Hello everyone – going to copy Hillary’s bio format for efficiency’s sake. My passions in life are fitness/nutrition and traveling (and husky puppies…). My upbringing and early life travel are a bit less diverse, as I was raised by 2 Americans (half German and Italian) and had family vacations consisting of beaches in the Bahamas or Disney World (I’ve been ~8 or 9 times). My travel bug started when I had the opportunity to go to Australia for a few weeks in high school, and that trip showed me I could love other parts of the world even more than NY where I was born and raised.

I have visited 13 countries in my life, speak very broken German, and am working on my Spanish so I can communicate better during our Colombia trips.

I’ll be trying to share some insight into how we manage to not gain a ton of weight while fully embracing the cultures we experience during our travels.

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Favorite City: I’ll exclude NY since that has a bit of a bias… Sydney or Reykjavik

Favorite Country: Australia, Italy and Colombia

Favorite Food: Pizza (buffalo or bbq chicken if it is NY style; prosciutto if it’s Italian)

Favorite Ice Cream: Also Mint Chocolate Chip – though the best gelato flavor I’ve ever had was Amoretto in Capri

Favorite Beer: Einstok White Ale (I’m the lighter beer drinker in the relationship)

Languages Spoken: English, schlecht Deutsch, un poco Espanol

My Idols: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim Ferriss, and also Anthony Bourdain