Touring Iceland and Hiking the Laugavegur Trail

A Cycling Tour Through Northern Vietnam

Would you like to incorporate cycling into your travel?  One of the best ways to see a region is by bicycle!  In this Dual Perspectives series, we learn about a group cycling tour through Northern Vietnam from both the participant’s and planner’s perspectives.  In this episode, Alison and Stephanie speak with Ed, an avid cyclist, about his experience participating in this group tour and get tips to make the most from a cycling trip.  Next month we will hear from Don, a longtime event organizer, about how he worked with a local tour company to create this large cycling tour.

Using a Digital Travel Log and Albania

Would you like to communicate with friends while traveling and create a digital travel journal at the same time?  In this episode, Alison and Stephanie learn about the digital travel log, Polarsteps, from Lauren, our first repeat guest and avid world traveler. She discusses her 11.5 month travel adventure, including her time in Albania, and teaches us how she digitally documented her trip in real time. If you would like to hear our previous interview with Lauren about working remotely from abroad, check out Season 1, Episode 12.

An Olympian's Family Attends the Milano Cortina Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics held in both Milan and Cortina, Italy was a global sporting event encompassing 19 days of competition. In this episode, Alison and Stephanie interview Dana and Patrice, mother and aunt respectively to Olympic Alpine skier, AJ Hurt, about their experience attending the Winter Olympics. They will discuss what it is like to be there in person, as well as give tips for anyone who would like to attend. The next Olympics will be held in the summer of 2028 in Los Angeles, California.

Climbing the Seven Summits – The Highest Mountains on Each Continent

Want to climb a mountain?  In part three of our three-part series called, “Climb Every Mountain!”  Alison and Stephanie discuss advanced mountain climbing with Heidi Richards, a mountain climber and guide who is one of only approximately 500 people who have climbed the Seven Summits, which are highest mountains on each continent.  Climbing all seven peaks is considered one of the greatest mountaineering challenges in the world.

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

This is part two of our three-part series heralding in the New Year called, “Climb Every Mountain!”  In this series we arelearning about beginner, intermediate, and advanced mountain climbing and finding inspiration from these endeavors to tackle our goals for the year.  Today Alison and Stephanie speak with Dr.  Theresa Szczurek about the lifelessons she took away from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.  To learn more about Dr. Szczurek visit her website at www.TMSworld.com.