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After both spending four years at law jobs in the States, we decided to pick up and travel around the world last October in search of adventure and whatever else comes our way. We plan to be abroad until summer of 2009. If you want to subscribe to this blog, you can click on the blue "Subscribe" button below, and you'll get an email when we post something new.

We've decided to divide the labor on this blog. Eric (Jub) will do most of the writing and Anna will handle the pictures and editing. Please drop us a line if you have ideas or tips for us as we travel along. We love hearing from you. Cheers!

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By Jub and Anna
July 1st 2009

Heading North for a Taste of the Baltics Europe » Latvia

Fields of Latvia

Greetings! Since last writing, we've returned home to reality, but we are determined to finish our blog entries ... so here we go. From Chisinau, we caught a cheap flight to the northern Baltic outpost of Riga, Latvia. Riga's reputation as a destination for British stag parties precedes it, so we weren't alarmed when we arrived in Old Town to the sounds of drunken raucousness. Indeed, the mayor has recently threatened to kick stag parties out of town after a string of “urinating on the Riga Freedom Monument” incidents, which, given the history of the country is completely [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
June 29th 2009

Transylvania and Surrounds: More Sunny Than Spooky Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Brasov » Brasov

Braids and ribbons
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Greetings! From Istanbul we caught a night train north to Bulgaria. We nursed a bottle of Raki (Turkish Ouzo) with our cabin mates before nodding off, only to be woken by border guards at 3 a.m. and told we needed to walk to the far end of the station to have our passports stamped. As we exited, the conductor pulled Jub aside, stuffed 15 Euros in his pocket, and asked for three cartons of cigarettes from the duty free store. So after getting his stamp, Jub headed to the store, but realized the conductor hadn't specified a brand. No big deal; [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
June 23rd 2009

A Too-Short Trip to Turkey Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

The Blue Mosque
Istanbul

Greetings! Our time in Turkey was far too brief. Having only a few weeks to explore a country that is worthy of months, we chose to stick to two highlights: Istanbul and Cappadocia. In the end, we were glad to have seen two very different sides of Turkey, but are definitely planning another trip to Turkey sometime in our future to give the country its due. When we touched down, spring had sprung and Istanbul was chockablock with blooming cherry trees, tulips and lilacs. Judging from the plastic masks worn by every single airport worker and the dirty looks we received [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
June 15th 2009

Five Days in Jerusalem Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem

Greetings; and apologies for the delay, but Jub was sending out cover letters this past week. Oh, is that you, Reality? From Jordan, we crossed over the King Hussein Bridge into Israel. In the preceding two months, we'd interacted with basically zero working women, since almost all the waiters, store and hotel clerks in India, Egypt, and Jordan were male. This made for an interesting contrast when our bus rolled up to the border, and two heavily armed 20-year old women from the Israeli army came on board to inspect our passports--in fact, the entire border-crossing was conducted by wome [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
May 19th 2009

Jordan: The Real Land of Smiles Middle East » Jordan » South » Petra

Petra corner

Greetings! Here's the lowdown on our week in Jordan, the most pleasant surprise of our trip thus far--particularly since it wasn't even on our original itinerary. We arrived in Jordan via ferry across the Red Sea, landing at the Port of Aqaba with several dozen Christian package tourists (the "Christ Died for Your Sins" t-shirts and reading aloud of biblical passages re: the parting of said sea were the giveaways) who were all quickly shuttled through immigration and onto waiting buses before the port officials finally stamped our passports, and we headed outside to a parking lot devoid [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
May 11th 2009

A Whirlwind Tour Through Egypt Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

First glimpse of the pyramids
As seen from the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo

Greetings! Finally peeling ourselves away from India, we landed in Cairo anxious to see what Egypt had in store for us. The plan was to meet up with Anna's parents and Bestafar (grandfather) for a trip up the Nile and then to hit Dahab on the Sinai peninsula for a week or so of relaxation and diving. Touching down, the Cairo airport provided an early introduction to the concept of baksheesh, one that would become intimately familiar by the end of our time in Egypt. We watched as those "in the know" pushed their way into the "diplomatic queue" in the [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
May 2nd 2009

From the Golden Temple to Points South: Our Last Week in India Asia » India » Punjab » Amritsar

Running across the hot concrete
Tibetans at the Mysore Palace

Greetings! "India: Week Four" was a frantic but ultimately successful effort to visit the country's far north and south before catching a flight to Egypt (although we weren't able to squeeze in a trip to Indian's northeast, the Bollywood version of which looks awesome in this clip, our favorite song from our time in India). Our first stop was Amritsar, up near the border with Pakistan, to visit the Golden Temple--the holiest site in the Sikh religion. Amritsar itself was nothing special, but the te [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
April 19th 2009

Further Adventures in Rajasthan Asia » India » Rajasthan » Udaipur

Dancing Woman
Udaipur

Greetings - After three fun, frenetic weeks in India, our only problem was food related . . . we were both starting to put on weight from all the dirt cheap and delicious curry, dahl, and nan. Here's the lowdown on week three, which we spent in Rajasthan. Our first stop was Udaipur. We arrived somewhat weary from our sprint west, so we were happy to learn that one of the big attractions in town is watching the sun set over the imperial edifices of the small city's central, man-made lake. During our three nights in town we tried all the [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
March 31st 2009

Rushing Towards Rajasthan: India Week Two Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra

The Taj at sunset

Greetings - Three weeks in and we are still loving India, which keeps finding new ways to awe us and keep us on our toes. On day eight, we flew from Varanasi to Khajuraho, where we spent the afternoon exploring around--and blushing at--the town's two dozen eleventh century erotic temples. The original inspiration for the three tiered, two-foot high carvings chiseled into Khajuraho's fleet of red sandstone temples has been lost to history (or so we learned while listening to an audio tour on early 80's Casio Walkmans before Anna's ate her tape), but the stunning, deeply-recessed images [View Full Entry]

By Jub and Anna
March 23rd 2009

And Now For Something Completely Different: Our First Week in India Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

A doorway near a Jain Temple
Old Town, Delhi

Greetings! India is intense. And awesome. (And way more interesting to blog about than the week we spent recovering from the flu in Yangshuo and Hong Kong). We knew we were going to like India on our way in from the Delhi airport, when the long haul trucks we passed were all decorated to the hilt with painted flowers and Hindu Gods, streamers, stickers, and colored tape swirled around their bumpers. Really, the only thing that hasn't exceeded our expectations since we arrived is that we didn't see a single cow for three full days -- this, when we had prepared [View Full Entry]

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