Get Off Your Beaten Path with Brandon Barnard - Clay Automobile Modeler

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Brandon Barnard - Clay Automobile Modeler

Join us this week as we interview Brandon Barnard - Automobile Clay Modeler. This is what you can expect to hear: If you are a car nerd like George, you already know what a Clay Modeler does. If you are like Nicole, you had no idea this cool job even existed! Find out how we met Brandon. Hear about a typical day for a modeler - hint...it involves coffee! Learn about how someone would become a clay modeler. What goes into building a car from clay? What happens to the model when they are done? Communication is key in this field! Brandon has a fun side hustle - near and dear to our heart. It involves vintage championship sports! There might be a little hockey talk...

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Lynnette Katz - Travel Family Planner

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Lynnette Katz - Travel Family Planner

Join us this week as we interview Lynnette Katz - Family Travel Planner with Wish Upon a Star with Us! ⁠This is what you can expect to hear in this episode:⁠How a Travel Agent can help take the stress out of planning a vacation - at NO extra cost to you⁠! Hear about how a Travel Agent becomes your advocate⁠. Find out some of our favorite Disney foods, rides, and more. Find out how to bring out your inner child!⁠ Why does Lynnette love Alaska so much?!⁠ Learn about Adventures by Disney⁠ AND choose your own adventure on the Galactic Starcruiser⁠!

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Ivanoff Seafood

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Ivanoff Seafood

Join us this week as we interview the team at Ivanoff Seafood located in Kodiak, AK. This is what you can expect to hear in this episode: What do you call female who fishes? This business is a family affair! Their love for food drives their passion for fishing. What in the world is a sea cucumber? What does it take to own a fishing business in Alaska? Hazards of diving in murky water! How they deal with the fishy smell in their clothes!Find out how they acquired the fishing vessel New Dawn. How you can get fresh Alaska seafood delivered directly from their boat to your door!

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Brendan Fahey of Sail NW Adventures

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Brendan Fahey of Sail NW Adventures

Join us this week as we interview our friend and neighbor: Brendan Fahey - owner and captain of Sail NW Adventures. This is what you can expect to hear in this episode: After graduating college, he lost his job because of the 2008 financial crisis. This led him to look towards his skills to create a new opportunity for himself. He did not come from a sailing family, but credits a local sailing program for turning him onto the sport. Discover how a visit to Skagway 11 years ago, stuck with him. Find out what his favorite thing about Skagway is...most residents would disagree! Learn how he acquired his sailing vessel: Hopscotch.

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Deli Fresh Threads

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Deli Fresh Threads

Join us this week as we interview our good friend Anthony "Biggie" Bencomo - owner of Deli Fresh Threads. This is what you can expect to hear in this episode: How he turned his love for sandwiches into a popular clothing brand, why he considers sandwiches the King of Meals, where he finds inspiration for his designs, how his background in Marketing fueled his attention to detail for his own brand, his advice on how to grow your business even if you have champagne taste on a beer budget.

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Jessie Snyder from Here & There

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Get Off Your Beaten Path with Jessie Snyder from Here & There

Join us for the first episode of Season 2! This season we want to introduce you to people who have COOL jobs. Get inspired by these people who have used passion and drive to create unique opportunities!

In this episode we interview our friend Jessie Snyder - owner and creator at Here & There!

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Are We There Yet? The Long Journey Home

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Are We There Yet? The Long Journey Home

We made it back to the United States, but our journey home is far from over. Join us on the last four legs of our journey home. On this week's podcast, journey with us through Florida, Chicago, Seattle, and Juneau. This is the FINAL episode of season 1!

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Sevilla - Day Trips, Sunsets and the WOW Factor!

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Sevilla - Day Trips, Sunsets and the WOW Factor!

We fell in love with Seville so much that we had to break it up into two separate podcasts! This is part 2 of our podcast about our time in Sevilla, Spain. On this episode, you can expect to hear about the following: Two amazing day trips to Cordoba and Italica, some of the most unique and stunning architecture, our unintentional Game of Thrones vacation continues, sunsets by the river, Tex-Mex Spanish style, and so much more!

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Sevilla - Sunshine, Oranges, and Tapas

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Sevilla - Sunshine, Oranges, and Tapas

We have joined the masses and have fallen in love with Sevilla, Spain!

Explore this amazing location with us! We have so much to share about this slice of heaven on Earth, that we have split this location into two episodes.

On this first episode, you will hear about our first four days in Sevilla! We covered a lot of ground...averaging AT LEAST 2.5 miles of walking every day! We hope you will fall in love with this city as we share our experiences with you! A few of the topics we will discuss include:

Streets lined with orange trees

Slowing down, siestas, and tapas!

Followed in the footsteps of Obi-Wan Kenobi at the Plaza de Espana

Spotted Christopher Columbus at the Seville Cathedral

Walked on top of mushrooms

Enjoyed some Flamenco

Continued on our Arepa extravaganza

Learned about the historical significance of the Jewish people in Seville

Discover some of the best desserts of the whole trip!

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Costa del Sol: A True Paradise

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Costa del Sol: A True Paradise

Join us this week as we enjoy the very popular destination of Benalmadena, Spain on the Costa del Sol. There is a reason why Spain is so popular with Europeans. With an average of 35 days of rain each year and an average temperature of 74. This could very well be THE perfect place to vacation in the winter (or anytime, really!)

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Valencia, Spain - Not "Just" Mayhem

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Valencia, Spain - Not "Just" Mayhem

Despite our medical issues during our first week in Spain, we did manage to squeeze in some fun! Join us in Madrid and Valencia! We eat lots of Arepas, enjoy our first Churros with Chocolate, visit a Cathedral (that George forgot about), enjoy the sights and sounds of the Central Market, visit the Aquarium, see amazing architecture, take in some beautiful sunsets, and get overwhelmed by the traffic patterns!

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Medical Mayhem in Spain

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Medical Mayhem in Spain

This is a "very" special episode! Journey with us as we have to navigate the Spanish healthcare system...more times than we could have imagined! I am pretty sure Spain was not ready for us this time!

When you travel for an extended period of time, it is inevitable that you will have some tough days. We had an extremely tough week when we first arrived in Spain. So much so that we almost scrapped the rest of our trip.

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Germany - Fast Cars and Wild Animals

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Germany - Fast Cars and Wild Animals

Join us as we finish our trip through Germany! Hear all about our adventures as we visit an iconic German town, got up close and personal with some wild animals...and strange statues, celebrated New Years with some moonshine and fireworks, visited a Castle on a cliff, tried a Croffle, and checked items off the bucket list!

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Germany - Christmas Markets, Street Food, and Ancestry

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Germany - Christmas Markets, Street Food, and Ancestry

Join us this week as we spend our first few days in Germany! Our visit includes Christmas Markets, eating lots of street food with names that are difficult to pronounce, winter sports, hugs from strangers, ancestry, and rain!

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A Few of My Favorite Things - Belgium Edition

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Join us this week as we celebrate Christmas in Belgium! Find out why Belgium has now been added to my list of favorite things. Hint: It might have to do with chocolate, waffles, and potatoes (among many other reasons).

Find out why we picked Belgium for our "no stress" Christmas holiday. Belgium tops the list with some of the BEST food we have eaten on this trip! We learned some interesting facts about where the Barber Pole and some other slang terms originated. We learned that we have been doing hot chocolate wrong our whole lives. And don't miss the bit about "Nicole proof" doors!

Key takeaways:

1. Belgium has ruined all other chocolate and waffles for us!

2. The Dutch language uses at least 15 letters in very word!

3. Nicole hates spiral staircases.

Check out our airbnb from this episode: Leju

Free walking tours available in Bruges - Ambassadors Tours

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Everyone Gets a Nougat!!!

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Bonjour from Paris, France! Join us as we explore the City of Lights!

We get a fancy upgraded rental car, seek out some American breakfast, visit a few Christmas markets, check off our must see attractions, learn all about the French Revolution(s), spent a lot of money, walked A LOT...and so much more!

This week's takeaways:

1. Ask how much something is before you commit to buying it.

2. Pack a snack...and some great walking shoes.

3. Bring your own butter!

If you would like to take a walking tour with our new friend Thierry, you can book one here: Parisology

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

Please feel free to leave us a comment or question below!

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Brews, Poos, and Omicron Blues

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Find out what happens when Omicron threatens all of our travel plans. We complete our road trip around Ireland. Join us in Dublin for two solid days of exploring!

We complete our hot chocolate tasting tour of Ireland, visit some historic cathedrals, learn about brewing and distilling from the masters, visit a museum of EPIC proportion, explore Viking history in Ireland, AND win some money at the track!

This week's takeaways:

1. Hot chocolate is always a great way to start the day in Ireland.

2. Vikings can be funny!

3. Being a planner can backfire in a pandemic.

4. We like a good value! Save money on your Go City Pass...click here for details!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

Please feel free to leave us a comment or question below!

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Low Battery - We Have Lost Contact

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Travel with us as we take our longest legs of our road trip through Ireland!

We visit a beautiful castle, have our first argument of the trip, respect my parents wishes, buy some local art, wake up next to some cows, and fail at a round about...several times!

This week's takeaways:

1. Is it really a round about if it is not round?

2. Make sure the batteries are charged!

3. Winter is Coming!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

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Could Our Addiction Have Led to a New Business Venture?

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Find out about our visits to Limerick, Galway, and The Cliffs of Moher.

We stumble on a new business idea, butcher some more words, search for relatives, almost get blown away by gale force winds, drive on a bike path, and find some deliciousness in Galway!

This week's takeaways:

1. Ireland does not have crispy bacon.

2. Wind and rain will not stop us!

3. Tracking ancestry is hard when everyone has the same name!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

Please feel free to leave us a comment or question below!

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Ice Cream Tastes Better in the Rain

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On this week's episode, we survived Winter Storm Barra...and visited Cobh, Beaufort, and the Ring of Kerry.

We also discuss the "strange" things we have encountered while being in Ireland, as well as some bumps in the road with our phone service. Find out what amazing Airbnb experience we took part in and what kind of store we stumbled upon!

We also bring the "weather" everywhere we go!

Key Takeaways:

1. Bring your raincoat to Ireland.

2. Guinness Chocolate cake is a must!

3. Don't skip a visit to Dingle.

4. Airbnb Experiences for the win again!

Off Your Beaten Path is a weekly travel podcast about trading in your daily grind for a life worth living! Take a new path each week as your hosts Nicole and George inspire you to live bold and explore outside the lines. Take that trip, work with purpose, and live a life less ordinary by getting Off Your Beaten Path.

Please feel free to leave us a comment or question below!

Thank you so much for listening!

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