Checking In: Summer plans and more

Check-In: Our Top 3 Places to Live, Podcast Updates, and Upcoming Trips (Wisconsin, Canada, Vegas, CA/Oregon, Finland)

Brittany and Josh do a podcast check-in, sharing updated top three places they could see themselves living: Brittany lists Portree, Scotland; Aveiro, Portugal; and Stockholm, Sweden, while Josh lists Ghent, Belgium; Portree, Scotland; and Toronto, Canada as a Canada placeholder. They discuss the podcast’s progress, noting a core listener group and listens from nearly 60 countries, and reaffirm it as a passion project. They reflect on travel lessons including building independence, seeking more cultural and historical experiences, practicing patience in airports, and balancing hiking with food-and-wine-focused trips. They talk about considering moves within the U.S. (including Wisconsin and Massachusetts) versus abroad, and how family, community involvement, and being more present factor into decisions. Upcoming plans include Wisconsin trips, a Canada border-area weekend, Las Vegas with Josh’s dad for a Scorpions concert, California and Oregon, and a winter Northern Lights trip to Finland; next episode covers solo travel experiences.

00:00 Welcome and Check In

01:02 Top Three Places Update

02:48 Josh Top Three Picks

03:56 How the Podcast Is Going

06:39 Changing How We Travel

08:04 Solo Travel and Independence

11:40 Lessons From the Pod

13:38 Culture History and Connection

15:18 Airport Patience and Grace

17:32 Hiking Versus Tours

18:37 Ireland Trail Culture

19:41 Skye Comeback Plans

20:12 Exploring Wisconsin More

22:40 US Gems Like Massachusetts

25:07 Are We Ready To Move

27:58 Learning To Be Present

29:06 Next Trips On Deck

32:14 Food Festivals And Panda Fest

33:15 Wrap Up And Next Episode

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Transcript

brit 0:11

Hello, and welcome to the We Should Move Here Travels podcast. My name is Brittany.

josh 0:16

I'm Josh.

brit 0:17

And we are your hosts. Today, we're just gonna be doing a brief check-in, um, to see, how it's going for both of us.

josh 0:27

Yeah. It's been... I feel like it's been a minute since we've done a check-in. It's for sure been since before Portugal.

brit 0:34

Yeah, I think we did one after Ireland.

josh 0:36

Okay. Even though it, it hasn't been that many trips, I feel like a lot has happened.

brit 0:42

A lot has happened. I feel like on the pod it probably seems shorter because it's week to week. Mm-hmm. But we, we work so far ahead-

josh 0:53

Mm-hmm

brit 0:53

that it does feel like so much has happened-

josh 0:55

Yeah

brit 0:56

in between episodes. So, excited to get into it.

josh 1:00

Yeah, same.

brit 1:02

So let's get started with some updates to our top three. So these are the top three places that we could see ourselves living. Not necessarily our top three favorite places, although my number one is probably my favorite place on earth as of right now. So, so I guess that one is, uh, both. But- My number one is Portree, Scotland. My number two has changed to Aveiro, Portugal. And then my number three is Stockholm, Sweden.

josh 1:39

Mm.

brit 1:39

You know, I realize that getting rid of Ghent, Belgium as my number two and still having Stockholm, Sweden as my number three really made Stockholm my number two. But I had to evaluate everything. So, You have Ghent in yours.

josh 1:57

Yes.

brit 1:57

So I felt safer not having Ghent in mine- Mm-hmm because it's in yours. But I love Ghent. and Stockholm, I really just wanna explore more of Sweden, and I think just those Nor- Nordic countries, I could see us in one of those. So I think that's why it's gotta be in my top three.

josh 2:19

Absolutely. Yeah, a- I think lots of people can see Nordic countries as a place to live. I mean, they rank top in happiness and- Yeah a whole bunch of categories. So I think we got to, and we have plans to, for sure, go there- Mm-hmm to many of the Nordic countries. We got plans to go back to Sweden. We have plans to go to Finland, definitely Norway, Denmark.

brit 2:46

Absolutely.

josh 2:47

Mm-hmm.

brit 2:47

Yeah. So what's your top three?

josh 2:50

So like you said, I got Ghent, and Ghent is my number one. Portree, Scotland, I have as my number two, and then I have Toronto, Canada as my number three. And Toronto's kind of a placeholder just for Canada. Even though I really did love Toronto and I've enjoyed the places we've gone in Canada-

brit 3:11

Mm-hmm

josh 3:11

it's kind of a placeholder because being in Wisconsin, the United States, Canada's right there. in a d- it allows us to live in a different country with not being that far away from where we grew up.

brit 3:23

Yeah, which kind of is the best of both worlds, um, being able to live out of the country and also feel like it's so accessible to come back home- Right when we want to. I feel like it would allow us to be able to spend more time with our friends and family, which is some- a huge thing for us when we're thinking about moving out of the country. It's scary.

josh 3:48

Yeah. It's something that you and me definitely have lots of conversations about.

brit 3:52

Yeah. And we'll talk a little bit about that, too.

josh 3:55

Mm-hmm.

brit 3:56

but overall, how do you feel like the pod is going?

josh 3:59

I think the pod is going good, you know, despite the fact that we don't have thousands of or even hundreds of downloads per episode. I still feel like we got a core group of people who listen to us out there, and we do- Have lots of people that just come and listen to one episode.

brit 4:21

Mm-hmm.

josh 4:22

I mean, we've had nearly 60 different countries listen to an episode from all over the world, which I think is crazy cool.

brit 4:32

That is so cool.

josh 4:34

Yeah.

brit 4:34

And that's such an accomplishment, too, for the pod. Mm-hmm.

josh 4:37

Like,

brit 4:38

that d- other countries are also listening to us. That's-

josh 4:42

Yeah

brit 4:42

that's huge.

josh 4:43

Mm-hmm. So even though someone else's opinion might be they look at us, we don't have a bunch of downloads or we don't have a bunch of views, stuff like that, I feel really good about where it's at. Um, of course, if it would've blown up and we had hundreds of thousands, and we were getting paid to do this would be cool, but I, I still enjoy doing this as a passion project with you as we go forward.

brit 5:06

Yeah, I agree. I think that the pod, it is our passion.

josh 5:13

Mm-hmm.

brit 5:14

Travel is something that we have found that together we love it.

josh 5:19

Mm.

brit 5:20

Separately we love it. It is something that we feel so passionately about, and it's life-changing, and everybody should be out there traveling the world if you can. If you have accessibility to do that, do it.

josh 5:37

Mm-hmm.

brit 5:38

Because you'll regret it if you don't, I think.

josh 5:40

Yeah.

brit 5:41

I mean, there's so many people that I think wish they would have traveled more as they age.

josh 5:47

Mm-hmm.

brit 5:48

So I'm so glad that we're continuing to d- do the pod.

josh 5:52

Yeah.

brit 5:52

Even though we don't have, thousands of people listening and we're not getting paid, that's really not even something I'm thinking about regularly because we're so passionate about this and it doesn't... I mean, obviously extra income would be great.

josh 6:11

Mm.

brit 6:11

Aside from the income portion, it doesn't really matter who's listening and who's not.

josh 6:16

Yeah.

brit 6:16

Right? So regardless, we're gonna continue to do this, and we'll see where it goes.

josh 6:23

Mm-hmm. Yeah, and I mean, as far as travel, I think it's been really cool all the places that we've gone in almost our first year of doing this podcast, and I'm really excited to continue traveling and continue sharing it on the podcast.

brit 6:38

Yeah, me too. are there things that you would like to change about the podcast or about the way that we travel?

josh 6:45

I think we're always thinking about ways we wanna change the way we travel. I think when you and me go places we're like, "Oh, if, if only we could have, rented a car this time and then we could go do this," or, "If we could have... If only we could have stayed here and done this or had another week or been a week less," and there's so much of that.

brit 7:03

Yeah.

josh 7:04

I mean, I always wish we could travel more but also be home more at the same time. I, I think we've found kind of a good groove. I think we're very privileged to be able to do kind of two-week trips at a time when we do it, and that's a nice sweet spot between two and three weeks. You know, I- we tried the full month, right, at the beginning of the podcast, and even though that was amazing, that was a really long time.

brit 7:33

Very long time.

josh 7:34

Yeah.

brit 7:34

I'm glad we did it, though.

josh 7:36

Right. Same. And I, I would be open to doing it in the future, but it's not gonna be something that we do incredibly often.

brit 7:43

No. No. I think there would have to be a lot that changes for me to wanna do that again.

josh 7:49

Mm-hmm.

brit 7:50

Although, I did just do the three weeks in Portugal, so what the fuck am I saying?

josh 7:57

Yeah, what about you? Are there, uh, things you're thinking about the podcast you wanna change or with travel you wanna change or do differently?

brit 8:04

I really loved that there was some solo adventure in the Portugal trip for me, and I would love to incorporate that for both of us because we are both also very independent people and we both really love solo travel.

josh 8:23

Mm-hmm.

brit 8:23

So I think that we thrive in those environments and I think it would be interesting to at least try once, like you... Say we did Portugal again and I went to Aveiro for that week, you went to Porto for a week, and then like I met you in Porto, you showed me around what you learned and then we go to Aveiro, I show you around what I learned and all of that. Mm. I think that would be so much fun. Um, I think it would be great for our relationship

josh 8:55

Yeah.

brit 8:55

And sometimes you need that independence to be able to thrive. So, yeah, I think incorporating that somehow could be fun, could be a fun experiment for us. I don't necessarily want to be that far away from you for that long ever again. So

josh 9:19

I think it'll probably happen at some point, but

brit 9:22

It probably will. However, I like the idea of you being close Yeah. Um, but we'll talk more also about the solo travel experiences and stuff like that, next episode.

josh 9:38

Yeah.

brit 9:38

But I think that's what I learned on this recent trip that I might wanna incorporate in the pod.

josh 9:46

Mm.

brit 9:47

So...

josh 9:47

And maybe we can do some more n- not solo tra- but more independent things while we go on trips together. Like, if there's a day where I wanna go hiking and you're like, "I don't wanna go for a hike today," like, you do that. So-

brit 10:07

But I love h- I love to go on hikes with you.

josh 10:10

Just an example. I mean, maybe I wanna go on a food tour and you don't. Who knows?

brit 10:15

Okay. I don't see a world where that happens, but okay. I see what you mean.

josh 10:23

J- just for examples. There's... Maybe when we're in the same place we do things independently and then come together for that day or later that day.

brit 10:34

Yeah. I mean, I think there's definitely opportunities for us to be able to be independent on our couple travel trips.

josh 10:43

Mm-hmm. But I also really like your idea of us doing, going to a place the same time, spending separate time in a city each, and then coming together and showing each other around that place what we learned.

brit 10:58

Yeah, I think that would be really fun. I came up with that idea when I was in Aveiro. Mm-hmm. I was like, "Oh, how cool would it be if he was in Porto right now and we just like, came together and explored the cities afterwards as we're, we're both solo traveling?" 'Cause like I really struggled... Again, I'll talk more about this, but I really struggled with the thought of you not having any new experiences while I was having all of these firsts.

josh 11:26

Mm.

brit 11:27

And I, I was just like, "I think it would be so much fun if he was doing this too."

josh 11:32

Yeah.

brit 11:33

And then we talk at night and, you know, you're right there.

josh 11:36

Mm-hmm.

brit 11:37

Maybe like an hour train ride away.

josh 11:39

Mm-hmm.

brit 11:39

Yeah. So anyways, what have you learned doing the pod so far?

josh 11:45

I mentioned this a little bit in I think the previous episode, for sure the episode before That we've gone to a lot of places, and we've gotten involved in the community events there, and we've seen a lot of their close-knit community. And we're like, "Oh, man, like that's so cool." Really love that. And just being more involved in our community here-

brit 12:06

Mm

josh 12:07

Yeah. I think that's some of it. And I think because the United States just has such a big divide politically currently, it's- Mm y- you constantly feel a little bit, like, on edge.

brit 12:19

Yeah.

josh 12:20

So there's that as well. So I mean, there's a couple different aspects, but I mean, definitely not going to a bunch of community events is 100% a part of not feeling part of the community. So- Yeah that's just, just on me and of, you know, not always feeling like going out and doing that.

brit 12:37

Well, I think on us.

josh 12:38

Mm-hmm.

brit 12:39

Yeah, 'cause we know about them or we know that Appleton, for instance, does, like, a ton of community events. And we've recently started to go, so you'll hear more about those as the pod continues. Yeah. Dun,

josh 12:54

dun,

brit 12:56

dun.

josh 12:58

What about you? What have you learned?

brit 13:00

I feel like I've gained so much independence through travel, and I am so grateful for it. I just feel more confident and more able to do things alone, than, like, pre-travel Brittany, you know?

josh 13:15

Pre-travel Brittany.

brit 13:18

uh, we learn a- about every place that we go, and I've learned so much about different cultures and communities and people's lives and how we're so similar but so different at the same time. just honoring and m- learning and respecting in those things

josh 13:38

one thing that I would just echo off of and continue off of is, like, the cultural experience. I would like for us to being a little more history or cultural oriented in some of our trips and going to, like what we did in Coimbra, we went to the university.

brit 13:56

Mm-hmm.

josh 13:56

We got some of the local history and the history of the university while we were there. And we've kind of done that for most trips. We've had it sprinkled in there.

brit 14:05

Yeah.

josh 14:05

But I think, like, a little bit more would then make me feel even more connected or more educated on a place.

brit 14:13

Yeah, I completely agree. I think that when we're there, it's really important that we learn about the cultural aspects of things, and also, historically how things came to be.

josh 14:26

Mm-hmm.

brit 14:27

Because I think you and I both are not huge history buffs. Mm-hmm. So we don't know a whole lot about the history of a place before going.

josh 14:38

Yeah.

brit 14:39

And I think that's so cool because then we get to learn all about it while we're there.

josh 14:43

Yeah.

brit 14:43

And while we're seeing the thing. Mm-hmm. You know? Like, it's... That's a cool way to become a history buff- Mm-hmm honestly.

josh 14:50

And I think that's why we're kind of becoming the way we are, 'cause then we go and we're like, "Oh my gosh, that's so cool." Like, I didn't know that at all because I didn't look it up at all before I went.

brit 14:59

Yeah. Mm-hmm. And I love that we don't.

josh 15:01

Mm-hmm.

brit 15:01

Because then we get to explore. However, I do think that there's more, kind of what you're hinting at, I think there's more opportunities for us to learn-

josh 15:10

Mm-hmm

brit 15:11

um, that maybe we miss because we don't look things up.

josh 15:14

Yeah.

brit 15:14

So.

josh 15:15

There's a balance.

brit 15:16

Yeah.

josh 15:16

Mm-hmm.

brit 15:17

There's a balance there, for sure. I have also learned how to travel through the airport with patience and with grace because it is some people's first day on Earth there, and I need to understand that.

josh 15:33

Yeah. You do. And it, it's so interesting for me to think that. When the first time you said it, I was like, Oh my gosh, that's so true." Like you were saying it to yourself to, like, get over something someone did, like a quick turn of direction when they were in the airport or something. And you, you kind of mumbled it under your breath. I was like, Oh my God, that's right. It it could be that person's very first time in the airport during their life."

brit 16:03

It really could be. It also seems like their first day on Earth, so. That's why I say that.

josh 16:09

Yeah.

brit 16:10

All in good fun. Just joking.

josh 16:12

Yeah.

brit 16:12

I mean, but airports in general you do have to have a lot of patience and a lot of grace with people because of those things- things, right? So I mean, it could be their first trip ever. They could be really anxious in airports, and I mean, there's the history of airports, too- Mm-hmm that can be really traumatizing for some people, so.

josh 16:33

Right.

brit 16:34

I, I think it's just really important that you travel with patience and grace, and I've learned that as we travel. Do I always hold to that? I wish I could.

josh 16:45

Mm-hmm.

brit 16:46

But... And I try to my hardest, but, um, yeah, sometimes just gets the best of me.

josh 16:54

Gets the best

brit 16:54

of everyone. And I need a 10. I need a margarita in an airport. $20 margarita.

josh 17:01

I'm sure that's why they serve alcohol in airports.

brit 17:04

Maybe. Yeah. Yeah. No, we really don't drink in the airports ever.

josh 17:08

No.

brit 17:08

No, because I'm so, uh, conscious of, like, swelling in my ankles or my hands or my feet, and I'm like, "I don't wanna have any alcohol 'cause that will, that will just double it up."

josh 17:21

Yeah. Freak you out while you're on the plane.

brit 17:22

It will. Yeah. Yeah. I'm one of those anxious travelers. Anyways. anything else that you learned that you wanna mention?

josh 17:31

we've learned so much. in Ireland how much we loved hiking. got a little taste of it when we went to Scotland, years before.

brit 17:39

Yeah.

josh 17:40

but really consciously did it more frequently while we were in Ireland. And then we didn't do it in Portugal, and I definitely felt like we missed out.

brit 17:48

Yeah. There were a couple of trails that I did have saved for Portugal. Mm-hmm. And, you know, I think you just can't experience everything. You can't. Right? And we really wanted to do, like, food and wine tours, and we got... That was kind of our trip, right? Right. The food, the wine, and th- learning about the history and the culture in that way.

josh 18:09

Right.

brit 18:10

but we couldn't have done both.

josh 18:11

Right.

brit 18:12

So I mean, there maybe could have been a day where we didn't do a tour or we, whatever, and we hiked. So maybe that's something that we look into for our upcoming trips-

josh 18:24

Mm-hmm

brit 18:24

like to make sure that there's a hike in there. in Portugal there were several that I did wanna do.

josh 18:30

Mm.

brit 18:31

But they were also farther away than the cities that we were staying in.

josh 18:36

Yeah.

brit 18:36

So.

josh 18:37

Yeah, I, I think, I guess it's also important the country you're in, where Ireland, like that's... You gotta do it. There's so much open space, and it's so widely available. You don't have to go far to be able to find a really great trail.

brit 18:52

No, not at all.

josh 18:53

Yeah.

brit 18:53

And there's not gonna be a lot of people on those trails either because there's so many.

josh 18:59

Right.

brit 18:59

There's gonna be a lot of sheep.

josh 19:01

Yeah.

brit 19:01

I'll tell you that. But

josh 19:04

So I guess, I mean, I guess that's something I learned just now, you know? It's doesn't always have to be doing it all the time or doing it some of the time or doing it not. Like, it can be a good balance of all of it.

brit 19:16

Yeah, and I think if we look at Ireland and Portugal together, 'cause those are our most recent trips-

josh 19:23

Mm-hmm

brit 19:23

I think it was a good balance for both of them because Ireland we hiked, like, every fucking day. Mm. And Portugal we didn't hike at all. Mm-hmm. So like maybe we can find a way to intertwine that on one trip and, Balance it out a little evenly.

josh 19:41

I guess we kinda did that in Scotland 'cause we went... We didn't go on a lot of hikes, but we went on a few.

brit 19:47

Yeah. I think in Scotland we weren't as well-versed in hiking.

josh 19:51

No.

brit 19:51

So we didn't do a lot of the difficult ones. Yeah. Which if we go back to the Isle of Skye, scratch that, when we go back to the Isle of Skye, we're gonna do those hikes.

josh 20:02

Definitely.

brit 20:03

Cause I think we can do them now.

josh 20:04

Absolutely.

brit 20:05

Like, I feel more confident in my hiking abilities.

josh 20:08

Yeah. That's just growth.

brit 20:10

Yeah.

josh 20:10

Growth as us, growth as people. Yeah.

brit 20:12

So something that we've been talking about a little bit more is exploring some more of the US. Now, we are definitely considering moving out of the country. However, I think there's also opportunities within the country that fit a lot of what we're looking for. We also have recently talked about maybe exploring more of Wisconsin.

josh 20:39

Mm-hmm.

brit 20:39

Because it is our home state. It is a beautiful state. We certainly haven't explored all of it. I don't know. What are your thoughts?

josh 20:47

We've talked about it extensively, and we definitely need to do more exploration of Wisconsin because it's so easy for us as well- Yeah being in the state and being able to just take our vehicle whenever to go to most parts of the state. Of course, it'd be better if we have trains, but we don't.

brit 21:07

It would be. Like, we have some trains, like, I think two trains that run through Wisconsin, but they're n- they're not like the trains in Europe.

josh 21:16

Yeah. It, it... And they're not really accessible to us for more Wisconsin travel.

brit 21:22

No.

josh 21:22

no, we definitely gotta do more exploring of Wisconsin. Of course, living here we have hit some of the big-ticket items, people would say, or the big cities that people have gone to before. Like, we've been to Madison, Sheboygan, uh, Door County, stuff like that. But to maybe go back to them and look them in the light of maybe we could move here. Yeah. Maybe we could live here. And then, of course, going to places that we haven't gone to, which of course there's so much.

brit 21:52

Yeah. Could you imagine how happy our parents would be if we decided to stay in Wisconsin?

josh 21:56

Oh, they would love it. They would. E- especially with my parents being retired now, that would just give them an excuse to, like, come visit and then hike near wherever we are or do, like, a camping trip wherever we are. They would love that. Yeah. Um, I'm sure your mom and dad would feel the exact same way.

brit 22:15

Yeah.

josh 22:16

Mm-hmm.

brit 22:17

I mean, it is definitely a driving factor of staying in Wisconsin, being around family.

josh 22:22

Mm-hmm.

brit 22:22

You know? Like, I think that's a huge thing for both of us, I just think- Mm it's really important for both of us to be around our families and be able to spend time with them easily and, yeah. We are family people at the end of the day, and I think that's a huge Wisconsin thing too.

josh 22:39

Definitely is. As far as the rest of the United States, When we did our fall Halloween trip last year, I think that opened my eyes to there are so many cool places in the United States that kind of fit what we're looking for, and we can have some really great trips in the United States. It's just about finding those places.

brit 23:03

Yeah, absolutely. Massachusetts really surprised me. If certain administration changed, it might become a part of my top three. Mm-hmm. Because I loved it so much. It was a beautiful state. It is so gorgeous. we stayed in Ipswich, and we loved it there. I think we've talked about Ipswich a lot-

josh 23:28

Mm-hmm

brit 23:28

on the pod, and that's just because, uh, I mean, it's a, it's a testament to how community-focused, how beautiful, how accessible things are. Like, it just was a cool place, And a train ran right through it-

josh 23:46

Mm-hmm

brit 23:47

which was awesome. You could get to Salem and Boston by train. Yeah. And New York City.

josh 23:52

Mm-hmm.

brit 23:53

So very cool. I think that there also have been some hopeful things coming out of different states, and there's been different leadership that makes me feel more comfortable with the idea of being in the US-

josh 24:12

Mm-hmm

brit 24:12

and still maybe having this be our forever home.

josh 24:16

Mm-hmm.

brit 24:17

we're not totally writing it off yet. There would have to be a lot that happened, for us to totally write it off. Mm-hmm.

josh 24:23

I think also- depending if we ever find a place that we just went to, or if we go back to a place and we're like, "You know what? This is, I'm gonna be the happiest I will ever be here." Then we would have, we would have to make decisions. We haven't come across that place where both of us were just look to each other like, "This is, doesn't get better than this."

brit 24:47

Well, I don't know if we will, because we're so, I think we're in the mindset of like, it has to be perfect, and there's no perfect place, right? So, there isn't. I don't think there is. I think we just have to give some, give and take with it.

josh 25:06

Yeah.

brit 25:07

But this kind of goes along with the next question I had, which is are you getting ready to be in the mindset of moving, of actually doing the move?

josh 25:18

another thing that you and me have talked about recently, I get in the mood sometimes where I'm like, "Let's just, just sell our crap and go." Like, I could, I think at any point be ready if the right place was right or the, if the right place became available or we visited the right place. Also, if certain things happened in the United States and neither of us were Feeling comfortable or happy just being in this country anymore.

brit 25:51

Mm-hmm.

josh 25:52

The, I think there are several things that could happen, and all of a sudden I would be like, Yeah, I'm confident in doing this."

brit 25:58

Yeah. I mean, I think those are pretty extreme measures that very well could happen.

josh 26:04

Yeah.

brit 26:04

but I think if certain things do happen, then yeah, we have to be in the mindset- Mm-hmm because we would leave.

josh 26:10

Yeah.

brit 26:11

I say that and I know it's a very privileged way of speaking about it, but I think it would also, it, it would get to a point where we would have to.

josh 26:20

Mm-hmm.

brit 26:21

So whether we're in the mindset or not, if it gets to that point, we're leaving.

josh 26:25

Yeah.

brit 26:26

but as far as moving, I don't know that I'm fully in the mindset right now.

josh 26:33

Yeah, I would agree with that.

brit 26:35

the more that I see and the more that I experience, the more I feel destined to live somewhere else. Mm-hmm. The more it feels like it's going to happen, even if that's a very, you know, short amount of time of, in our lives, like a year, say, we live somewhere else. Like, it, I see it happening. I do. So it feels more and more right that it's going to happen. I just don't know when. And with us going back to work we're gonna be having some different jobs and different responsibilities around here, it seems like we're nowhere near ready to think about actually moving anytime soon.

josh 27:18

Yeah. Totally agree with that. We have lots of moving parts at the moment, and we're committed currently to being more involved in our community And then I think part of what I was saying that- There just wasn't a place that both of us at the same time were like, "Oh my gosh. We- Yeah we should move here right now if we can."

brit 27:39

Yeah.

josh 27:40

I think if that place came up, then we might talk to each other into it, and we might talk to each other into doing that, but that just hasn't happened.

brit 27:49

It hasn't. Mm-hmm. Which is surprising, 'cause we've gone to some really cool places.

josh 27:55

Such cool places. Such cool places. I think it's the fact that there's always, like, the next place to visit-

brit 28:02

Mm

josh 28:03

that might be holding that back a little bit.

brit 28:06

Mm-hmm.

josh 28:06

Cause I know I- we've talked about it before, I think, on other check-ins, that I wanna go to all the places.

brit 28:11

Yeah.

josh 28:12

And being in another country might make that even easier. But then to think of that process as, well, if we move, it's gonna be, like, a whole year moving. And then to then be able to travel, it's gonna be, like, another year after that. It's like, ugh.

brit 28:25

Yeah. I think both of us have that problem. And I think we should practice more, presence, like being there, being present, focusing on the moment while we're there. we do that to a certain extent, but I also think that we are always thinking of the next thing.

josh 28:42

Mm-hmm.

brit 28:43

So I wonder if that's hindering our ability to really be present- Mm-hmm and experience the city the way it's meant to be experienced.

josh 28:52

Absolutely.

brit 28:53

So that's something we gotta work on, I guess.

josh 28:56

Definitely. Another, another growth opportunity.

brit 28:58

Yeah.

josh 28:59

Be more present.

brit 29:01

Yeah. Not a bad thing. We're always growing.

josh 29:03

Yeah.

brit 29:04

Always changing, always evolving. So where are we going next?

josh 29:10

Like I said, we got plans for places, but some for sure we're gonna do some local Wisconsin trips

brit 29:17

Mm-hmm. We're gonna do those this summer. So I'm really excited to kind of explore a little bit more of Wisconsin, and also be able to, like, travel but also be home with the cats. 'Cause I feel like the cats have really missed us when we're gone, and we've really missed them. So we just gotta be home with our animals for a little bit.

josh 29:41

Yeah.

brit 29:42

we also have talked about going to Canada.

josh 29:46

Mm-hmm.

brit 29:46

just exploring for kind of a long weekend the border between, uh, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Canada. So up in that area. We're gonna explore at some time, some point this summer.

josh 30:01

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:02

Um, we'll keep you updated.

josh 30:04

Yeah. And then going to this fall, we have a trip with your dad that we're working out, going to a concert out in Vegas.

brit 30:15

what a cool foodie spot that we're gonna get to go to. there's tons of food places that I've seen, and we are gonna have so much fun talking about it on the pod because this is a food podcast.

josh 30:29

100%. That wasn't clear.

brit 30:34

and then the concert will be really fun. We're gonna go see the Scorpions, so that'll be fun.

josh 30:39

Yes.

brit 30:40

also this fall we will be going to California and Oregon we will be going to California with my mom and my mom's best friend, um, having some adventures with them, and then we're gonna rent a car and we're gonna drive to Oregon.

josh 30:56

Mm-hmm.

brit 30:56

Or maybe take the train. We haven't fully decided on that trip yet.

josh 31:00

little more complex, this trips, but ever since we did the Oregon-Washington combination trip a couple years ago-

brit 31:10

Mm-hmm

josh 31:10

we loved Oregon. when we are this close, being in California, we're like, We, we gotta make a little side trip and get back there."

brit 31:18

Yeah. Well, we only did, Portland.

josh 31:21

Mm-hmm.

brit 31:21

And we were like, "There's so much more of Oregon that we need to experience." Right. So we gotta go back.

josh 31:28

Definitely taking our hiking boots. then the one compromise of our voting trip from this last winter between Ireland and Finland, the compromise was that we'd go to the other place this year. So Finland is gonna be sometime this upcoming winter, whether that's December, January, February. Mm-hmm. It'll be within that time period most likely.

brit 31:52

Yeah. And it'll be n- a Northern Lights trip. Mm-hmm. So we'll get to experience the Northern Lights and all of the colors, and we'll take our camera and go do that. But those are our upcoming trips of what you can expect us to be talking about on the pod, along with a lot of kind of like local things that we're gonna be doing. so there's also some food festivals that we've talked about going to. Mm-hmm. And we might do some episodes about that because again, this is a food podcast.

josh 32:24

We're gonna, we're gonna do a total rebrand. This is-

brit 32:27

Yeah.

josh 32:28

moving somewhere based on food- and mostly about the food.

brit 32:33

Yeah.

josh 32:35

What's the one in, uh, Chicago you keep on bringing up?

brit 32:38

It's called Panda Fest.

josh 32:39

Panda Fest.

brit 32:40

And it has over 300 food vendors, and it's all Asian cuisine. So it's all different kinds of Asian cuisine, and it's all out of food trucks. It looks so fun. Yeah. Tickets are only, like, $12, so.

josh 32:56

Amazing.

brit 32:57

We're gonna have fun.

josh 32:58

I'm excited for the rest of the summer. I'm excited for continuing the podcast, all the fun places we're gonna see in Wisconsin, Canada, and then of course going into the fall and winter. I'm pumped.

brit 33:11

Me too. I think it'll be such a fun summer.

josh 33:14

Mm-hmm.

brit 33:15

next episode we will be talking about our solo travel experiences. So stay tuned for that. Don't forget to like, subscribe and follow on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube @wsmhtravels

josh 33:30

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brit 33:47

Thank you so much for listening. Until next time