You can quite literally clash with someone from another country when you greet one another. Oh the awkwardness! This kind of thing seems to keep happening to me! So, what on earth am I talking about? This...this is...
10 Tips To Be A Tourist In Your Hometown
You have no excuse not to have a new adventure! Take full advantage of what is close by and have new experiences no matter where you are. Whether you feel the need to take a staycation this year or...
Becoming An Expat: The Anxiety, Adjusting, and Adventures
Becoming an expat is my first big adventure and is the first time I have done anything bold. It was also the first time I wanted something so bad that it pained me. That feeling drove me, it...
Top 5 Free Travel Apps
Traveling can be hard to plan and stressful to do if you aren’t organized. Add that to all of the logistical and cultural differences you'll encounter, and you need some help to make life a little easier. Remember when...
One Decade. A Travel Story. A Love Story.
[caption id="attachment_750" align="aligncenter" width="378"] 2005 in Munich, Germany[/caption] A decade. 10 years. It can feel like a long time or such a short time depending on your life. Sean wrote why he travels and I wrote a post...
Dangerous Sweets of Amsterdam
It’s pretty well known among my friends and family that I have a sweet tooth. A big one in fact. And my love of sweets is universal. In fact, my list of sweet treats includes: cupcakes, chocolates, macarons,...
Ringing in 2015 with a BOOM!
New Years Eve in Amsterdam...we had no idea what to expect! On many occasions we were told that the Dutch love their fireworks, and hearing them go off randomly for a few days leading up to NYE proved...
5 Things You’ll Need to be an Expat
When we thought about moving abroad to Amsterdam we first had to first figure out how it would be legally possible. Then we had to figure out the processes and logistics of it all. Nobody’s experiences are ever...
Inspirational (and Practical) Travel Blogs to Read in 2015
We don’t just write a blog, we love to read them! Everyone has their favorites and in the brief time that we have been working on A Wanderlust For Life, we have found a few travel blogs that...
Our First Christmas Abroad
There’s a first for everything that happens. Since we just moved to Amsterdam this summer, this was our first Christmas abroad. We are just starting to settle in, so a flight back to the United States was...