By Kristin Henning and Tom Bartel
After a 30-year career in publishing, Tom Bartel and Kristin Henning shed their last publication, their house, and most of their possessions. In 2010, they gave their dog to their daughter and set out on a journey to see the world. Kris and Tom combine a love of culture with enthusiasm for the outdoors. Their travels vary between long stays in such cultural cities as London, Barcelona, Rome, and Beijing, detours to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and spurts of hiking or biking in Europe, Australia, Asia, or the United States National Parks.
Even before taking to the road full time, Kris and Tom were students of the world. They鈥檝e spent months in London going to the theater, a summer in Rome studying Latin, three months in Florence studying art history, and have visited nearly every major museum and church in Europe. They鈥檝e lived in Madrid and Quito while teaching English, and earned their keep housesitting in Spain, Chile, Sydney, and elsewhere.
They currently blog about their travels at .
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Love means hiking into the jungle with your partner
Many moons ago, Tom posted about little things he’d learned from traveling. His random observations prompted me to write a post about things I’ve learned traveling with him. That was in 2011. Since then, we’ve been asked frequently how we do it: how we stand so much togetherness and how we manage making travel decisions […]
50 Random Thoughts about Travel
I was sitting around yesterday morning thinking. Yes, it happens sometimes. Of course, it doesn’t do anyone else any good unless I somehow communicate those thoughts. “If only I had a machine for recording them, and if only I had a means to disseminate them,” I mused. Oh wait… Here they are. The numbers are […]
