First impressions: Chisinau, Moldova
First Impressions posts are starting to be a thing, and people seem to like them, so I’ll keep writing them =) After a fun couple of months exploring Romania, we crammed ourselves and our stuff into a minivan that ended up taking over eight hours to go from...
Things I Wish I Knew Before Going on a Romanian Road Trip
So we recently took a pretty cool road trip through Romania — a full week’s worth of driving and destinations — and there’s plenty of awesome destinations to cover in another post. If you’re looking at taking a Romanian road trip for yourself,...
Random pictures: the ‘Romanian road trip’ edition
In early-mid August 2017, we took a week-long road trip covering most of Romania’s weirdest destinations. I’m still working on the best ways to write about these places (one super-big post? a lot of little posts? Yes, even after nine years I’m still...
A review of Angloville: one-on-one volunteer English teaching, anyone?
Long time readers know I used to teach English back in Korea from 2008 to 2013. New readers? Now you know. Years before I became One Weird Globe, I was Chris in South Korea, teaching English to Korean kids (and some adults) while living in Seoul. I haven’t...
Destination: Zaña, Peru – centuries-old Spanish ruins and a bizarre slave museum
Set the time machine for March 2016 — yep, it’s been over a year since we meandered along the western coast of South America. This destination, however, remains one of the strangest we’ve come across in awhile. Today, it’s a ghost town with just a...
Review: Bucharest’s Tour of Communism and the Jewish Trail
If you’re a long-time reader of One Weird Globe, you know I don’t go on many guided tours. When we do, it’s because the information out there isn’t all that helpful or there’s more to the story that’s not on the internet. In other...
Explore the only garbage truck collection in the United States
Officially, it’s the Waste Pro Garbage Truck Museum. Unofficially, it’s probably the biggest collection of its type. I know, I know, you’re coming to Florida for beaches and all sorts of other places. Why on earth would I go out of my way to find a...
Destination: the eclectic ‘Smithsonian of the South’
Go on, admire the stuffed alligator hanging above your head. Welcome to the Lightner Museum, the self-described ‘Smithsonian of the South’. While researching my next book, What The Florida, I came across this oddball in St. Augustine, and it ended up being...
First impressions, the Bucharest edition
As this post goes live, we’ve been in Bucharest for just under a week. We’ve settled into our Airbnb, meandered through the Old Town a couple of times, and figured out the local grocery stores. That means one thing: we’re ready to rock Romania. Some...
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