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How to Do Oktoberfest on a Budget 2022: Travel Guide & Tips

June 12, 2022 By John Widmer 54 Comments

receiving a lowenbrau liter of beer, which costs 10.30 euro and is a great way to enjoy Oktoberfest on a budget

So you want to go to Oktoberfest but are realizing how expensive it’s going to be in 2022? You’ve come to the right place. This post has all the tips and resources to help get you to Munich’s Oktoberfest for cheap! Munich’s Oktoberfest is one of those quintessential travel experiences […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Beers Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Europe, Germany

Haro Wine Festival Review + How to Prepare for Haro Wine Battle 2022

May 25, 2022 By John Widmer 50 Comments

During Spain's Haro Wine Battle, a man dumps red wine all over the crowd during this annual festival

The Haro Wine Battle is an annual event that takes place in the La Rioja province of Spain. Known locally as Batalla del Vino or San Vino, this Haro wine festival is centered around a wine fight that occurs in the wee morning hours. It’s during this wine battle that […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Spain

Wine Tasting in Bordeaux on a Budget: Travel Guide

February 4, 2020 By John Widmer 37 Comments

wine tasting Chateau D’Arsac wine cellar

Bordeaux, France is an exciting European city to indulge in the region’s delicious namesake wine. Yet frugal travelers may be leery of the ability to experience Bordeaux on a budget. So is Bordeaux expensive? Whether talking about Bordeaux wine itself or a trip to this fascinating city, yes Bordeaux certainly […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Destination Guides, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, France

How to Take a Day Trip from Bordeaux to Saint Emilion, France

May 17, 2019 By John Widmer 41 Comments

Saint Emilion behind vineyards

The medieval village and Unesco World Heritage Site of Saint Emilion, France, is a fantastic full day trip to take from Bordeaux. St Emilion is located approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Bordeaux, so its proximity makes for an enchanting activity to pursue while in Bordeaux. It’s easily possible to […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Eating Around the World, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Europe, France

Top 20 Travel Experiences of 2015

February 4, 2016 By John Widmer 28 Comments

hiking on a trail in patagonia argentina towards the fitz roy mountain

This unprecedented second year of non-stop travel has brought us roaming around six different continents and 27 different countries for a total of over 65,000 miles while completely circumnavigating the globe. We’re often asked about our favorite places, which is difficult to pin down because each country we visit has […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Europe, Germany, Malaysia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Slovenia, Thailand

Our Top 20 Worst Travel Moments of 2015

January 17, 2016 By John Widmer 10 Comments

rear view mirror in New Zealand

The end of 2015 also marked the end of our second very full year of travel. What a year it’s been! We managed to accomplish our goal of circumnavigating the globe. Throughout that journey we traveled across six continents while having some great experiences on each of them! But when […]

Filed Under: Misadventures Around the World, Blogs Tagged With: Africa, Argentina, Asia, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Europe, Hungary, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South America, Thailand

Monthly Travel Update: From Oktoberfest to Fort Lauderdale by Land & Sea

November 11, 2015 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

October 2015 Route map from Oktoberfest to Fort Lauderdale

This past month of travel took us from landlocked Central Europe all the way to Fort Lauderdale, FL USA without taking a single flight. October was a jam-packed month of travel taking us 6,823 miles on this whirlwind escapade from camping out during the final days of Munich’s Oktoberfest, to a […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs Tagged With: Belgium, Europe, Germany, Slovenia, USA

Not-So-Monthly Travel Update: From Middle East to Middle Europe

September 30, 2015 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Route map from dover, england to tampa florida

As we’re about to disconnect from stable Internet for nearly the next month, we figured that now would be a most opportune time to give a quick travel update since our last not-so-monthly update from back in August having just left the Philippines! Now we’ve been roaming around the world on this non-stop […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs Tagged With: Africa, Croatia, Egypt, Europe, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, UAE

How To Find Last Minute Oktoberfest Accommodation & Transportation

September 5, 2015 By John Widmer 24 Comments

Update: If you came here looking for last-minute Oktoberfest accommodation, be sure to check out our comprehensive travel guide to this year’s Oktoberfest. Find our big follow-up post here: Oktoberfest on a Budget 2018. As we wind down our second year of nonstop travel, we’re stoked to be going to […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Germany

Month #11 Travel Update: Roaming Around Greece and Crossing the Atlantic

November 17, 2014 By John Widmer 8 Comments

Route map from Turkey to Greece to Spain to Florida with photos & pictures

During the past 30 days, only 20 of them were spent on land, yet we somehow managed to roam around four different continents during this past month of travels! These last 30 days were also unique in that overwater travel became our primary means of transportation, as we didn’t use a […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Europe, Greece, Spain, Update

Month #10 Update: Roaming Around Romania & Turkey

October 16, 2014 By John Widmer 5 Comments

Flat island near Fethiye

Another month is in the books. On October 11, we actually marked 300 days of consecutive travel! We were really happy to celebrate this milestone here in Turkey, as it’s been one of our favorite countries so far. And while 300 days have gone by, it still feels like we’ve […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Europe, Romania, Turkey

Budget Travel Cappadocia: A Guide to Goreme, Turkey

October 7, 2014 By John Widmer 29 Comments

Budget Travel Cappadocia Turkey Guide

Cappadocia is such an incredible area with so much to offer. We found it difficult to narrow down the top things to do in Cappadocia on a budget. We did manage to uncover some really great value here while still having incredible experiences. You can have a very budget-friendly Cappadocia experience with a […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Turkey

Month #9 Update of Roaming Around the World

September 19, 2014 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Has it really been nine months now? Where does the time go? We’re not sure, but here’s where it went over the last 30 days… Month 9 Stats: Countries visited: 5 Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Romania City-to-City transport segments: 17 Trains: 7 Boats: 0 Busses: 10 Miles traveled: […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates Tagged With: Czech Republic, Europe, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine

Our Ukraine Vacation: Part 1: Why We Went and Arriving to Ukraine

September 10, 2014 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Many people have been scratching their heads and wondering why the heck we’ve ventured into Ukraine while the country is in the middle of the largest conflict of its young history. Friends, relatives, and followers of this blog have all expressed concerns for our safety and well-being. So we felt […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Misadventures Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Ukraine

Our Ukraine Vacation: Part 2: Is Ukraine Safe for Travel?

September 10, 2014 By John Widmer 4 Comments

You can find Part 1 – Why We Traveled to Ukraine During a Time of Conflict – here. Is Ukraine Safe for Travel? The short answer: yes, most of Ukraine is actually quite safe for travel. The situation currently unfolding in Ukraine is the first time since World War II […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Ukraine

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