Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a list of recommendations for Japantown, San Francisco, California, USA.
Reading Time: 5 minutes California state’s 2020 stay-at-home orders had us shift our plans from travel to working on an at-home permaculture effort.
In 2021 our focus is ongoing care and maintenance of what we began last year. We will highlight our thoughts from ideation to production, our observations, learnings and photos as the year progresses.
Reading Time: 8 minutes This post describes a road trip across the western board of the Republic of North Macedonia, from Ohrid to the country’s capital city, Skopje.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share key lessons learned from the first year permaculture effort based in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Opting to travel by private car can be a more time and cost-efficient way of moving throughout a country. It also gives you greater access to hard-to-reach, off-the-beaten track towns that may provide insight into a country’s character beyond the major cities.
Below we share our process for gathering car rental quotes and how we organized our findings for later reference.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In this post we describe the differences between a travel converter and adapter.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In this post we share photos of our first experience harvesting pomegranates from a mature tree on the property and include a recipe for pomegranate jelly.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share photos of our first experience growing and harvesting pumpkins.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post we share the items we keep in our car that have proven helpful on a day-to-day and emergency basis.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post we share our preferred lightweight packing guide for a three day, two night weekend getaway.
Reading Time: 5 minutes This post describes a day trip to Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. This national park, one of the largest and oldest in Croatia, is also a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share a brief history of watermelons, photos of homegrown watermelons being harvested, and a recipe for fresh watermelon juice.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share photos of year-round interest plants that enhance a permaculture effort based in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Engaged Abroad reader, Dhatri from Voyage the World, shares her ideal 24 day Greece itinerary. Her itinerary includes time on Greece’s popular south east islands and an exploration of Greece’s western board.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share photos that demonstrate how Northern California’s wildfires have impacted the San Francisco Bay Area’s sky.