seem to always be a cause for walking back home empty-handed. The daily work schedule runs from 9-1 and then from 5-9, making for a really relaxed work day. And don?t think that just because they lay around all ... More About: Dance , Menorca , Emergency , Emerge
Rules? What rules?
2007-10-06 19:12:00 The course I’m taking on archaeology and Roman history here in Menorca has thrown me into another world - one I had hoped I left long in the past never to return - dorm life. As with all dorms, there are rules, and people giving those rules, both of which I have not really ... More About: Rules
Dig Background
2007-10-05 18:28:00 I realize now that I haven’t quite given any background information on the dig yet, so here it goes. The dig is run each year by the EcoMuseu de Cap de Cavalleria in Santa Teresa, Menorca . The site is that of a Roman Fort, dated from years 123-45 BC. So far, all ... More About: Background
16 People and Two Bathrooms
2007-10-04 18:03:00 I frantically caught an Aerobus to the Barcelona airport on Monday morning in order to catch my flight to Menorca. I was exhausted from a sleepless night, sweating from the layers of clothes I was wearing, and just ready to start digging! I sat down on the bus in an area where two other seats face you, which I absolutely despise. They give you no leg room whatsoever. Three guys sat in the 3 remaining seats, next to me and across from me, and I notice they are speaking English ? not Australian, not British, but American English. In the back of my mind, I thought about saying ?hi? just because I can (you bond with other English speakers on the road), but I was just too darn hot and tired to care. More About: People , Spain , Bathrooms
Two Museums, Many Mishaps
2007-10-04 18:01:00 Barcelona is full of interesting museums, two of which I decided to explore. Since I was going to be doing an archaeological dig, I thought the Catalan Museum of Archaeology sounded like the right way to go. It was my first real day in Barcelona, so I attribute my first mishap to lack ... More About: Spain , Museums , Isha
Oh, So you don?t speak Danish?
2007-10-01 19:29:00 I’ve been in Spain for a few days now and have a lot of likes and dislikes, but first let’s recap on the adventure of getting here. Lucky me, no rain came later in the day, so my flight took off on time. I also managed to go all carry-on! Go me! On the ... More About: Speak , Danish , Dani , Nish
Uhm? There?s a bit of a leak.
2007-09-29 12:08:00 I have a lot to say about Barcelona, but I just want to get last night out of the way. I was pleasantly enjoying sleeping at the correct time here where it is 7 hours ahead of back home, when I was awoken to a light coming through the door. I rolled over ... More About: Leak
Hold Up
2007-09-25 21:13:00 I’m feeling a bit anxious right now, and let me tell you why. I leave in an hour to get on a bus Chicago-bound. My flight is supposed to leave tonight, only I’m not so sure its going to make it. All summer, Illinois has been lacking in the rainfall category, and ... More About: Spain , Hold
A Blog Is Born
2007-09-23 15:49:00 As stated in a previous blog post, How to make your own travel website, I am a total blog convert, thoroughly believing in the power of site management through wordpress. Since my love for wordpress was born, I made it a point to help others “see the light” and make the move over to ... More About: Blog
The End of an Era
2007-09-22 22:20:00 When the girl rock band I co-founded/fronted broke up in college, my friends said it was the end of an era. The feelings that surrounded the occurrence at the time were a mixture of sadness and relief all in one hard-to-distinguish package. Would it seem funny that I sort of feel the same ...
It?s hard to plan a trip when?
2007-09-18 14:23:00 ...your boss doesn't give you a start date. More About: Hard , Trip , Plan
Easy Money: CD Updates
2007-09-14 06:08:00 I just wanted to do a quick little update dealing with easy money. Remember those CD’s Brian and I stashed away last August (If not, that’s OK. You can read up on it here.)? They took a whole 10 minutes to set up at the bank and have been accumulating cash ever ... More About: Money , Updates , Easy
I can stop living a lie!
2007-09-06 05:09:00 I really had no idea that my secret plan to quit my job was such a burden. For months, well even a year, I have felt like I was living a lie. When my teamlead would ask me why I didn?t apply for our 2nd level team, I desperately avoided telling him it was because I didn?t see myself in this position much longer. Knowing I was a key player in the day-to-day work activities, but also knowing my heart wasn?t there, constantly made my soul tremble with a feeling of guilt. More About: Living , Stop
How to make your own travel website
2007-09-02 00:38:00 When I first started building oldsite, questions came rolling in as to how exactly it was done. Not being a typical format made it stand out a bit (just a little) amongst other travel sites. Oldsite was a bear, but also my baby, as I spent hours in front of the computer trying ... More About: Travel , Website , Make
Get your Skype on
2007-08-30 00:28:00 Using IP phone technology every day for work never gets old. Technology = love. I heart living in an age where so many opportunities are at my speedy little fingertips because of it. I may be traveling half-way around the world but keeping in touch with friends and family has never been easier. More About: Skype
My amazingly tiny and cute travel laptop!
2007-08-27 18:44:00 Now back to that oh-so-scandalous topic of "should I take my laptop with me around the world?" I have been a firm believer that travel styles may vary thus providing an ambiguous answer to this question. I personally feel that taking a laptop would be beneficial to my trip since I will need to be able to process RAW images from my camera and make videos from our video camera. Of course, these aren't necessary tasks, but they are tasks I feel would enhance my travel time significantly. More About: Cute , Travel , Laptop , Tiny
Land of Cheap Things
2007-08-26 17:28:00 Life is significantly less expensive back in Normal, Illinois. Sure, there are no big-city lights nearby to draw us in, but that’s a good thing when you’re still wanting to put some money in the bank. I feel as though I had finally gotten used to the sticker prices of New York making ... More About: Land , Things , Cheap
The same thing we do every night
2007-08-26 05:34:00 ...try to take over the world! I can't help but think about some of my favorite childhood cartoon characters, Pinky and the Brain, when I think about planning an RTW trip. The trip is a major feat in itself, but to take over the world?! I can't even imagine the kind of planning that would go into such a task! Luckily I'm just planning on passing through a couple of countries here and there, so my job should be easy, right? More About: Night , Thing
Start your engines!
2007-08-25 00:17:00 Riddle me this: Why do Brian & Brooke and a '93 Jeep Grand Cherokee go together like oil and water? Answer: This year has been plagued with car-tastrophy, starting with the "i feel like fish" car accident, continuing with the Sears oil change disaster, and reappearing with the most recent weekend from Hell! More About: Start , Engines
I dream of Geneva
More articles from this author:2007-08-10 21:33:00 Nothing official yet (yes, the suspense is killer), but I can say there is probably a pretty good chance that we'll be calling Geneva , Switzerland "home" next year. What do you think of that?! More About: Dream 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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