After the obligatory stop at the corny Corn Palace, we were on Interstate 90 crossing South Dakota. There’s a really nice rest area and free interpretive center in Chamberlain, SD overlooking the Missouri River that we have stopped at on a number of trips. This time there was something new. A beautiful 50 foot statue…
In 2017 we decided to revisit some of the parks we had enjoyed on our first trip together back in 2008. This felt appropriate as I was 7 months pregnant with our child and it seemed like a good way to celebrate this chapter in our lives. And I REALLY wanted some good frybread tacos.…
Don’t road trip with a woman that is 7 months pregnant. It will quickly devolve into a tour of EVERY rest stop along your route and lots of food stops. And she blocks out the scenery in the photos.
AJ must post her shame… Someone ordered me a trippel after I’d already had a double and a single. And then we had to catch the train to Amsterdam. I’d like to extend my apologies to anyone who was on the 17:32 train from Brugges to Antwerp. The drunken american woman wearing a dalek T-shirt…
The Jackalope wanted me to share these since he wasn’t allowed in to see for himself.
I just experienced the best taxi ride ever. He was super excited about life in general, very happy, very positive, gave us beer or Pepsi and called the van his baby. It was a lovely ride (air conditioning!!!) + a free beer + super friendly happy taxi driver = awesome. “I smile all the time…
I’ve been seeing advertisements for a beer festival in Paphos. €6 to get in + a pint included. So of course I had to go. They had some nice dancing earlier (teenage girls, a bit embarrassing) and now there is a DJ who is actually pretty good. I’m drinking a Blackthorn Cider which I’m told…
They had a festival in the village tonight. We went to eat, which was a Greek catered meal on big tables spread in what I think would best be described as a village common in front of the church. Excellent food, but I can’t pronounce any of it. Greek salad, lamb, potatoes, hummus, olives, chicken,…
Everyone else was hungover on our day off, (including the lil’ope) so I had to go exploring on my own. So, I took the bus down to Paphos and headed to see the Paphos Mosaics. They are incredible and took my breath away. I was trekking up the hill and even though it was only…
Our dig team is divided in to 3 teams of 3 "students" each and each team is responsible for breakfast and lunch food set up, clear away and "household" cleaning twice a week with responsibility to cook dinner once a week. Our night was Sunday. An Arkansan, a Cypriot and a Manchesturian walk in to…