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Charles Kosman
Charles, along with wife Micki, is the co-founder of this blog. He's the resident tech expert, and loves to write articles that help people travel more and better. You can find his writing here, and on Medium and Canadian Affair Travel, among others.Born and raised on the prairies in central Canada, Charles has been in IT for well over a decade. Besides for his love of tech and his family, he loves to travel and feels the pull of the ocean at all hours of the day.Whether he's sailing, playing in the surf, kayaking, or snorkeling, there's nowhere he'd rather be. Throw in a hammock, a cold beer and a laptop with WiFi and he might just decide to call the place home.
View of Gibraltar across the golf course in Spanish town of Alcaidesa

Rocking Gibraltar and Wrestling Monkeys

Charles Kosman
Europe
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Still feeling the effects of a crazy travel week riding camels in Morocco, sleeping in Bedouin tent villages in the Sahara Desert and hanging out in the chaotic sprawling urban jungle called the Medina of Marrakech, Micki and I were on the mend in Seville and looking for our next family adventure.When we pulled up a map of the area, it became clear that there was one last place we needed to check out before we left this area of Spain behind us. Only 2 hours south was an iconic landmark that I had heard about since childhood and never really thought I'd ever see it in person. Gibraltar was calling and that meant two things, road trip and monkees!
Old Fashioned Phone

How to Call Home While on the Road

Charles Kosman
Information
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One of the hardest things to do while on the road is to talk to friends and family back home on a regular basis. They're generally living their normal lives, going to work and so forth while you're doing your own thing on the other side of the planet.Emailing, texting and video chatting all help immensely however what happens to those friends or relatives not plugged into the internet or on the cutting edge of technology? Sure you can send them a postcard and hope they're doing well however that's a little one sided and frankly, so 1880.Let's kick it up 50 or so years and remember how it was done for almost a hundred years. Most people still have a telephone and here's a quick rundown of traditional and not so traditional ways to phone internationally.
Family Luggage

2 Kids, 6 Bags And a Flat Mule: Baggage Woes!

Charles Kosman
Family
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Luggage, every traveler's bane and many traveler's only worldly possession. Do you own it or does it own you?I take a quick peak at how our luggage has evolved from our simple backpacking days 10 years ago up until we had kids and then the mountain of bags we traveled with right after.As the kids get older, is there hope on the horizon for us? I hope so....
Walls of Avila, Spain

Walking the Cold Walls of Avila and Enjoying the Sunshine

Charles Kosman
Europe
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From it's mountainous plateau, Avila, Spain is a sight to behold. With gigantic walls nearly a thousand years old, the city is a veritable fortress of churches and convents. It's also darn cold in February. Avila was the first stop on our road trip from Madrid to Portugal and the city didn't disappoint. Check out our take on it and wonder aloud with us what we were doing there in sub zero temperatures just one week after leaving the warm tropical beaches of Mexico.