Road Unraveled

06/01/2025

NEW POST: Most people spend months planning for a New Year’s Eve trip to London. We had mere hours to prepare: in fact, when our trip to Edinburgh's Hogmanay crumbled just a day before New Year's Eve, our pivot to London's fireworks display came together in just 30 minutes. Check out our latest post and discover what we learned from planning our London New Year’s Eve experience in record time!

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/new-years-eve-in-london/

30/12/2024

Hard to believe today is our last day in Edinburgh, but when Edinburgh canceled all Hogmanay events due to weather (which has been brutal!), we made a last minute pivot and decided to leave tomorrow morning.

We had a wonderful couple of days exploring the city and a few spots outside of it, including an afternoon at Rosslyn Chapel (made famous by The Da Vinci Code book/movie) and a day trip to the Scottish Highlands, Caledonian Canal, and Loch Ness to say hello to Nessie. Edinburgh is fantastic, and we can’t wait to return for a Hogmanay do over someday.

So now we’re off to London tomorrow morning, and we will greet 2025 from the Victoria Embankment as we watch the fireworks in a different, but equally iconic, NYE spot.

Travel is wild and unpredictable sometimes, and we’re so grateful to turn lemons into lemonade on this New Year’s Eve journey!

26/12/2024

NEW POST: Happy Holidays! One of our favorite annual traditions is hitting the pause button to look back on our year on travel. This is our opportunity to reflect on what went well, what could have gone better, and just how much we have to be grateful for as one year ends and another begins. Check out our Travel Year in Review!
https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/2024-travel-year-review/

08/12/2024

NEW POST: A couple months ago, we visited the incredible Galapagos Islands with Lindblad Expeditions! In our latest article, we share how this destination is like no other we have been to and why it's at the top of so many bucket lists. If you've ever wanted to visit the Galapagos or wondered what the experience might be like, we're excited to share the magic with you!

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/galapagos-islands/

06/12/2024

We didn’t let frigid temperatures stop us from getting into the holiday spirit today! Despite temperatures that dipped below freezing and wind gusts that made it feel much colder, we had a great night at the 102nd Lighting of the National Christmas Tree! After waiting a decade to win tickets in the annual lottery, it was incredible to experience a favorite DC tradition firsthand. CBS will broadcast the event on December 20th, so be sure to check it out!

If you’re in the nation’s capital this season, don’t miss a visit to President’s Park to see this year’s tree as well as trees representing all 50 states and 6 territories. 🎄

21/11/2024

Bleisure travel is an incredible way to maximize your paid time off by adding vacation time to the start or end of a business trip. Take a look at this Huff Post article, which features Road Unraveled's Stephanie as she shares a few experiences and some great advice for making bleisure travel part of your annual vacation strategy!

Want to learn even more about bleisure travel? Take a look at the comments- we'll link to the article Stephanie wrote on the topic in 2017!

This new trend is a clutch way to save money and yet travel more often.

29/09/2024

Amazing start to our Galapagos trip with ! The first few days have been full of hiking, snorkeling, exploring on zodiacs, and learning about the local wildlife. Seeing these incredible landscapes and watching native wildlife enjoy a sunny day is an incredible peek into what makes this corner of the world so special.

23/09/2024

NEW POST: A few months ago, we spent a long weekend in Mexico City. From sampling incredible food to exploring the ancient city of Teotihuacan, we covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time- and with a lot less planning than usual! Check out our latest post!
https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/mexico-city-teotihuacan/

31/07/2024

Today is Stephanie’s birthday, and we celebrated with a half day tour of the French Beaujolais wine region! 🍇 Beaujolais may not be a region you know well, but it’s worth getting to know if you’re interested in grapes from vines with incredible history and heritage. We had a great morning at two family owned vineyards sampling a dozen wines, several of which will be joining us when we fly home in a few days! 🍷

08/06/2024

NEW POST: Last summer, we went to Santorini during our trip to Greece, and it was among the most beautiful places we have ever visited! With summer travel season upon us, Santorini is a favorite destination for many vacationers, although it's gorgeous any time of the year- and perhaps a bit less crowded after seasonal travelers head home. If you're thinking of a visit to Greece's most popular island, here are a few spots we loved that might be worthy of a place on your itinerary, too!

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/santorini-greece/

13/05/2024

NEW POST: Have you ever thought about taking someone on a surprise trip? Our visit to Bulgaria this past January was a huge surprise for one of us! If surprising a partner, friend, or family member sounds like a challenge you want to accept, our latest post will help you plan, prepare, and deliver on an experience all but guaranteed to be among the most memorable you’ll have. Take a look!

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/how-to-plan-a-surprise-trip/

11/03/2024

You can hear the Surva festival long before you can see it, and you can hear it long after you can no longer see it. If you missed our post last week, we added a video with footage from our incredible visit to Bulgaria's Kukeri festival this past January. Check it out!

Are you planning to attend the Surva Festival? Check out our article for more information and tips to help you make the most of your time at the Kukeri Festi...

06/03/2024

NEW POST- AND NEW VIDEO: At the end of January, we took an incredible trip to Pernik, Bulgaria to spend a few days at the 2024 Surva / Сурва Festival! The event celebrates centuries of tradition represented throughout Europe and especially in the Balkan region, where people dress as monsters known as Kukeri to scare away bad spirits and provide protection to their people. In our latest post, we share some reflections, tips, and stories from a weekend of performances, food, and the unforgettable sound of clanging bells and beating drums.

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/surva-kukeri-festival-bulgaria/

Be sure to read all the way to the end to find a video we created from footage we captured during Surva 2024. Let us know what you think- it's our very first narrated Road Unraveled video!

02/02/2024

It’s official: Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, and we’re cleared to celebrate an early spring! The only thing better than warmer weather on the way is visiting the Weather Capital of the World to hear the proclamation in person. Take a look at this article from our archives, where we share our experience visiting Punxsutawney during their biggest day of the year. We’re planning to join the fun in person next year- let us know if we might see you there!
https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/groundhog-day-in-punxsutawney/

28/01/2024

It has been an incredible finale to Adam’s Bulgaria birthday extravaganza! 🥳 We drove out of Sofia and explored Plovdiv, followed by a stop at to enjoy some Thracian Valley Mavrud- our favorite Bulgarian grape. We ended the night at one of our favorite Sofia restaurants with dinner (and Rakia, the country’s national drink) at , a place we found on our first trip to Bulgaria in 2019. Here’s a photo dump from an epic long weekend!

22/01/2024

NEW POST! When we booked our Greek Islands cruise last summer, we knew our time on and off the boat would be important. What we didn't realize was just how important it can be to add a day before and after the cruise; after all, delays happen, but saving time to see the beautiful city of Athens was a memorable highlight! Is a Greek Islands cruise on your bucket list? Take a look at a few reasons you might want to save a day before and after your cruise to experience Athens and more!

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/2-days-athens-before-after-cruise/

01/01/2024

We had a great time watching Ocean City’s midnight fireworks, but we made sure to wake up before dawn for the main event: a chance to welcome the first sunrise of 2024 over the Atlantic Ocean! 🌅 A wonderful way to start a brand new year!

31/12/2023

With just hours left in 2023, we’re thinking back not just on another fantastic year of travel and exploration but on all of our previous New Year’s Eve trips! From singing in Bruges to the crowds in Cape Town and Tokyo to a blizzard and fireworks in Reykjavik and Copenhagen, this is one of our favorite holidays to celebrate. Check out our archives to revisit all our New Year's Eve posts:

https://www.roadunraveled.com/tag/new-years-eve/

This year, we’re in Ocean City, Maryland- let us know where you are ringing in 2024! Have a safe, fun evening- we look forward to another wonderful year with all of you starting after the clock strikes midnight!