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After years together, it can be very easy to think you already know everything about each other.

But people keep changing.

We have new experiences, new interests, different worries, things we’re looking forward to and sometimes completely random thoughts that the person beside us knows nothing about.

There’s something valuable in continuing to be curious about the person you married rather than assuming you already know all their answers.

So here’s a little campfire question for today:

What’s something your partner has become interested in recently? Have you taken the time to ask them about it?

Why not make a cuppa and find out what about their new interest has captured their attention?

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Some days travelling with Connie looks like beautiful campsites, cups of tea and watching the sun go down.

Other days it’s levelling the caravan, moving things around for the fifth time and asking each other, “Where did we put that?” 😂

Both, apparently, are van life.

What’s one completely ordinary part of travelling that never makes it into the glossy photos?

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Just a little heads-up — there won’t be a new video from us this week.

Life is rather full at the moment, so instead of rushing something out just because it’s “video week”, we’re giving ourselves a little breathing room.

There’s plenty happening behind the scenes though, and lots more adventures to share with you. 💙

Thanks for travelling along with us.

Kerryn & Phil

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Over the last couple of years, the two-night rule has become a cornerstone of our itinerary planning, whether we’re on the road in Connie or touring some far-flung place in Europe.

Wherever possible, we try to stay at least two nights.

It means we’re not constantly arriving, unpacking, exploring and then turning around and doing it all again at a new destination. It gives us a full day to actually experience a place.

Of course, there are still times when one night makes sense, and occasionally somewhere deserves considerably longer. 😂

But the two-night rule has definitely changed the way we travel.

Do you have a minimum number of nights you like to stay somewhere, or are you quite happy moving on every day?

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Travelling together doesn’t always mean doing everything together.

That’s something we’ve been reminded of again while editing this latest series.

There have been places where we’ve both wanted to explore the same destination, but what each of us could comfortably do was different. So sometimes one of us went further while the other stopped. Sometimes we experienced parts of a place separately and came back together afterwards.

And that’s okay.

Giving each other permission to say, *“You go and enjoy that, and I’ll meet you back here,”* can be a really healthy part of travelling together.

You’re still travelling in the same direction. You just don’t have to walk every single step side by side.

We’ve written a little more about this idea of walking in the same direction in marriage, even when the pace is different:
sapphirebluetravel.com.au/blog/couples-blog/walkin…

How do you handle it when one of you wants — or is able — to do something the other isn’t?

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There’s something rather lovely about slowing down and exploring a country town properly.

Dorrigo gave us waterfalls, beautiful scenery, a wander around town and, naturally, a bakery stop, because apparently that’s becoming an essential part of our Australian van-life research. 😂

In our Dorrigo video, we explored not only the township but this beautiful part of the Waterfall Way.

🎥 https://youtu.be/A0_1Z64eWyI?si=-Fmx_...

Have you explored Dorrigo? What shouldn’t people miss when they visit — and was the bakery worth the stop? 😂

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There are some important questions in life… and this is one of them. 😂

You walk into a country bakery. What are you heading for FIRST?

🥖 Bread
🥧 A pie or sausage roll
🍰 Something sweet

No sitting on the fence. Pick your team. 👇

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Once a month, we slow things down and share a little more than we can in a social post. Travel stories, helpful ideas, what we’ve been up to, and encouragement for travelling through life and adventure together.

If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, we’d love to have you join us.

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Phil & Kerryn

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Would you ever plan a trip to Europe just for the Christmas markets? 🎄

We did… and somehow ended up visiting 23 Christmas markets across 11 cities! 😂

Some were exactly what we'd imagined, some surprised us, and a few of the smaller markets ended up being among our favourites.

With the Christmas market season getting closer, we'll be revisiting some of those adventures here over the next few months.

If you're already dreaming about a European Christmas, we've put all our Christmas market vlogs together in one place:

🎥 European Christmas Market Vlogs:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

If you could visit ONE European city at Christmas, where would you choose? 🎄👇

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🏕️ NEW VIDEO IS LIVE!

Sometimes the best weekends are the ones where you don't really do very much.

We headed to Burraga Dam in country NSW for a quiet winter weekend of free camping, around three hours from Sydney.

Phil did some fishing, we made a campfire, took a trip into Oberon, and, naturally, a few things didn't quite go to plan. Phil may have caught something that wasn't technically a fish. 😂🎣🌳

Come camping with us and see whether Burraga Dam is somewhere we'd go back to.

🎥 https://youtu.be/M6ghXSiP7uU

Are you a slow-weekend, by the campfire person, or do you like having plenty to see and do?

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