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La Feria de las Flores de Medellín 2024

August 3 – 11, 2024. We love a good festival! And lucky us, we were in Medellín for one of Colombia’s biggest festivals, La Feria de las Flores. The first Feria de las Flores was held in 1957 to celebrate…

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Pride and Pickpocketing

The Metro was packed. It was Sunday afternoon, and we were heading to our first cultural event with our Spanish School in Medellín. At our stop, the majority of the passengers poured out. We stayed with the flow, funneling one…

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Nomad Life Nov & Dec 2023 & CDMX Expenses

November started out special. Greg’s mom, Dossie, had mentioned visiting Brevard College where she and Perry first met. So on the first of November, we all hopped into the car, including Dossie’s miniature longhaired dachshund, Penny, and drove a few…

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Oaxaca de Juárez

January 27 – May 23, 2023. On our last morning in Puebla, we woke up early at our urban camping spot on the street in front of the tourist police building.  As we pulled away and drove through the downtown…

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Lava, Glaciers, and a Parade

June 28 – July 1, 2022. We finally felt like we were making headway to Alaska after we left Vancouver Island and disembarked from the BC Ferry. But of course, we still couldn’t resist taking a few detours along the…

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