We are still catching up on our blogging from Australia and Singapore, even though we are already in Thailand. So, here is a review of two road trips we made from Sydney before we headed up to Cairns to see the Great Barrier Reef. We actually missed a ridiculously hot day in Sydney (when the … More Side Trips From Sydney

Sydney was our first stop in Australia. It is the largest city in Australia, and is actually the largest in all of Oceania. It proved to be a very cosmopolitan city, and while we were in the Central Business District I could have been convinced I was standing in downtown New York City. One great … More Down Under in Sydney

We just arrived in Singapore after spending almost three weeks “down under” traveling through Australia.  We will have several posts coming about our Aussie experiences, but I decided to start with this post on a food topic. While we were in Melbourne near the end of our Australian travels, I had the opportunity to buy … More The Other Red Meat

We have fallen a little behind on blogging, so some catch up is in order. A few days before Christmas we left Maui and finally started the international part of our voyage. After a long but tolerable flight, we arrived in Auckland, New Zealand.  We actually arrived the next day because we crossed the International … More First Week in New Zealand

After spending almost the entirety of November back home in New Jersey, we flew to Hawaii and escaped all that early snow in the Northeast (sorry neighbors).  We spent last week on Oahu, the most populous and commercial of the Hawaiian Islands. Rather than spend our time in the most touristy areas of Honolulu or … More Hawaii – Oahu

Before we set off on our travels, Julie made a request (demand) that we travel to Florida so she could visit Clearwater Marine Aquarium and see Winter the dolphin. For more on that, see her recent post. Visiting Florida also meant a stop in Orlando so the kids could see the Wizarding World of Harry … More Florida Golf is for the Birds

After a lot of driving past cattle ranches and sagebrush, we finally reached the Pacific Northwest! We made it to Oregon a few days back and of course that meant we had reached one of the places in our country that has been at the forefront of the craft beer movement. It also meant stops … More From Beer to Fraternity* a.k.a. Beer No. 5

From the beginning of our travels I have been eagerly anticipating arriving at the National Parks in the Western U.S.  However, to get there you have to deal with a lot of driving across some pretty boring places.  One of those places is South Dakota.  No disrespect meant, but it’s pretty dull. However, if you … More Yes, It’s a Little Corny