The coffee plant, known scientifically as Coffea arabica, is native to the Ethiopian highlands in East Africa. There, locals had known about the coffee bean for centuries and used it in different ways before it became a drink. But the real transformation of coffee as we know it today happened in Yemen. By the fifteenth…
Content creation is art. I think recently I’ve been struggling a lot with posting because I feel like now it’s an expectation I have for my self, for the algorithm, to keep my account active and visible to everyone. But content creation really should be a form of creative expression. I was looking at my…
A beautiful park with nice hikes and lake views on the Texas Oklahoma border. The park, Eisenhower State Park, is named after US president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was born in Denison, Texas, just a few miles from here. The park is a 1 to 1.5 hour drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (depending on…
Sometimes the best travel moments are the simple ones. On the way from Rotorua to Wellington, we stopped in Taupo for a quick break. We got toasties from a tiny place by the lake called Stir Cafe, then ate them while watching the waves (and fighting off seagulls). Now a bit about the name Taupo…
If you’re a Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit fan, visiting Hobbiton is an absolute must and honestly even if you’re not a fan, the scenery alone is still worth it. Here’s what to expect when visiting the movie set: What to know: Enjoy!
If you end up in Jacksonville, Florida, here is a very short list of some places to visit: Beaches: Jax beach, Atlantic beach, Neptune beach, Mickler’s landing Parks: Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park Shopping/food: Beaches Town Center, Riverside Arts Market Bonus: Day trip to St. Augustine (very worth it) Have a…
Hidden in plain sight between Jacksonville’s city skyline and the Atlantic coast is something ancient: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. At 46,000 acres, this park is slightly bigger than my house and protects salt marshes, forests and most importantly the stories of the Timucua people. They lived here for thousands of years and traveled these…
A long time ago, before theme parks and Florida man headlines, there was San Agustín, the first European city in the continental US. Founded in 1565 by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés at a time when Spain, France and England were all arguing (violently) for power in “La Florida”, which included basically everything from today’s Florida…
Don’t stress about travel. You can’t always go wherever you want or do everything you want – but you’ll always have the simple things (for now, until they also make those a subscription only service). This is your reminder to just look up. Watch the sky at sunset, go cloud watching, enjoy the incredibly life…