Uzbekistan: A Silk Road Adventure

Sometime over a year ago, my parents and I decided that we wanted to do some additional travel when they came to visit me.  Thus was born our plan to travel across Uzbekistan.  Well, we actually had come up with the idea in 2013, but it wasn’t until now that we finally managed to get visas and hop on a plane into the capital, Tashkent to start our adventure. Continue reading “Uzbekistan: A Silk Road Adventure”

Winter Trip Part 1: Getting To Prague

So, as you probably deduced by the combination of my absence, the holidays, and my most recent post, The Way Home, I went on a bit of a winter vacation! I planned this just under a year ago when my Peace Corps assignment became finalized in order to give myself something to look forward to over the first eight months of my service, and it was a great way to stay positive and motivated. I saw a fair bit more than I can cover in just a single post, so I’ll be breaking this up across a couple of days. Part 1: Getting To Prague Continue reading “Winter Trip Part 1: Getting To Prague”