The Johnslingtons

We spent April 16 – 26 on the beautiful island of Bali, splitting our time between Sanur, a beach town in the South (near the airport and capital city of Denpasar); Munduk, a mountain town in the central highlands; and Pekutatan, another beach town in West Bali. Bali is part of the country of Indonesia,… Continue reading Where in the World Is Fiona? Bali!

A note on our Australia itinerary: I realize that our dispatches from this leg of the trip have been a bit out of order (and delayed!). For those of you following along at home, our journey went thusly: Sydney, Wollongong, #vanlife (with overnight stops in Jervis Bay, Broulee, Eden, Kosciuszko National Park, Khancoban, Bright and… Continue reading The Only Thing That Isn’t “Too Easy” About Australia? Saying Goodbye.

Hey, we like food. In a past life, I was an honest-to-goodness food blogger. That’s done, but I still love to find great things and chow down, so… here’s a list of the great things we had in Australia. (Note: kind of a repost because the original showed up on the original draft date, not the… Continue reading Australia – The Best Things We Ate

None of us had ever been to South Australia before, so we figured “why not?” Returning our rental car to Melbourne from the Grampians would be a three-ish hour drive, and getting close to Adelaide would be five, so… It wasn’t exactly a mistake, but please know that the drive from the Grampians to the… Continue reading South Australia – Agriculture and Adelaide

Hello, friends and family! A quick update: While our most recent post has us stuck in Australia (not a bad place to be stuck, to be honest), our actual travels have since taken us to Bali, Singapore and now Spain, where we’re currently traveling via train from Barcelona to San Sebastian. While we figured out… Continue reading An Update: The Train in Spain

I picked Grampians National Park off of a map, mostly because it seemed like it was kind of on the way between Apollo Bay and Adelaide. Great call, me! First off: the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road. They are one of Australia’s most well-known tourist attractions, and for good reason. Giant sandstone stacks… Continue reading Astounding Apostles and Gamboling in the Grampians

Editorial note: our MacBook keyboard died, so blog posts may be sparser or more pic heavy until we can get a USB keyboard sorted out. Melbourne – we have in the past described it as the odd child of Brooklyn, Seattle, and San Francisco. But I think that’s unfair – it’s so much a City… Continue reading Melbourne is just cool

I don’t have photos of the drive down from Thredbo, because it was the nastiest drive we did in Mist the campervan, and perhaps the nastiest drive in Australia. The map of the road to Tom Groggin looks like Fiona’s drawings at age 2. From there to Khancoban, maybe when she would throw spaghetti on… Continue reading Campervan Chronicles – Bright to Melbourne

It’s no secret that I love mountains. I’ll go out of my way to look at one, walk around one, climb to the top, or just sit on a ledge and stare. I’m rarely happier than after an above-treeline hike that leaves me with sore feet, aching thighs, and a black line of dirt right… Continue reading Campervan Chronicles – Kosciuszko

Our last day in Melbourne was not Fi’s best. There were endless delays getting out of the house and tricky transitions once we were out and generally lots of less-than stable emotions in between. Then, right before tucking into a delicious and low-key dinner at our friends’ house, something small set her off and boom,… Continue reading In Praise of Lazy Days