On April 28th I spent the day in Brussels, Belgium. Brussels is not one of the most interesting cities I have ever been to, but over all it was very nice. I walked down to the city center where all the tourist go to drool over chocolate fountains, taste chocolate, look at chocolate, buy chocolate, and enjoy chocolate!! I was able to make my way ...

Today is the day before the big day. The big day (for those of you as unfamiliar as was I) is Queen's Day, the holiday that everyone in the Netherland's celebrates on April 30th. This used to be the queen's birthday, but with the queen they have now, she has a winter birthday, so they still celebrate on the 30th. On Queen's Day everyone wears or...

Because I know that you're all reading this in hopes of a vivid description of experiences in the "coffee houses" or debauchery in the Red Light District, let me save you the suspense - nope, nothing to report. Alex wasn't old enough for coffee and besides, all of the houses a) had enough vapors wafting out the doors to make any passerby feel go...

We've arrived in one of Europe's most famous cities (or notorious, depending on how you look at it, I suppose). I hate to start off with negativity, but I've never been incredibly fond of the place, and having spent a couple more days here, I still don't find it all it's cracked up to be. It's still filthy, overcrowded, full of petty criminals, ...

Hi everyone. While we haven't written a t-pod lately, it is certainly not because there has been a lack of activities. We have been traveling like madmen lately (Greece, western Ireland, and Chicago in the past 6 weeks) and have been extremely pre-occupied with our transition back to Chicago as well. That's right, this crazy adventure is coming ...