Our Travelationship in Review: April 2016

Last Updated on July 21, 2025 by Travelationship April started off with us not realizing that March had ended and the days had begun to blend into one another. We spent the first week of the month in Montilliers, France, finishing out our first sheep farm-sit. On the seventh, we headed to our second farm …

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Street Art Phoenix Arizona

Maynard’s Street Art Obsession – Phoenix, Arizona

Last Updated on July 21, 2025 by Travelationship Having spent much of my life in the Phoenix area, I have seen it evolve. The Phoenix I knew 15 years ago was all about one kind of art, southwestern, and for the most part, you went to Scottsdale for that. Then Phoenix launched a long-term downtown …

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Our Travelationship in Review: Year 1

Last Updated on July 22, 2025 by Travelationship On April 25, 2015, we packed up our car with the remainder of our belongings, belted in our dog, and we headed off on a month-long road trip across the United States and Canada. Fast forward a year, and we have touched down on 26 flights, floated …

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Fontevraud Royal Abbey – History with a Purpose

Last Updated on February 12, 2024 by Travelationship Unlike any historic site we have visited, the Fontevraud Royal Abbey has created a working hybrid of the past, present, and future. At the same time, it is not new to see technology mingled amongst museums and historical places. The team at Fontevraud has engrained their “All …

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Our Free Tour With the International Greeter Association

Last Updated on February 12, 2024 by Travelationship I am still in disbelief we only recently discovered International Greeter Association. While we were in Montilliers, France, we came across their online information while looking for things to do in the area. From their website, we learned IGA is a group of volunteer greeters around the …

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Our Travelationship in Review: March 2016

Last Updated on July 12, 2025 by Travelationship Umm, where did March go? Our intention was to slow down by house-sitting, catch up on our blog posts, and solidify some plans for the next year. It is now April, and the only goal we conquered was our house sit. The chores at our farm/guesthouse in …

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