About
Hi there, we are Justin and Sabrina – passionate travel bloggers!
At this point, you might wonder how an Air Force pilot and a corporate lawyer end up owning a travel blog. And let me tell you, our story has quite a few unexpected turns in it.
How It All Began
Both Justin and Sabrina have always enjoyed traveling. We have seen many parts of the world before we even met at an Airshow in Austria in 2019.
Justin is originally from the Netherlands, and Sabrina is from Austria. Since we lived in different countries, our meetings usually happened abroad.
We visited many places during that time, including:
And, of course, we took our first cruise. We discovered the Eastern Mediterranean on the MSC Magnifica.
In the following years, I worked in corporate law and sadly did not have as much time to travel. I did squeeze in another cruise – this time to the Western Mediterranean. A bigger cruise from Hong Kong to Sydney followed. Cruises quickly became a passion of ours.
In the end, one of us had to give up their career in order to be together permanently.
Moving to the Netherlands
Sabrina initially planned to live her life very strictly according to social standards. Go to university, find a job, get married, have children, and work until you retire! However, the crisis in 2019 introduced us to a more fulfilling alternative to living life.
While we were chasing the societal idea of success, we failed to recognize that I was living life merely by default. The first lockdown hit Austria and we suddenly found myself slowed down. We were living a simple and quiet, yet beautiful life together.
The time came to return to the office full-time and say goodbye again! The idea filled Sabrina with absolute terror. Not long after her first couple of weeks back in the office, she decided to quit her job. She moved to the Netherlands to be with her boyfriend permanently.
Traveling has always been a passion of hers. She has been regularly going on many different trips, usually in Europe, ever since she started University.
She decided to use her newfound freedom to change her career path in a more creative direction. After taking photography and SEO classes she found her passion in creating inspiring content. Justin quickly thought it was fun and joined the team after taking programming and SEO classes part-time.
Due to Justin’s full-time job as a pilot, we get to travel the world almost full-time. We spent about 70 % of the year abroad. We got to live in the Dutch Caribbean for a while, which we absolutely loved.
Discovering Slow Travel
At the same time, we discovered the art of slow traveling, which was very much aligned with the new values we started to incorporate into our life.
Slow travel is an approach to travel that emphasizes connection to the local people, food, music, culture, and history. We started exploring off the beaten tracks. We spend hours sitting in cafés and watching the scenery, trying local delicacies, and making connections all over the world.
We decided to redefine the idea of Slow Travel according to our preferences and added a little twist of affordable luxury into the mix. In our mind, seeing the world should not only fulfill the soul but rather also bring relaxation to the body.
Discovering gorgeous resorts and sipping a pre-flight mimosa is as much part of our ultimate travel experience as a cooking class with locals or a wine-tasting experience.
Part of our wish to become a travel blogger is to share how to have and enjoy these kinds of experiences.
Slow Travel is good for the soul – Luxury Travel is good for the body!
Discovering the World Together
With our new mindset in hand, we decided to explore the world together – by prioritizing quality of experiences over quantity.
We mostly traveled around Europe, and saw some really beautiful places:
Additionally, we got to live for almost a year in the Dutch Caribbean, in Curacao to be precise. We also traveled to Aruba and Bonaire a lot on this trip.
In between our trips to the Caribbean, we have also gone to New Mexico a couple of times for work.
With over 200 days abroad each year, we have become somewhat of travel experts. We learned how to make travel comfortable and relaxing, while still seeing a lot.
Why We Blog
Our goal is to make a more relaxed way to travel accessible to everyone. We started to feel a lot better during and after my trips since we started prioritizing quality of experiences over quantity.
This page features many great itineraries and travel tips for the most beautiful destinations. But in comparison to other travel blogs, they are not filled to the brim with trips and excursions. Our itineraries leave time to wander and wonder.
They will lead my readers to the most relaxed places, sweet family-owned businesses, and cultural and historical highlights. Without a rush.
Many of our posts and itineraries feature luxury travel experiences. That is simply because we feel strongly about small group or private excursions and non-touristic experiences.
Lastly, We want to change the overall perspective of cruising on this blog. You can have a relaxed and high-quality experience on and from a cruise ship – if you know how to. Our one-day shore excursion itineraries will show you the way!
We hope this page will help everyone to have a more relaxed travel experience, and to make the most out of their vacations.
What’s New in 2024
At the beginning of 2024, we moved to the United States for the next four years. In the meantime, travel blogging has somehow evolved from a hobby to a job.
While Justin is still eager to continue documenting our journeys on this site, Sabrina is gonna take it easier and focus on her mental and physical health.
Sabrina will be enjoying herself blogging about New Mexico on her new page New Mexico Insider – just as a hobby.
And of course, Justin will keep working on his project Skymatrix – a digital pilot logbook app.