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After a few days in Goa, India and then almost two months backpacking through Asia, I was starting to get tired. I wasn’t sure I wanted to head back to the busy, overwhelming, poverty stricken India that started our trip. However, the last week of our mega-adventure had a […]

Two Days In New Delhi

This entry was posted in Asia Destinations India Travel Tips on July 17, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

10 Tips On Daily Life in Europe That Will Help You Enjoy Your Trip Like a Local For many people, visiting somewhere in Europe is on the top of bucket list. Rightfully so, considering there is so much culture, heritage and history all packed into about half the size of the US. You […]

Insider Tips on European Travel

This entry was posted in Europe Travel Tips on July 15, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Travel Hacking for Beginners Andy and I started Travel Hacking about five years ago. I’ll never forget him saying, “I want to start getting credit cards to earn miles to travel.” And me saying “NO WAY!” I (thought I) knew about credit cards, credit scores and debt and this had […]

Are Free Flights Possible? A Beginner’s Guide to Travel Hacking

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking Travel Tips and tagged budget travel credit cards travel hacking on July 14, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Polish Pottery in Bolesławiec — [This site may contain affiliate links. We at EE thank you for supporting our site so that the mere pennies we make from these links can go towards maybe having enough to buy a polish pottery spoon or other tiny and cheap pottery] I’m not going to lie; before moving to […]

Polish Pottery Shopping in Boleslawiec: The ins, outs and everything ...

This entry was posted in Europe Personal Travel Adventures Poland Travel Tips and tagged Boleslawiec polish pottery on July 13, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

There are some countries and places that you visit and you just know you have to go back to see more of it. Croatia, while sorely overlooked by most travelers, is one of these places. In fact, we have been to Croatia on two separate trips because it is […]

Best Places to Visit In Croatia

This entry was posted in Croatia Travel Tips and tagged dubrovnik plitvice pula split zagreb on June 29, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Plitvice Lakes — When people decide to travel to Europe, they often go for the big bucket list items like London, Barcelona and Rome. While I would never tell someone NOT to travel, I would argue that most of our favorite European gems don’t come from the over-hyped big cities like Paris. Granted, […]

Croatia Travel; What to know before going

This entry was posted in Croatia Travel Tips and tagged dubrovnik plitvice on June 29, 2015 by LeAnna Brown