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Mind Over Matter Travel

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Big Life Update + Top Experiences of 2024!

Happy New Year! A new year means new adventures! 2025 will look a little different than other years for us. But before we get into that, let's do a little 2024 recap! 2024 Recap Where we've been 26 countries: United States, Sweden, Georgia, Armenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Germany, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Greece, Bahamas, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Italy 5 states: California, New...

3 months ago • 3 min read
Chef making pasta from scratch in a pasta shop in Bologna, Italy

Hello from Italy! We just returned from a wine tasting here in Tuscany, so I will keep this newsletter short! We are spending most of December exploring in Italy. December is a special month for us, because it is the month of both our birthdays and our anniversary. Italy is a special country for us, because it is the first place we traveled internationally together when we studied abroad in 2017. We look forward to exploring parts of Italy we've never been before! What's new for Mind Over...

4 months ago • 3 min read
Zac and Elaina standing in front of Tower Bridge in London

Hello from London! After a great month back in California, we are back on the road for about two months! We are starting our trip in London, one of our favorite cities to hang out in. Then we'll head to Italy for our anniversary and Zac's and my birthdays. We look forward to ending our 2024 travels in one of our favorite countries! What's new for Mind Over Matter Travel? We attended the World Travel Market (WTM) in London last week! We had the opportunity to meet with some incredible Azorean...

5 months ago • 2 min read
Elaina working on her laptop in a hammock in front of our bungalow at Atauro Dive Resort in Timor-Leste.

Hello from California! I was supposed to be writing this newsletter from Taiwan, but we had a slight change of plans! We left a few days early because super typhoon Krathon is on the path to hit Taiwan any time now. Fortunately, we had the privilege of switching our flights to an earlier date. Originally, we were told the typhoon was similar to the strength of Hurricane Helene which just devastated several places on the U.S. East Coast. Luckily, it seems that the severity of the typhoon has...

6 months ago • 3 min read

Happy September! I can't believe summer is almost over. I'm writing you from Bali! We have spent the past 3 weeks here hoping to soak in the summer island vibes, but instead, we spent the first 2 weeks of it sick. We've been getting sick a LOT since becoming digital nomads, and it's one of those ugly sides to traveling that isn't shared about often. And when we do get sick, it's not just a little. Between Zac and me, it puts us down for about 2 weeks. That's why it's so important to find...

7 months ago • 3 min read
One of the stops on our Singapore food tour

Hi! I hope your July went swimmingly! We went on an actual vacation last month, which was incredible. I say "actual vacation," because although people think all our travels are vacations, they really aren't. A lot of the time, like today, we are locked up in our room working away on our computers. You know, we have to fund this travel lifestyle somehow! But last month, we got to go off-grid for a week with family to spend a relaxing getaway in Exumas, Bahamas. Now, back to reality (which for...

8 months ago • 4 min read