Slow travel · Local pours · Hidden gems
Slow travel, without the tourist traps
We’re Tom and Amy. We traded “someday” for right now, and we’re documenting the real costs, the logistics and the local pours, starting in Albania.
On the road from Shkodër to Theth, Albania
Authentic pours
Honest notes on local wine, craft beer, raki and the perfect cup of coffee.
Postcards from the road
Real stories from Albania and beyond, and the people and places we meet along the way.
Hidden gems
The markets, cafes and viewpoints you won’t find in a standard guidebook.
The Notion template
Plan your own slow travel
When you stay somewhere for weeks, the details pile up. We built one Notion dashboard to keep our stays, flights, sights and spending in one place, and now it’s yours.
- Stays and itinerary
- Flights and transit, with a departure-day checklist
- Sights and experiences
- Budget and expense tracking
- Cafes and workspaces
$24 · one time · works with a free Notion account
See the Slow Travel Dashboard
On YouTube
Come along on the journey
Real costs, local logistics and a lot of good coffee, one city at a time.
Free guide
Heading to Durrës? Get the insider’s guide
Hidden markets, local eats, bus routes and day trips, with Google Maps pins for the places that are hard to find.
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Our story
Why we left
We were working to live, not living to work, and nothing we were doing was going to get us more travel. So we changed it. Tom left his career, Amy took her business remote, and we’re spending five months in Albania before heading to Southeast Asia and Georgia.
Read our story