Before starting our trip I exercised regularly with a mix of running, tennis, pilates, yoga, and weight-training classes. I wanted to continue a routine as we traveled. I wasn’t sure what exercising with no equipment for a long period of time would look like, and when I tried to find information online there wasn’t much…
Month: April 2020
Locked-Down with Sheep
Daniel and I have been in rural England for the last three weeks, and we plan on staying here until it becomes easier to travel. When we realized that quarantine was imminent, we decided to go someplace rural where we’d have more space and an easier time avoiding others. We’re staying in the area between…
Packing for a Year of Tavel
One of the biggest things to figure out before we started our trip was what things to bring with us, how much, and how to carry it all. We started with the goal of traveling without any checked baggage which meant a single suitcase and personal item each. I wanted to be reasonably comfortable in…
Road Trip though England
When Daniel and I were in London we decided to take a road trip through the country. We both saw the writing on the wall and realized that, like Italy, the UK was probably headed towards lockdown. Neither of us wanted to get stuck in London, so we decided to get a car, head to…
London: A Totally Unplanned Stay
Daniel and I ended up in England unexpectedly, when we had to catch a last-minute flight out of Italy when the country went on coronavirus lockdown and the PM ordered non-residents to leave. Because of the unplanned nature of our arrival, we didn’t have any plans for what to do, and had only booked one…