Urbyville

06/04/2020

Holy smokes we wrote a blog post and put in tons of pictures! All the highlights from our 3 months in Melbourne from this past Nov-Jan, aka Life Before Coronavirus http://urbyville.com/melbourne-australia-still-a-favorite/

We traveled abroad to 18 different countries in the time Paavo was 4 months to 3 years, and every time someone asked us our favorite place, Melbourne, Australia always made the top of the list. It ticks all the boxes for us: great kid stuff, great running, and great vegan … Continue reading →

21/11/2018

Julie just wrote up a new post with highlights from our time in Europe this summer, along with tons of pics! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone this week. http://urbyville.com/europe-2018-well-always-be-back/

What: Lots of summertime in Europe as well as some transition time to Fall Where: Paris, UK (its own post here), Chamonix, Annecy, Grachen (Switzerland), Berlin, and Barcelona When: A few days in July (Paris), then August 22-September 20th Why: Why not? Biggest pull was to be in Chamonix for … Con...

14/11/2018

We're on a roll - second blog post in a week! We summarized some of our summer time in CO, which mainly explains why we moved to Boulder on 10/1! Loving it so far here! http://urbyville.com/colorado-you-won-us-over/

What: Summertime in Colorado 2018 Where: About a week in Frisco, a week in Winter Park, about 10 days in Keystone, and a few days here and there in Broomfield. In the middle, in late June, we also headed to Wyoming for Matt and Jeff to run the Bighorn 100 … Continue reading →

06/11/2018

It's been months but we finally wrote up a blog post again with lots of pictures, this time about our month in the UK. Anyone else have fun stories of visiting there? http://urbyville.com/a-month-in-the-uk-a-little-rainy-but-well-be-back/

Our key takeaways from traveling around the UK for a month with a toddler.

08/08/2018

Our hiking buddy and author Achilles (Dan Feldman) had us on his podpast to talk about hiking the triple crown. We then ventured into talking about Team RunRun, and travel life with a toddler. He even found an old PCT photo of us at our dirtiest to share with everyone!

http://distancehiking.com/podcast/episode-36-matt-and-julie-urbanski/

09/07/2018

http://www.adventuresportspodcast.com/2018/07/ep-392-family-world-travel-ultra.html

We were interviewed on a podcast about ultra running and family world travel! Thanks to Curt for being such a good interviewer - lots of fun talking about...ourselves! :-)

Adventure on!

What happens when two thru hikers get serious about exploring the planet? What happens when they decide the 8 to 5 is not the road for the...

02/07/2018

First stop, New Mexico!!
http://urbyville.com/new-mexico-harsh-and-beautiful/

We started our post-Seattle travels with six days in New Mexico. A running race provided the initial impetus (as usual) for this trip. Me, my brother, and our friend Alan all decided to run the Jemez 50 miler in Los Alamos. Everything else was built around that! We booked the … Continue reading .....

30/06/2018

Newest blog post up! Heading out on travels with no return date! Life is good. :-)

http://urbyville.com/farewell-pnw-for-now/

After our Boston and San Francisco trips (latter part of April), we headed back to the PNW for three weeks. We immediately headed south to Oregon where Julie ran the Eugene Marathon. We had a great time with some Team RunRun friends and were hosted by our friend Wyatt’s parents. … Continue readi...

07/06/2018

Getting him started early on the trails...officially .1 mile of the CDT complete!

06/05/2018

We love California!

http://urbyville.com/sf-bay-area-soaking-up-the-sun-and-fun/

We had some change of plans and didn’t “need” to be in NorCal as we originally thought. But we had tickets booked, so we “made the best of it” and spent a week in the Bay Area! We love it here so this easily worked out for the best! Itinerary: … Continue reading →

01/05/2018

Brrr!!!! Cold and rain in Boston this year, but also lots of family, friends, and fun!

http://urbyville.com/boston-epic-weather-with-some-lessons-learned/

Like most stops along our journey, Boston had its ups and downs. We learned some new things to apply to future travels, we had some good times, and we had our fair share of grumblings (which we try to keep to a minimum!) Here are our highlights from Boston 2018! … Continue reading →

16/04/2018

Possibly Paavo's favorite week ever! Thanks Raleigh and thanks Gutekunst crew and family for such a great visit!

http://urbyville.com/raleigh-paavos-happy-place/

Paavo had arguably the best week of his life! Nuff said. Itinerary: 7 nights in Raleigh, NC We were in town for the Umstead 100/50 mile races. I was running the 100 and my sister Emily was doing her first 50 miler. The entire family was showing up to support. … Continue reading →

05/04/2018

Good friends, good food, and good times in Bellingham. Also, some good lessons learned which are likely to impact future travels.

http://urbyville.com/bellingham-nice-getting-to-know-you/

In looking back at all the locations of note on our Bellingham map, I quickly realized that the majority of our key spots were restaurants – lots of good eating! While there was more than just eating going on in our short Bellingham stay, eating was definitely one of the … Continue reading →

30/03/2018

There is so much more to explore in New Zealand and we want to go back!

http://urbyville.com/unfinished-business-new-zealand/

The short: there is so much more to explore in New Zealand and we want to go back. Itinerary: 6 nights in New Zealand. 1 night near Auckland airport due to late arrival; 3 nights in Rotorua, 2 nights in Auckland We have always wanted to come to New Zealand. … Continue reading →

26/03/2018

Bali. The adventures continue!
http://urbyville.com/bali-with-toddler/

While Australia hit it out of the park for us, connecting on all categories of interest, Bali was more of a mixed bag. And while we want to love Bali, and there are plenty of reasons to love it, there are some things that just didn’t do it for us. … Continue reading →

11/03/2018

One of our favorite trips yet!
http://urbyville.com/australia-travel-notes-toddler/

We loved our three weeks in Australia. The entire visit here checked the boxes for us and we had a lovely holiday! Hands down one of our best trips ever. Itinerary: 1 week in Gold Coast, 1 week in Melbourne, 1 week in Sydney This has also been one of, … Continue reading →

24/02/2018

Have we mentioned yet that we have loved traveling in Australia?! Here's our write up about our week in Melbourne.

http://urbyville.com/visiting-melbourne-2018/

Melbourne was one of our hands down favorite cities we’ve traveled to. It checked all the boxes and felt homey to us from the moment we arrived. Some of my favorite memories that I don’t want to forget are: Paavo eating vegan gelato for dinner at Vegie Bar. It was … Continue reading →

19/02/2018

Inspired by shirtless Tom at the playground in Melbourne, Australia, we're back writing again on Urbyville. Here is a short intro about what we're doing and what's ahead as we continue to live our "Mythical Travel Lifestyle". Thanks Tom!

http://urbyville.com/mythical-travel-lifestyle/

The Motivation I’ve been wanting to write on Urbyville again for some time. My main motivation is because I think it’s important to take time to reflect on what we’re doing with our lives, and blogging our story is good for that. I’ve also been wanting to write more of … Continue reading ....

03/11/2017

This guy, getting to be an expert traveler, catching up on the news while chilling in the lounge before catching a flight! We love traveling with this guy!

03/10/2017

So excited to get this in the mail from our AT friend Rumblestrip! Congrats on writing your book - we're eager to dive in and read all about your Appalachian Trail adventure!

21/04/2017

Injera for brunch and first time car camping this evening. I love this kid!!

14/04/2017

Paavo has 20 US states under his belt, but it's time for a repeat - going back to Boston!

01/03/2017

Paavo making friends wherever he goes! Off to Kyoto for the next 10 days!

12/02/2017

Paavo making friends in Texas while mom is out running 50 miles and finishing 3rd female overall!

10/01/2017

Happy to share the following podcast interview (available for download from any of the sites below) with us and Curt Linville of The Adventure Sports Podcast. Curt guided the interview and we were able to share stories and philosophy about both our thru hiking lives and our recent adventures traveling with Paavo. Enjoy.

www.adventuresportspodcast.com
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/adventure-sports-podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-sports-podcast/id972403908?mt=2

31/12/2016

Happy to share An Epic Education's year in review podcast! They interviewed us this summer while we were spending the summer in the French Alps. Jason does a great job sharing all kinds of good stories about families that travel and families that have unique and inspiring stories to share. Check it out! Cheers and Happy New Year!

Looking for family travel interviews? We've got'em. Here are a few family travel interview highlights from the first full year of Epic Education Radio.

30/12/2016

Our monthly free book giveaway at Amazon (ebook). Happy New Year!

Join Stopwatch, an inexperienced thru-hiker with a steep learning curve, as she tackles her first long-distance hike, the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, over 2600 miles from Mexico to Canada. She begins the trail with the sole purpose of getting to Canada and quickly realizes she has a lot ...

24/12/2016

Julie wrote up a Lessons Learned blog post with a few tips on what we've learned traveling with Paavo. The list just keeps on growing but here are a few of our key lessons. Anyone have any other ones?

This post has been a long time coming and one that Matt and I think about all the time. What have we learned along the way while traveling with a baby? What would we do differently the next time around, or better yet, as we go along? I’m sure we … Continue reading →