In August 2025, we spent 5 days in Vienna, Austria to celebrate the amazing Marion and Yannis’s marriage. Transportation & Accommodations We took hopper flights from Athens, Greece and Heathrow, London on the front and backends of the trip. As for the seats on Austrian Air and EasyJet, these were very small for people taller …
This piece was written in May 2026 and never published. I then had to cancel my international summer travel plans, due to symptoms related my brain. My next trip abroad is Japan 2027. Look at a study abroad brochure in college and book a flight to Vietnam? Yup. Live in the old medina of Morocco …
While my classic tone on where’s wallock is one of wonder, awe, play and joy, this piece will take you in a different direction. I forgot to write about this new-to-me magnificent country, Croatia. The trip was such a quick whirlwind that I almost forgot I’d been there! I went on a work retreat bike …
Your local’s guide to skiing in Queenstown, New Zealand on an epic ski trip. Having lived in 3 ski towns internationally and with over 300 days on snow, I’m an experienced snowboarder with 7 ski seasons of experience across 15 resorts in the US and in New Zealand. As shown in the images below from …
All good ideas come on hikes, right? Right. A friend and I headed down to Te Anau to hike up to Lake Marian, pictured below. I was having an especially difficult period while living in Queenstown, and we wanted to get out of town for the weekend. As we reached the summit of the hike, …
Year 3 of Bolder Boulder, I wanted to try a different approach that included my passion for high-altitude running, fitness, friends and fun. What race do you know of that’s a political protest, Memorial Day tribute, bellydance extravaganza, local business showcase, and slip-n-slide party? That’d be Bolder Boulder! And the event is even sponsored by …
I saw a photo of a girl I vaguely knew on Facebook, Jav, rocking a bright blue cap with a huge smile strewn across her face. The page she was tagged on was called, Mt. Sanitas Mad Hatter Project – Random Acts of Kindness. The description reads: In 2025, Curtis Jones began to give out …
Cross-posted with my friends at Trail Sisters I’ve been running for 10 years, but I do not call myself a runner. I am a trained dancer. I am a hiker. I am a snowboarder and mountain athlete. But I am definitely not a runner. I don’t track my times, know my pace or know any …