Brofiya Brendan and Sofiya

See our earlier exploits... here

Aug 27, 2018 Brendan Leaves Vancouver

Brendan leaves to visit family in Duncan.

Sep 1, 2018 Brendan Leaves Duncan

Brendan, along with Brendan's dad, leaves Vancouver Island to join Sofi in Toronto.

Sep 3, 2018 Fly to Sofia

Sofi, Brendan, and Adrian fly to Sofia, Bulgaria, to spend a week exploring and meeting Sofi's family.

Sep 12, 2018 Fly to Paris

Sofi, Brendan, and Adrian fly to Paris, France, to eat croissants, drink café au lait, and grab a glimpse of the Mona Lisa.

Sep 19, 2018 Fly to Faro

Sofi and Brendan fly to Portimao, Portugal to join their friends for the BPM music festival. Adrian flies back to Canada.

Sep 26, 2018 Train to Lisbon

Brofiya take the train and explore the Portuguese countryside... from a window!

Oct 10, 2018 Fly to Madrid

Off to Spain's capital for a week to find out what cosmopolitan Madrid is all about.

Oct 17, 2018 Train to Logroño

Logroño is the capital of La Rioja, one of Spain's most renowned wine regions. We'll spend a couple of days here sampling local wines and pintxos (tapas in the local Basque language).

Oct 20, 2018 Train to Barcelona

We don't know what to expect of Barcelona but we've heard lots of tales: it's Europe's pick-pocketing capital, the architecture is beautiful, it simply "feels different than Madrid", etc.

Oct 30, 2018 Fly to Milan and take the train to Turin

What's in Turin? Not much from what we can tell but we want to explore some electronic music during the famous "Club to Club" festival which happens here every November. After that off to the big city, Milan.

Nov 6, 2018 Train to Milan

Here we'll check out Europe's fashion and design capital (back off Paris!!!) until about mid-November.

Nov 14, 2018 Fly to Belgrade

On to Eastern Europe! Belgrade is Serbia's capital and becoming an electronic music destination, so, of course, we have to check it out.

Nov 22, 2018 Bus to Sofia

What a better way to end this leg our trip than in Sofia, Bulgaria's capital? Here, Brendan and I will be focusing on work before we sojourn to my grandparents' for the holidays.

Dec 22, 2018 Bus to Shumen

It's the most wonderful time of the year... Heading to Shumen, Sofi's hometown, to spend Christmas with family.

Dec 31, 2018 Train to Sofia

Back to the big city to celebrate the new year, probably with friends, probably with fireworks and maybe food. No drinking, of course.

Jan 8, 2019 Fly to Nairobi

As we say in Bulgarian, "Като е гарга, нека да е рошава," a phrase equivalent to "It's a full Monty." In this case, our friends invited us to visit them in Kenya and Uganda... so we're going for it!

Jan 22, 2019 Fly to Kampala

After chilling with our fantastic friend Pantha and her family in Kenya, we're off to see Uganda for a short period.

Jan 29, 2019 Fly to Toronto

Sofi's dad is turning 60 so Sofi doesn't want to miss the opportunity to tell her dad he's officially old in person.

Feb 10, 2019 Fly to Vancouver

Since we just happened to be in the neighborhood so we'll drop by Vancouver to see friends and family...Psst... Brendan is turning 30 on February 14th! 🤫

Feb 16, 2019 Fly to Costa Rica

It's been Sofiya's dream to learn how to surf in Costa Rica for over 10 years. We are traveling to three different surf towns, Dominical, Santa Teresa, and Tamarindo, and taking surf lessons at the first two to get our pura vida on!

Mar 12, 2019 Fly to Saint Martin (Island)

The tropical fun continues: we're off to St. Martin, the Carribean island to check out Fyre Festival.... just kidding! We'll be attending the legitimate and long-established SXM festival.

Apr 6, 2019 Fly and Bus to Mayrhofen, Austria

This will be our 6th and (hopefully) last season change (going from summer to winter or vice versa) for a while! In April, the small alpine town of Mayrhofen hosts Snowbombing Festival, which we're both looking forward to.

Apr 14, 2019 Train to Neustift, Austria

Looking for some late-season powder in the Austrian Alps. They didn't disappoint, it snowed 50 cm the day we arrived!