Wisdom before Beauty: Two Roads

by Tasha in Wisdom before Beauty

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood...
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

                                               - Robert Frost

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The Cult of Duolingo - An Expose

by Alex in Pre-trip, Language

For the past week or so, some very mysterious emails have been appearing in Tasha's inbox. Sent by an anonymous mister "Duolingo", these daily messages would pop up reminding her to "keep up with Spanish practice", and "make the owl happy." Naturally, the only conclusion I could think of was that my wife has joined a cult, and these were orders being sent out in some kind of brainwash-y code. So of course, I did what any loving, loyal husband would do when an evil cult has a hold of his wife's brain: ignored them. I probably shouldn't have been looking at her emails anyway.

A Sappy Yet Somewhat Reflective New Year

by Tasha in Epigrams and Interludes, Pre-Trip

Okay I have no important news to share this week. No earth-shattering moral revelations, no big sprawling lists of information, no new exciting day-trips to report. Nil, nada, nothing. But it is New Year's Eve today, and with it brings reflection and sentimentality for past days.

Alex and I have come a really long way in only a few short years and as much as I would love to take all the credit, some pretty incredible people helped us get here. I'd love to say we are still super-close with everyone but unfortunately, life doesn't quite work that way. So cue the sappy montage music, this is a clip show! (click pictures to enlarge)
 

Updates and excitement!

by Alex in Pre-trip, Budgeting, Gear

Merry Christmas everybody! ...Okay, so Christmas was a couple of days ago, but shut up, I've been busy! There's been a lot going on at Didi and Gogo HQ, and there are a few quick updates I'd like to share with you. Let's not waste time:

Its Beginning to Look Alot Like...

by Tasha in Epigrams and Interludes 

Let's start with a little confession.

I love Christmas.

...I mean I really love Christmas.

It's easily my favourite time of year. It has candy canes and Christmas carols and - although tainted somewhat through consumerist coloured glasses - a general air of love and hope and forgiveness towards all people.

And yes, I realise that it is primarily a religious holiday, however I like to think that the spirit of goodwill through December trancends the bounds of religion and race and all other shackles that divide us and brings us together as just people.

I Am Ashamed

Pictured: harmless

by Alex in Epigrams and Interludes

I feel ashamed today.

As I was walking to work this morning, I saw a discarded poster lying on the ground, showing a man's face with a caption in Arabic. After a split second, I realised the flyer was for a candidate in Melbourne's recent local elections. This makes sense, since the suburb in which we live has a high proportion of families of Middle Eastern descent. But before that dawned on me, my first reaction was alarm.