All Things Azores – ABC’s of Getting Around Azores

April 26, 2017

Whether you’re looking to hide away in a dormant volcano for the rest of your life or just an escape from your orange faced president, the Azores islands may just be your answer. To be honest, I had never heard of Azores before I booked a ticket here, it was merely a convenient layover on a cheap ticket I found to Porto. This volcanic archipelago is situated 1,500km from the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic ocean and if you’re currency is the Euro then you’ll find it very, very convenient to vacation here. Being a frugal language geek I’ve…

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Test Dummy Guide to Planning your Backpacking Escape

April 18, 2017 2 Comments

Have you pondered leaving all the dregs of life to go chase your pink dragons in foreign paradises. Lying I would be, if I said I wasn’t. If you’re like I was, working a full time job with hopes of escape in the future then you’re in good hands! I’ll hold your hand through the practice of planning your backpacking escape. I’m far from the first person to do this yet I’m shocked by all the people that say “I wish I could do that”. Hey you! You can do this, here’s how… Planning for Planlessness It’s taken years of planning for the future…

Narrative, Travel

Keep your tent close, keep your passport closer

August 17, 2016

You’ve all heard the horror stories, fiction or not, of someone travelling and getting robbed blind thousands of miles from home. I’ve heard the stories and I have my own to share. I’m writing this from my cell phone because I have nothing more efficient to write with anymore. What started as a trip to Poland to find the most affordable tent turned into an adventure to the black sea to see just how far I could hitchhike in nothing but sandals. Needless to say I made it, and needless to say I got robbed. This event had such an…

Culture & Immersion, Travel

The Immersed Lifestyle

May 18, 2016

Tourist, Traveler, Digital Nomad, marooned, me? Am I truly any one of these? I’ve had some time to try to figure out life since quitting my startup last January, floating around trying Ayahuasca in the jungle, Acid in the city and flying down mountain tops. I’ve left many people with a confused impression of what exactly I am, some sort of ______ (fill in the blank). To be truthful I don’t know which I am but I’ve realized I’m a disciple of the immersed lifestyle. What is the Immersed Lifestyle? It’s a lifestyle that is none of the above… Not exactly at least. I’m…

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Nida Lithuania and why you Must Go there

May 17, 2016 1 Comment

Nida Lithuania. Besides being the name of a pretty Lithuanian girl, she’s a lot more than that. Say that to any Lithuanian, or that you’re going there and you’ll be the envy of their eye. Not only is it the village in which my grandfather, Viktoras Miliunas, wrote his novels, it’s a part of my childhood. She’s a gem that won’t let you down when you visit her… Nida used to belong to Prussia since it was captured by the Teutonic knights around the mid 1200’s. Eventually after the second world war she was assigned to Lithuania. With that said Nida Lithuania has a look…

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Medellin Bucket List – Top 10 Activities

April 21, 2016 3 Comments

Whether you’re in it for the cocaine and hookers or the nature, fruit and pollution, Medellin has it all! Though I won’t tell you where the best prostitutes are, my Medellin bucket list is a slightly more Disney’fied Medellin bucket list with the best places to check out while you’re here. With that said I present… Parque ARVI Whether you decide to go up via the cable cars at the Acevedo metro station or take the Santa Elena bus up the hill, you’re bound for beauty! If you decide to go up via the cable cars, one option is to walk all the way towards Santa…

Culture & Immersion, Language, Travel

The Gua’s of Colombia

April 18, 2016 1 Comment

Guayabo, guayaba, guanabana-bana-bana… If you’re learning Spanish in Colombia, chances are you’re going to get into the rabbit hole of words that are about as similar to one another as a peach is to a nectarine. That’s what the gua’s of Colombian Spanish are to me. I’m partially writing this to help wrap my own head around this. With that being said, here are the gua’s.

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Protected: This is where you buy plants in Medellin

April 5, 2016

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Exotic Fruit of Medellin and Where to Find

March 23, 2016 1 Comment

Gawwd, yet another post on the fruit of Colombia? Yea ’cause all the other ones are missing fruit! Both being a fruit obsessed gringo who’s lived in both Barranquilla and Medellín nearly 5 months I’ve search and come across some fruit that make you wonder what mother nature was thinking when it thought these up.

Culture & Immersion, Travel

Explain Lithuania to Me

February 25, 2016

Ever feel like just saying “I’m from ______ (insert city)” doesn’t get across what that city means to you? Living in Medellín I get asked from which large piece of dirt I originate and I don’t know whether to answer them United States or Lithuania. There’s the country I originated from, and the country I would have came from if it weren’t for war and communism (I technically had to prove that to earn my Lithuanian citizenship). How do I explain Lithuania? Don’t get me wrong, I love the USA and the opportunities she’s given me for 25 years. Likewise, I’ve always had…