This light-hearted, laid back couple enjoys their small town Iowan life, playing games, and cooking all types of food. But most of all they enjoy traveling to new places. They moved overseas and share their travels and expat lives.
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This light-hearted, laid back couple enjoys their small town Iowan life, playing games, and cooking all types of food. But most of all they enjoy traveling to new places. They moved overseas and share their travels and expat lives.
Episode050 is our LAST (regular) episode! We have LOVED being a part of your lives and appreciate all of our listeners. THANK YOU for supporting us and following our journey! Don’t worry though, our website will still be around sharing travel and expat articles. This episode wraps up a few life updates about language and […]
Episode049 talks all about our favorite podcasts, and not just our top 3. Since we will be ending out show at Episode050, we share lots of our past and present podcast favs to fill in the void. Questions for the listeners: What podcast are you loving right now? Do you listen to any podcasts we […]
Episode048 covers 3 things we are liking right now. Short, sweet, and to the point. Questions for the listeners: What are you loving right now? Do you use anything we talked about? Would you want to have an episode about what podcasts we enjoy and why? Listen to Episode048 and let us know what you […]
Episode047 covers our recent travels to the UAE to visit good friends and to run Jason's first race in Dubai! We also slipped in a desert safari and a side trip to Abu Dhabi.
Happy February! In Episode046 we wrap up with our January happenings. Our travels took us to the biggest city in Turkey, Istanbul. We went not for touristy stuff, but to help our friends, the Butterworths(co-founders of The Coffee Compass). The chat also includes some random happenings like people being scammed by shoeshiner tricks, trends in […]
Welcome back to the FunkTravels Podcast! Episode045 is a review of 2017. We chat about the best, worst, and unexpected things that happened to us this last year. There is also mention of future 2018 goals towards the end. If you stick around after we wrap up of this episode you are in for a […]
New Year, same show! First of all, thank you so much for following along on our journey of expat living and travel adventures. We are so thankful for you! Second, Happy New Year! If you missed it here is our Christmas/New Year Card for you! Our first episode of the year recaps our Christmas holidays […]
Merry start to your Christmas season! In this episode, we are talking about how we celebrate Christmas in a predominately Islamic county, a.k.a. a country where the majority do not celebrate Christmas. We chat about how to be intentional during this time or Christmas would just pass you by! That being said, we are also popping […]
Welcome back and Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans and Canadians out there! In Episode042, we chat about our experience hosting our first Thanksgiving Party in Turkey. The 30 plus friends from 7 different countries that gathered in our home for this celebration made for a lively and enjoyable evening! But most of this episode […]
In Episode041, we share our recent travels to Antalya! Enjoy hearing about our first Glamping Hub experience at Saklı Göl Evleri in Turkey as well as some info about the nearby ancient ruins of Sagalassos. Traveling is good and refreshing for the soul, but it also causes us to rearrange schedules! We chat about how […]
Episode 40 y’all! When we started this podcast in January of 2016, we weren’t so sure that it would still be going. But almost 2 years later and 1 summer break, we love that we have a record of our travels and international move from the U.S.A. to Turkey! We hope you will dip into […]
In this episode, we are back to sharing about our expat life. That means several updates about daily life, getting back into a routine during our 2nd year, learning to love each other better in the midst of change and in a different culture, and weekend getaways to explore nearby 2,000-year-old ancient cities.
Welcome back! September means (somewhat) cooler weather AND Jason’s birthday. We celebrated in 2 ways… 1. Submitting all of our paper work for our visa renewals! We are hopping to get a 2 year visa. 2. We enjoyed the last days of summer, sun, beach, and the sea on a boat tour with friends! We […]
Welcome back to the start of Season 3! We have missed y’all over the last two months, but it was a good break for us! Now we are ready to get back to sharing life with our little podcast community. In recording this episode, a new intro was in order! The other two times we […]
Hello! In Episode035, we talk all our upcoming summer travels. You may remember our friends, Eric and Ashley, from the sailing trip in Episode017 and yet again in our Prague/New Years travels in Episode026. Well, we will tell you all about our new summer travel schedule with them starting in June. I won’t ruin the surprise here, but listen in […]
Hello! Jason and I enjoyed a weekend with new friends out at the town of old Foça. We talk a little bit about it in the episode, but our main topic is all about Turkish weddings. Last weekend started the wedding festivities with some of our friends, Kaan and Melis, with their Kına Gecesi, or […]
Hello! One of our favorite parts about Turkey is the food! So in episode033, we discuss each of our top 10 list of foods we love in Turkey! We were surprised to see what each other did or did not have on their list! Also, at the beginning of this episode we talk about the local […]
Welcome back! This is part 2 of our Q&A! We answer some MORE of your questions! Again, thanks to all of those who contributed to our Q&A episode. We will continue to answer 1 or 2 questions throughout future episodes. So, please continue to send us your questions! Also, at the beginning of this episode […]
We answer some of your questions! Thanks to all of those who contributed to our Q&A episode! We definitely will have another Q&A episode. Please send us your questions and we will answer them in the next episode! Also, at the beginning of this episode we talk about a few of highlights in last week or […]
This light-hearted, laid back couple enjoys their small town Iowan life, playing games, and cooking all types of food. But most of all they enjoy traveling to new places. They moved overseas and share their travels and expat lives.
