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4 Websites We Checked To Get $131 Airfare from Los Angeles to London
Before we started on our journey to France, we had to buy some airline tickets. We got a smoking deal on our flight. $131 to fly straight from Los Angeles to London England. We could hardly believe it ourselves, until we booked it, double checked our seat reservations, printed everything and even called AirFrance on [...]
A Day of Rain and Doves
Today started off with a little clouds, but that never stops us from enjoying the warmth of the sea breezes here on the French Riviera. So, since we’re starting to adjust to the extremely slow French life, we went for a little stroll around town.
We returned after lunch to continue with the [...]
First Days in Our New French Home
The past few days have been a mix of wonderful and completely annoying. The annoying parts have been the lack of internet connection. Even though Tilly isn’t an internet-aholic like I am, even she finds being without the internet a major problem as we travel.
How do you find your way? What’s going [...]
This Week’s Adventures
A few of you who have been enjoying Tilly’s writings have asked when I was going to write next. Well, I don’t want to disappoint, so thanks for putting the pressure on.
Honestly, Tilly and I get stressed out at different times for different reasons which will help keep this blog up to date. [...]
Packing and Traveling
The past few days have been kinda crazy, as we mentioned. But, the time is coming. At the time of this writing, the ticker on the side says 5 days and 7 hours left.
Today, Tilly is returning home from the Seattle area. Today the world becomes right again. It’s been [...]
It’s Getting Crazier By The Minute
As you can see by the countdown timer it’s getting close. We’re almost into the single digit days left as I write this post.
The past few days have been rather eventful. Tilly quit her job (I’m still not sure why she hasn’t posted here yet… prod her to post, please) and started packing [...]
Zappos.com: Our Travel Shoe Sponsor
Our wonderful friends at Zappos.com are sponsoring our travels with free shoes. We excitedly received them today and after bouncing around the apartment, finally opened up the box and tried them on.
Here’s what they look like:
Why A Shoe Sponsor?
I’ll keep this simple and straightforward… because we will be walking a ton. My shoes [...]
The Official Welcome
We just returned home from our 14 day “Goodbye Tour” around Oregon and Washington, saying “ciao” and to our close friends and family. Today I’ve posted the first of many videos on our European travel plans and adventures. Enjoy.
Official Welcome: Traveling Europe from nate ritter on Vimeo.
Additionally, we’ve officially been accepted into France [...]
Portland Oregon and Port Townsend Washington
Before we hit the road with our backpacks, we had to leave some serious tire treads stateside. We left our home in San Diego on Thursday, drove 23 hours and stopped in Cannon Beach, Oregon for lunch the next day.
Our Mini Cooper led the way until we came upon a few [...]
Unbelievable Flight to Europe Travel Deal!
I’m not one to usually make a big deal out of travel deals. But this one I had to mention. We’ve been searching for flights to Europe and found one that will expire on March 11th, 2008. The unbelievably priced flight to Europe from Los Angeles is via Air France for $131! [...]
