Joining me today is someone who is the co-founder and CEO of Trip Scout, who traveled back and forth to Europe by himself as a 9-year-old, who was called “the modern-day Marco Polo” by Forbes and who now, like myself, is traveling with two little ones, Konrad Waliszewski from Trip Scout.

Do you use TripScout for your travels?  Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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• 02:50 Life Between the US & Europe At A Young Age

Joining me today is someone who moved to Italy on the advice of a stranger on the internet, who can see France from her bedroom window (even though she lives in England), and who got Italian citizenship in 2 months, Sarah Mikutel from PostcardAcademy.co and the Postcard Academy Podcast.

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP 

We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.

Have you ever researched your ancestry citizenship possibilities? What country would you love to be an ex-pat in? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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• 05:00 How An American Got Italian Citizenship

Today's Throwdown Showdown we are focusing on two places that we both truly adore, Croatia &. Slovenia.  Which do you want to visit more the pearl of the Adriatic or the nation of caves? 

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP 

We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.

Who is the winner in your opinion, Croatia or Slovenia? What Showdown Throwdown do you want to hear next? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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• 07:35 Heather's Love Of Croatia

Today's Throwdown Showdown we are focusing on two of the greenest landscaped countries with views to die for, Ireland vs. Scotland.  Does your heart lie with the Emerald Isle or the land of whiskey and bagpipes?

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP 

We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.

Who is the winner in your opinion, Ireland or Scotland? Who did a better job convincing you, Heather or Trav? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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• 06:30 Choosing Your Side

You asked we listened and we will have a lot more 'Throwdown Showdown' shows coming to you! Today the great debate is Austin vs. Nashville. Which location is your favorite?

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP 

We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.

Who is the winner in your opinion, Austin or Nashville? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

Check out the full show notes here!

• 07:50 Going Big To Start: Food

Joining me today is someone who met her husband at a music festival (although the bag of wine means she doesn’t remember it that well), who has lived in China, Indonesia, and Mexico, and who is always one of my favorite people to talk to, Rachel Story from GratefulGypsies.com.

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP 

We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.

• 05:08 Love Of The World

Joining me today is the winner of the 1989 Human Race, where he traveled 40,000 miles in 17 days, someone who was named “The World’s Greatest Traveler” by National Geographic Traveler in 2002, and who is the founder and Ringmaster of The Global Scavenger Hunt, Bill Chalmers from GlobalScavengerHunt.com

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP.

Would you want to participate in The Global Scavenger Hunt? Would you do it more for fun or to win? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

Grab the full show notes with all the links discussed by clicking here!

• 03:40 How Did This All Start

Joining me today is someone who has been traveling and working from the road for over 2900 days and who has visited 573 cities and 73 countries, Mike Swigunski from GlobalCareerBook.com.

Today's episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP.

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• 03:45 Counting Countries & Cities

Each year there are always a handful of days that stand out.

Some of those perfect travel days that you couldn't have planned in a million years, but that really stick with you, months later.

Today, Heather and I go through our top 10 experiences of 2019 spanning the globe from the Good Ole USA to Canada to the warmth of sunny Florida and gorgeous Croatia.

What were your favorite experiences of 2019? If you get to hit up any of the places we list then please let us know @ExtraPackofPeanuts and snap a pic and hashtag it #EPOPSentUs!

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• 05:40 Honorable Mentions

We love desserts, anything from ice cream to pastries, key lime bars to doughnuts...it all tastes amazing.

Today Heather and I go through our top 8 desserts (16 total + 1 honorable mention) from 2019, from hometown to widely available to cities around the world, if it's delicious, it's on the list!

What was your favorite dessert of 2019? If you get to hit up any of the places we list then please let us know @ExtraPackofPeanuts and snap a pic and hashtag it #EPOPSentUs!

Get the full show notes with all the links discussed in today's episode here!

• 03:50 Honorable Mention