This is the very first episode that's solely edited by Jess! ☀

Please join us as we spend our coffee morning in beautiful and beachy Gandia, Spain - discussing a supposedly infamous buggy parable while digging deeper into Chris' psyche. Jess compares herself to Magnesium, Chris forgoes doing Ayahuasca (or any drug for that matter), and we render ourselves digital by comparing our lives to the childhood games we grew up with. We'll be stretching out our Podcasts a bit more now, but don't you fret - we'll still be knocking off those side quests that come up (;

¡Hasta luego chicos!

Strap in for some powerful storytelling mechanics as Jess & Chris traverse the canals, seagulls (and sidewalks, who knew?) of beautiful Venice. Jess literally cries tears of joy into spaghetti, and Chris blubbers over how beautiful civilization is. So more of the same I guess, haha. Also, this is our FINAL ITALY EPISODE, so we'll wrap Italy's highlights and lowlights before fleeing to Spain where our critiques can't haunt us. Ciao bello you Italian beauties!

Content Warning: Discussing passed loved ones.

Cinque Terre is an amazing set of five villages located in a national park on the northwest coast of Italy, all connected by hiking trails. So nice to finally let our hair down in our own little village of Vezzano Ligure this week and I can't say enough good about the locals here who say hello every time we walk past them. Also Jess gets heatstroke, Chris continues to be awesome, Chris writes podcast descriptions, and there was much rejoicing. 

PS. this is the phenomenal sandwich shop where we met our less phenomenal American counterparts :) CAPPUN MAGRU, Manarola - Tripadvisor 5 Stars!

After a few days off your favorite travel companions have made it to Northern Italy! Follow our shabby asses through the glittering corridors of Capri and the decadent historical center of Rome, dodging bougie tourists, barking restauranteurs, and some genuinely endearing northern Italians <3

Just a shorty captured on the fly (on the float?) on the fast ferry from Salerno to Capri. Let's just say Poseidon was with us and we're perfecting the art of the Bee-line. Thanks everyone, catch you up with a full length guy tomorrow on our adventures around the (absolutely gorgeous!) Isle of Capri!

PS if you're curious, these stock photos actually capture it pretty well! Ciao! Capri Italy - Foto e Immagini Stock - iStock (istockphoto.com)

Jess & Chris get political after visiting Naples, tackling free speech and the democratization of media in the post-social era. Also tackling way too much pizza, honestly. This is a bit of a call back to the original coffee mornings with bees, where we cover as much philosophy as we do observations on our daily lives. Hit us up on our Instagram @thetravellinghive and let us know if this is interesting and we should do more of this, or if we should just make with the funny and leave philosophy in the ruins where it belongs. Ciao!

"Ball grabbing pickle-foots"

After four beautiful days in Sicily we've decided to try our luck on the famous Amalfi coast. Chris learns the perils of making tiny percolated coffee and Jess & Chris explore the cultural significance of historical emigration to/from different continents.. It's a real mixed bag of history, culture and political incorrectness. You're welcome!

Here's a guide to the Amalfi Coast for anyone who'd like to sing along! Beautiful Amalfi Coast Towns You Must See at Least Once - Untold Italy

Join us for another coffee morning with Bees! Over the last couple days we confronted the grim reality of not being able to speak the local language, learned the perils of taking municipal transit, and enjoyed some super good local cuisine. Next stop, Downtown Palermo!