Slomad Journeys

When we started telling people we planned to quit our jobs, sell our house, find remote jobs, and move abroad, they had questions...When did you decide to do this? How will you make a living? What will you do with all your stuff? Will you ever move back home? The truth is I've had wanderlust since childhood. When I was five years old my father started leading trips as a chaperone for People-to-People International. Soon after, my mother joined him as a co-chaperone. Every sum

Is it weird that I enjoy doing laundry now? And I don't just mean popping a load in the washer and then moving it to the dryer 45 minutes later. I mean hand washing items and hanging them on a line to dry in the sun. We do have a washing machine in our rental now, but last year in Mexico, we didn't. We either had to walk to a laundromat with duffle bags full of clothes and towels, or we could hand wash items in the concrete basin in our patio. The basin had a faucet and built

Standing in your closet and trying to decide what to bring with you on a long or even indefinite trip around the world can be overwhelming. This image is AI generated How many options do I need? Will it be really cold or hot where I'm going? What if I want to spend time in a totally different climate? How much can I squeeze in under the weight limit? Should I pay to ship it all? All of these questions and more wracked my brain as I started the packing process for our Digital

Two Months as Digital Nomads in Greece After getting settled in Greece, it's time for some unfiltered reflection... We have explored beautiful places, made new friends, and struggled with housing and visa woes. Here's the reality behind the scenic posts. The Good Social Scene After just a few weeks in Chania (Han-ya), Crete, we were already plugged into the digital nomad community here. There are 20+ WhatsApp chat groups with themes from Board Games to Hiking, Cooking and Spo

Tasting platter and 8 types of honey provided at Idiosmos, in the village of Pervolakia, Crete Crete is a huge island with a diverse agricultural industry. The geography creates multiple microclimates which yield a wide range of produce and products from olives and honey to kiwi and avocados. They even grow bananas and pineapples in the southeast! Our tasting tour in the Chania region focused on: Olive Oil, Cheese, Bread, Honey, and Wine. First stop: Vouves Village- Home of t

Stunning...Other-worldly. These are the only words I can use to describe the unique beaches we visited in the past two weeks. Crete is a huge island with 650 miles of coastline and boasts many notable and beaches. Elafonissi (el-a-fo-nee-see) Beach and Balos Beach are perhaps two of the most famous beaches on the island; well-known for their remarkable shallow waters and expansive lagoons that are so shallow you can frolic endlessly in their shin-height waters. We took day tr