This Just Happened
We’re often asked, “Where are you now?” This page is our answer.
Here you’ll find our most recent travel stories — the unexpected turns, unforgettable meals, and curious rules we’ve discovered along the way. Whether we’re deep in the jungle or lost in a market, we’re documenting it here, one post at a time.
Biking to Pollenca
The plan today was to wake up early and bike into the town of Pollenca, about 15 km away. Half of that plan worked out. We were both surprised to see 10:00am on the clock when we finally woke up. Wow. No time to waste, let's get showered, dressed and on our bikes. It...
The Benedicts meet Biking…in Mallorca!
Mallorca is a cycling mecca and I couldn't wait to rent our bikes and finally travel this island the way it was meant to be seen. If you don't know/remember, last year when we were here, I had just wrecked my knee and while I had succeeded in riding a stationary bike,...
Are We There Yet?
It is a good thing we like airports. And airplanes. And traveling. It makes up for the parts we seem to like just a little bit less: organizing the house, organizing the people in charge of the house, packing; you know all those pesky details that must be looked after...
Jeju Island and our Goodbyes
Korean Adventure Day 16 Today brought us to a gorgeous waterfall with a tragic story attached to it. The 4.3 incident saw over 250 villagers executed at this waterfall. Between 1947 and 1954, over 30000 people, about 10% of Jeju's population were executed on the whole...
Jeju Island and the Haenyeo Women
Korean Adventure Day 16 Coffee and pastries. A quick and efficient morning stop. Except when 10 of us overwhelm the one person manning the whole shop. Then we get to take care of emails, texts and picture culling while our coffees percolate. Our first stop this...
Seoul to Jeju Island
Korean Adventure Day 15 An early morning for our trip to Jeju Island. And if you think 1 hour and 18 minutes won’t be enough time to leave your hotel and make it onto the plane you’d be wrong. If you can believe it we checked out of our hotel at 6:40am, walked to the...
Sokcho to Seoul
Korean Adventure Day 14 (on the bus) Today is a travel day for us. And it does not involve our bikes!! We meet at 8:20 to load our bikes and paniers into the truck. Then it is off to breakfast. The easiest thing to do is go straight to the bus depot which is a short...
Goseong to Sokcho
Korean Adventure Day 13 (54km, 263m) It is all feeling a little bit surreal. Today is it. The last day. The finale. The bookend. The final leg. La fin. Already. It has gone by crazy fast. I can’t believe that, other than a couple of short taxi boosts, I was able to...
Goseong to Unification Center
Korean Adventure Day 12 (56km, 448m) Today’s beautifully sunny morning begins with farmer Paul harvesting some persimmons for us. Just a breakfast appetizer he claims. Then we are off to a bakery for some doughy goodness and a caffeine drip. Today was a big day for...