Off Your Beaten Path

Despite our medical issues during our first week in Spain, we did manage to squeeze in some fun!

Join us in Madrid and Valencia!

We eat lots of Arepas

Enjoy our first Churros with Chocolate

Visit a Cathedral (that George forgot about)

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the Central Market

Visit the Aquarium

See amazing architecture

Take in some beautiful sunsets

AND

Get overwhelmed by the traffic patterns!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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This is a "very" special episode!  Journey with us as we have to navigate the Spanish healthcare system...more times than we could have imagined! I am pretty sure Spain was not ready for us this time! 

When you travel for an extended period of time, it is inevitable that you will have some tough days.  We had an extremely tough week when we first arrived in Spain.  So much so that we almost scrapped the rest of our trip.

This is an episode you don't want to miss!  

All of this and more:

We find out our Spanish is not as good as we thought.

George gets probed by aliens.

We visit a hospital/doctor every day for 7 days straight.

Nasal tampons are a thing.

Our ice cream date is ruined!

We might have gotten whiplash.

The bad "H" word...Nicole becomes superstitious.

We learned a VERY important lesson.

Great Airbnb hosts - for the WIN!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Join us as we finish our trip through Germany!

Hear all about our adventures:

We visit an iconic German town

Got up close and personal with some wild animals...and strange statues

We celebrated New Years with some moonshine and fireworks

Visited a Castle on a cliff

Tried a Croffle

And

Checked items off the bucket list

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Join us this week as we spend our first few days in Germany!

We visit some Christmas Markets

We try lots of street food with names that are difficult to pronounce 

Stumble upon a winter game that is new to us

Nicole gets hugged by a stranger

George traces his family roots to his father's hometown

We add another amazing Cathedral to the list of ones that "wow" George

and...it is raining again!

This week's Takeaways:

1.  If you see a long line at a food stall in a Christmas Market, join the crowd.  You won't be disappointed.

2.  Melty cheese is always a good option.

3.  We cannot speak German.

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Join us this week as we celebrate Christmas in Belgium!  Find out why Belgium has now been added to my list of favorite things. Hint:  It might have to do with chocolate, waffles, and potatoes (among many other reasons).

Find out why we picked Belgium for our "no stress"  Christmas holiday.  Belgium tops the list with some of the BEST food we have eaten on this trip!  We learned some interesting facts about where the Barber Pole and some other slang terms originated.  We learned that we have been doing hot chocolate wrong our whole lives.  And don't miss the bit about "Nicole proof" doors!

Key takeaways:

1.  Belgium has ruined all other chocolate and waffles for us! 

2.  The Dutch language uses at least 15 letters in very word!

3.  Nicole hates spiral staircases.  

Check out our airbnb from this episode: Leju 

Free walking tours available in Bruges - Ambassadors Tours

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Bonjour from Paris, France!  Join us as we explore the City of Lights!

We get a fancy upgraded rental car, seek out some American breakfast, visit a few Christmas markets, check off our must see attractions, learn all about the French Revolution(s), spent a lot of money, walked A LOT...and so much more!

This week's takeaways:

1.  Ask how much something is before you commit to buying it.

2.  Pack a snack...and some great walking shoes.

3.  Bring your own butter!

If you would like to take a walking tour with our new friend Thierry, you can book one here: Parisology

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Find out what happens when Omicron threatens all of our travel plans.  We complete our road trip around Ireland. Join us in Dublin for two solid days of exploring!

We complete our hot chocolate tasting tour of Ireland, visit some historic cathedrals, learn about brewing and distilling from the masters, visit a museum of EPIC proportion, explore Viking history in Ireland, AND win some money at the track!

This week's takeaways:

1. Hot chocolate is always a great way to start the day in Ireland.

2. Vikings can be funny!

3. Being a planner can backfire in a pandemic.

4. We like a good value!  Save money on your Go City Pass...click here for details!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Travel with us as we take our longest legs of our road trip through Ireland!

We visit a beautiful castle, have our first argument of the trip, respect my parents wishes, buy some local art, wake up next to some cows, and fail at a round about...several times! 

This week's takeaways:

1. Is it really a round about if it is not round?

2. Make sure the batteries are charged!  

3. Winter is Coming!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Find out about our visits to Limerick, Galway, and The Cliffs of Moher.

We stumble on a new business idea, butcher some more words, search for relatives, almost get blown away by gale force winds, drive on a bike path, and find some deliciousness in Galway!

This week's takeaways:

1.  Ireland does not have crispy bacon.

2.  Wind and rain will not stop us!

3.  Tracking ancestry is hard when everyone has the same name!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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On this week's episode, we survived Winter Storm Barra...and visited Cobh, Beaufort, and the Ring of Kerry.

We also discuss the "strange" things we have encountered while being in Ireland, as well as some bumps in the road with our phone service.  Find out what amazing Airbnb experience we took part in and what kind of store we stumbled upon!  

We also bring the "weather" everywhere we go!

This week's takeaways - 

1.  Bring your raincoat to Ireland.

2.  Guinness Chocolate cake is a must!

3.  Don't skip a visit to Dingle.

4.  Airbnb Experiences for the win again!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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