Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

Joining me today is someone who is known as “a nomad attorney”, who in the last two years has ventured through Pakistan and Iraq, driven from LA to Alaska, and maybe most impressively, took the Trans-Siberian railroad in winter, and who just published his third novel, He Who Fights with Monsters (wow, I’m tired just writing all of that out!), Marc Weitz. Today's podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus. Can your job be done on the road? What is your biggest hurdle to getting to a nomadic lifestyle? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts. Grab all the show notes including the links here! In This Episode 04:15 Being A Nomad Attorney & Getting Started 12:05 Biggest Roadblocks 17:10 Tips For Beginner Nomads (Especially If Your Job Is Not Normally Nomadic) 22:50 Making Travel A Lifestyle 29:15 Living in Paris 35:20 Volunteering During Your Trips 37:45 Pakistan & Iraq Safety & Surprises 44:00 Accommodations & Getting Around 48:15 Exploring Eastern Europe & Transnistria The Breakaway Republic 51:30 Amount Of Time Spent Away 52:30 Tales From The Trans-Siberian Railroad In The Winter 57:45 Top Of The List Places 01:02:10 Biggest Travel Mishaps 01:05:20 Writing Novels & The Love of Writing

Have you always wanted to learn a new language? How about 20 of them? Joining me today is someone who retired ex-diplomat, who has 50 years of travel under his belt, and who speaks 20 languages, Steve Kaufmann from lingq.com. What language(s) do you want to learn? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts. In This Episode 02:10 The Language Learning Beginnings 05:45 How To Make Your Brain More Flexible  08:15 Best Ways To Learn A Language 15:40 Lingq Language Learning 19:20 Is Isolated Vocab Necessary? 21:40 Comprehension & Tenses 24:40 How Long Does It Take To Learn A Language 28:45 How Important Is Immersion  32:35 How To Decide Which Languages To Learn 34:15 Which Languages Did He Give Up On 36:30 Learning Multiple Languages At Once & Losing What You've Learned 40:50 The Extensive Travel Life 42:55 Top of List Destinations 43:40 Diplomat Life & Living Anywhere 47:50 Travel Stories & Mishaps

Today we are answering one of our listener's questions that we received through our Instagram and we thought it was so good that it deserved its own podcast episode. We all know how much Travis loves his lists and he agonized over it up until this recording (TBH it was during the recording as well) while Heather was able to put her's together in less than 5 minutes but that is not to say that there wasn't a ton of pros and cons to navigate. The question is (drumroll please...) if you could only go back to one country for the rest of your life, where would you choose? And of course, Trav has his ground rules for this question & is the flip flop master which you will hear when you check out this episode. Today's podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus. If you could only go back to one country for the rest of your life, where would you choose? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.   Get the full show notes with links here! In This Episode 04:30 The Question 05:30 Trav's Ground Rules 07:45 Heather & Trav's Reasoning & Honorable Mentions 14:15 Let The Lists Begin 31:10 Number One's 40:00 What Is Your Top 5? 

Joining me today are two people with Californian accents (even though one of them is from Kentucky), a couple who has driven a BMW into a medieval castle in France and are fellow stroopwafel addicts, Jeremy and Lia from PracticalWanderlust.com. After a disastrous year-long honeymoon they now share down-to-earth travel tips from their many (mis)adventures on their podcast and blog and we dive into those stories & tips in today's episode. Today's podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus. What has been your most disastrous travel mishap? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts. In This Episode 6:00 Coming Home From The One Year Honeymoon 14:20 Better Work/Life Balance with Travel 17:45 Why The Jump Into Travel & The Spreadsheet 29:00 The Disasterous Honeymoon 37:00 Reality Checks & How-To Pivot 44:35 Amazing European Highlights & Castle Crashing 50:20 The End Of The Trip & Processing It  57:00 The Machu Picchu Misadventure 01:07:00 What Is Coming up Next

For our Quarantine Diaries we did a "Ask us Anything" series and some of the questions deserved a full episode so today Heather and I go through the top six places to be quarantined! The mountains, the ocean, a lake, a city... what will we choose? You have to listen to find out!  Where would you want to be quarantined? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts. Today's podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus. Check out the entire library of EPoP Travel Podcasts on Apple Podcasts. In This Episode 5:30 Where would you choose to be quarantined? 7:47 Heather's honorable mention 10:09 Headed here in the fall? 12:48 The ocean, good restaurants, and impeccable weather! 13:53 Headed to an island? 23:39 Anything you would change? 25:30 Living on the water 26:50 Where do you want to be quarantined?  Important Links Location Indie Want to follow our adventures? Check out our Instagram's at  @ExtraPackOfPeanuts, @HeatherSherry, and @TravelingWhitMyles  

Trav and Heather asked and you answered! On today's Quarantine Diaries Heather and Trav answer all your questions, including most insane things we've done while traveling for the experience, how many languages we speak, and... you'll have to listen to find out the rest!  This is part of our special podcast series called The Quarantine Diaries, which are short(er) form, unedited, off the cuff shows designed to give you even more travel content and love during a time when we are all stuck at home.  You can also watch these on our @extrapackofpeanuts IGTV station. Enjoy - and keep those travel spirits high!

Trav and Heather asked and you answered! On today's Quarantine Diaries Heather and Trav answer all your questions, including most insane things we've done while traveling for the experience, how many languages we speak, and... you'll have to listen to find out the rest!  This is part of our special podcast series called The Quarantine Diaries, which are short(er) form, unedited, off the cuff shows designed to give you even more travel content and love during a time when we are all stuck at home.  You can also watch these on our @extrapackofpeanuts IGTV station. Enjoy - and keep those travel spirits high!

Trav and Heather asked and you answered! On today's Quarantine Diaries Heather and Trav answer all your questions, including most insane things we've done while traveling for the experience, how many languages we speak, and... you'll have to listen to find out the rest!  This is part of our special podcast series called The Quarantine Diaries, which are short(er) form, unedited, off the cuff shows designed to give you even more travel content and love during a time when we are all stuck at home.  You can also watch these on our @extrapackofpeanuts IGTV station. Enjoy - and keep those travel spirits high!

Joining me today is someone who fell in love with biking in the city of Detroit, who enjoys being (and peeing) outdoors, and who is on a two-year bike trip from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina, Chris Haag from ThePlacesIPee.com This episode of The Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus What's the longest bike trip you've been on? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts. Click here to download this episode directly! Check out the entire library of EPoP Travel Podcasts on Apple Podcasts. In This Episode 3:16 Being and Peeing Outdoors 6:10 Riding a bike from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina 9:49 Budgeting for an Epic Biking Trip 14:00 What To Do When Reality Sets In 26:30 Getting Stuck in Sticky Situations 30:55 Advice for Other Riders 27:18 Most Difficult Places to Ride  35:03 Mental Toughness  39:10 Passing Time While Riding 50 Miles a Day  41:00 Favorite Places to Ride 52:18 Facing the Unexpected 1:08 Better Than You Imagined?

Trav and Heather asked and you answered! On today's Quarantine Diaries Heather and Trav answer all your questions, including most insane things we've done while traveling for the experience, how many languages we speak, and... you'll have to listen to find out the rest!  This is part of our special podcast series called The Quarantine Diaries, which are short(er) form, unedited, off the cuff shows designed to give you even more travel content and love during a time when we are all stuck at home.  You can also watch these on our @extrapackofpeanuts IGTV station. Enjoy - and keep those travel spirits high!