Life in Movement

On December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge5 Comments

Life is a perpetual series of events that change our perceptions, sometimes define who we are, as well as influence our world view. Before going to bed last night, we learned of the news of the attack in Berlin and obviously we are terribly saddened to hear of another horrific attack. It is easy to close one’s door, lock out the world, and try to hide from the events that surround us all. We do not want to let fear and threats keep us from moving forward, fallowing the path that life is leading us, or enjoying the beauty that the world has to offer. With that in mind, tonight we will visit the Christmas market here in Frankfurt, not in defiance, but with an honest understanding that life is unpredictable and that the motion of life, not stagnation, is what makes it special. Every ebb and flow brings new understandings, new experiences, and sometimes pain and sadness. We have already booked a trip to Prague for the Christmas weekend as well as a trip to Athens for the New Year’s weekend. With all of that said, this week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is Chutes and Ladders, symbols of movement through a child’s board-game. We will continue to move forward, to not stop progressing through life in the best way that we know how, so for this week’s challenge we are sharing a few photos that remind of us of that simple child’s game as well as the perpetual motion of life.

Water Coming Down One of the Chutes of the Aqueducts in Alhambra

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

On December 13, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Colorado, Hiking, Photo Challenge11 Comments

We have been spending most of our time visiting cities and towns all around Germany and starting to spread out into more areas of Europe in general. We have not lived in a city for a long time, spending most of our time in Colorado Springs which is a city with a small town feel, so this has definitely been a life-changing experience. It doesn’t seem like we are going to have time to go hiking while we are here since there are just too many wonderful places to visit and incredible sights to see. One of the things that we had enjoyed the most about living in Colorado Springs was our close proximity to hiking in the mountains with the incredible beauty of the rugged nature. We have already started to think about our return to the United States and where we will decide to live when we return, although mostly we wish we could just stay in Europe for at least a few months more. On the one hand, we have options which is nice, but Colorado Springs has been home for more than twenty years, so it is hard not to consider going back there upon our return. Before we cross that bridge, though, we have plenty of travel ahead of us while we are here in Germany. When we saw this week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Rocks, Paper, Scissors, our immediate thoughts returned to hiking in the mountains of Colorado. Obviously these are more boulders than rocks, but these surroundings are very dear to our hearts and we will carry them with us no matter where our travels take us.

Going Around in Circles

On December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge4 Comments

Sometimes life can feel like you are running as fast as you can, but getting nowhere. This can definitely be true of travel as it is with life when it seems like you are spending all of your time doing the same things over and over again. To some extent, we have been trying to change things up a little and that was one of our main reasons for going to Würzburg after traveling to Cologne. With that in mind, we are about to try and change up things starting with this weekend with a trip to Strasbourg, France. Afterwards, we hope to go to some other places outside of Germany, but we still have a lot to see inside of Germany itself. Work, travel, work, travel, repeat, repeat. With only a few months left, we are starting to feel some pressure to see as much as possible. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Musical Chairs. With that in mind, we are seeing a lot merry-go-rounds at the Christmas markets, so we thought we would share a couple of photos from our trip to San Francisco a few years ago where we rode the famous merry-go-round at Fisherman’s Wharf.