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During our last trip, we decided that it was time for us to document our travels by starting up a blog. Everyone is always asking questions about our travels and advice for their future trips that we thought it would be a good idea to keep everyone up to date on our (mis)adventures. We hope that our blog will inspire our friends to enjoy their travels as much as we do and maybe even make some of you want to visit our favorite spots! We'll update the blog after our trips and hopefully even add a few more from past vacations! Please feel free to comment about our trips!

Some of our readers might already know a lot about one (or both) of us, but this is just some background info on us that you may (or not) find interesting about us:

Chris was born in Kansas City, MO, but raised in Lawrence, KS. He grew up rooting for the Jayhawks and graduated with a Geography degree from KU. As a child, Chris would write his name and address on all of his National Geographic maps that he had. During his college years, he spend many hours "working" in the law library surfing the internet to see what the longest possible plane trip around the world was (Fairbanks to Cape Town) as well as researching future travel destinations. He collects maps of all kinds and always tries to purchase a map every new place that he visits. Besides traveling, he loves KU basketball & football, Royals baseball, hiking, golfing, eating and photography. His favorite country that he has traveled to so far is Australia for its' natural beauty, friendly citizens and unique culture.

Grace was born in Louisville, KY, but ended up in Southern CA by age one. Growing up in year round perfect weather was rough, but someone had to do it. She has been traveling internationally since age four and by age 13 made the overseas trip to Tokyo by herself to meet up with her grandmother for two months in Japan and Taiwan. In 1992, she made the unthinkable decision to move from paradise to KS to attend the University of KS for journalism school. Little did she know that her path in life would take unexpected turns and she would spend her entire adult life in a place with cold winters and super hot summers. Besides traveling, she loves art museums, history, architecture, food, Dodgers baseball, USC football and KU basketball. She collects art museum guidebooks during her travels. Currently, her goal is to purchase small pieces of artwork in every country that she visits. She has given up her hobby of buying expensive shoes to fuel her travel obsession.

Chris and I met through a mutual friend years before we started dating, but in 2004, we were set up on a date. Our first trip together was to visit his other "family" down in Dallas a month into dating. It's been a traveling frenzy ever since then. Chris and I share the same passion for traveling. Both of us spend countless hours researching places to visit, looking for great deals on travel and reading up about our future destinations. Our summer travels around the States usually consist of some of our favorite things: baseball, art, history, architecture and food! We are willing to go (almost) anywhere because sometimes the least likely location becomes a hidden gem.

States Left to Visit Chris-7 Grace-10
Foreign Countries Visited Chris-7 (Canada, Mexico, Australia, England, France, Belgium, Curacao) Grace-16 (Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Mexico, England, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Vatican City, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Curacao)
Baseball Stadiums Left to Visit Chris-3 Grace-4
Favorite Vacation Spot Chris- Australia's East Coast Grace-Paris
Best Meal on Vacation Chris- lobster rolls in Portsmouth, NH Grace- 12 course French meal in Tokyo (yes, not in Paris!)
Dream Vacation Chris- Traveling New Zealand in a camper van Grace- 2 weeks on the island of Petit St Vincent
Longing to Go Visit Chris- Palau Grace- Tahiti
Best Souvenir Ever Chris- Any and all maps Grace-Mexican prints from Mexico City
Worst Souvenir Chris- terrible disc ("artwork") from Mexico Grace- Curacao liquor bottle breaking in suitcase
Most Amazing Thing Seen Chris- Yosemite National Park Grace- Tokyo subways at 5 PM