Linds and Ryan Travel

Branches, Boulders, Bugs and Beauty. Before we dive into the awesome and challenging experience that our first workaway was, what is Workaway you may ask? Workaway is an online community where you can pay a small annual fee to be connected with hosts from around the world who need work done in exchange for accommodation, food, and the best part, connection and cultural exchange. Workawayers create profiles listing their skills, interests, and things they would like to do/learn. Workawayers and hosts can reach out to each other asking to come to their homes for as little as a week up to any length of time to work 3-5 hours a day, with break days, if both agree to the terms and decide they’d be a good fit, time counts down until the work away journey.   Now that we’ve caught you up, we’d love to tell you about our first experience. This may be a bit lengthy, but bare with us, it is such a cool opportunity and we encourage you all to look into it! After...

"When in Rome..." Upon leaving China, we had a long lay over of 10 hours in Russia, unfortunately we couldn't leave the airport without a visa, so we twittled our thumbs for awhile... we spent time communicating the plans to meet up with Ryan's siblings in Rome and then his parents in Bardolino, Italy.   And so, the adventure continues! We arrived late our first evening in Rome and were greeted by Ryan's siblings and their partners, it was so nice to see even more familiar faces! That night we just decided to relax and have a few beers, we knew the days would be long, hot, and filled with a lot of walking. We woke up the next day for our first full day in Rome and it was going to be a hot one! We dove right into the touristy things you do, "When in Rome..." We visited the Colosseum, and we were so thankful to Ryan's mom for getting us the tickets in advance, the line to wait to enter without having a ticket/time slot was huge! Shout out to Ki...