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This time last year...
Fifteen years ago, as an undergrad at UW-Madison, I studied abroad in Denmark. There, I fell hard for a 19-year-old Danish fellow, Dani....
Jackie Endres
Sep 24, 20203 min read
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The Final Adventure (Before It Was Over: Part III)
(In a nod to the New Zealand-filmed LOTR trilogy (followed by the prequel-trilogy of the Hobbit), I have written our final adventure in...
Jackie Endres
May 22, 20209 min read
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Rotorua (Before It Was Over: Part II)
The Queenstown of the North Island, Rotorua bursts with so much to offer that it deserves its own blog post. We zorbed, we luged, we...
Jackie Endres
Apr 29, 20209 min read
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Before It Was Over: Part I
I awoke this morning, trying to shake loose the dream that had gripped me all night. Stress dreams have peppered my sleep on and off for...
Jackie Endres
Apr 17, 202010 min read
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Westward Homeless
No, we aren't really homeless. But we don't have a home either. I am writing from the comfort of our cozy mountain hideaway in Sunriver,...
Jackie Endres
Mar 31, 20207 min read
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This is the End
TL;DR: It’s not how we planned it, but we have made the difficult and depressing decision to return to the USA. The Return I can’t even...
Jackie Endres
Mar 22, 20208 min read
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COVID-19 and Us
It’s a bit crazy in the world right now, eh? Who would have thought that six months into our around-the-world-trip a single event would...
Jackie Endres
Mar 16, 20208 min read
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Ice Climbing and Other Water Sports (AKA Fox Glacier, Cape Foulwind, & Kaikoura)
Leaving Queenstown, the adventure center of New Zealand, one would think that our adrenaline-seeking activities would slow down a bit....
Jackie Endres
Mar 11, 202014 min read
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Catapulted (AKA Dunedin, Te Anau, & Queenstown)
As we Marched right out of February, New Zealand unveiled a series of adventures and surprises. Dunedin Reviews on Dunedin (Doon-ee-din)...
Jackie Endres
Mar 2, 202010 min read
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