We stayed in Istanbul for five weeks, and of course put off seeing the big tourist sights until the very last day. One of those sights was the Blue Mosque, and in this image I captured with my digital camera, you get a bit of insight into how the Blue Mosque got its name. Oh …
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An Ardennes Road Trip Chapter 2: Luxembourg
Post riverfront pastry fest, we pulled back into the budget hotel’s parking lot around 11:58, just in time for a noon checkout. “No big deal, we’ve got this. Done it a million times.” I told Julia. We ran into a teeny-tiny problem as we tried to walk back in to the hotel, though. The security …
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Travelly Picture: Marlborough, New Zealand Winery
After consuming copious amounts of Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand over the years, I figured it would be fun for us to volunteer on a winery in Marlborough when we were in New Zealand a couple years back. You see those nets on the grapes? It was our job to put those on using these …
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An Ardennes Road Trip Chapter 1: Givet, France
One of the caveats of the super cheap car rental deal we found was that the pick-up location was on the outskirts of Amsterdam. As a result, the Ardennes road trip began in a town called Hoofddorp, Holland. We actually spent our first week on Dutch soil last year in Hoofddorp, so it was nice …
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Travelly Picture: Clervaux, Luxembourg
This week’s travelly picture of the week was actually taken, um, today, as during our Ardennes road trip, we came across this cool looking little town called Clervaux. We were driving down this steep hill and then all of the sudden there she was. Clervaux reminded me of a real life Christmas village or something and I just …
Pregame Report: Ardennes Road Trip
Kickoff: Febraury 3-5, 2015. Site: The Ardennes How We Got Here: Remember when I said we were 99% sure we were going to Normandy during the first week of February? Well, um, yeah. I will spare you the goriest of the details, but let’s just say they involve an ugly incident with a car rental …
Travelly Picture: Ek Balam Ruins, Mexico
We spent a few weeks travelling around Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, and seeing the Ek Balam ruins were without a doubt one of the highlights. We got to the Ek Balam ruins late in the afternoon and had the place pretty much to ourselves. This was the view from the top of some ancient something or …
Seein’ The States: Arches National Park, Utah
I guess it’s predictable, but living abroad has totally made me appreciate travelling in the U.S.A. way more than I used to. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I’ve never met a road trip I didn’t like driving 10 hours for, and as a result, I’ve definitely seen my fair share of America’s crown jewels …
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Travelly Picture: Langkawi Island, Malaysia
In addition to figuring out where we are going to travel this year, one thing I’ve also decided early on here in 2015 is that I want to try and stick to a more regular posting schedule here on worldwide Scott (please note the fact that I have spelled worldwide with lower case letters and …
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Where We Want To Go in 2015
Well, the dust has finally settled on the holidays and 2015 is definitely in full swing here in Amsterdam. It may have taken a bit longer for the dust to settle here compared to most places though, but we got there. Why? Well, the Amsterdam air was full of powder and particulate from the, like, …