These kayaks — they mock us. They stare at us as we pass by bundled up in our jackets; their bright cheerful colors reminiscent of summer. “Don’t you wish you could rent us?” they whisper. “Don’t you wish it wasn’t too cold?”

Kayaks, you need to quit rubbing it in. What a cruel irony that we are just a couple blocks from a beautiful lake! The good news is the forecast shows warm weather on Tuesday, so we’ll show those kayaks who’s boss then. For now, more hot chocolate.

A few travel-related links for you:

• College offers to pay students to take year off (AP/Boston Globe)
• How to Learn the Basics of Any Language for Your Next Trip in Four Steps (Nomadic Matt)
• Fietsjunks (Bike Junkies) El & El

The last link is the travel blog of a lovely couple from Holland named Elmar and Ellen (El and El). They’re taking two years to cycle the Americas — they’re about six months in — and we were introduced to them at dinner last night.

We look so happy because we’d all just eaten tons of ice cream. I’d encourage you to check out their blog, especially clicking on the link that tracks their route. It’s really neat to see where they’ve been!

Other random tidbits on how we’re doing:

• I was interviewed for a podcast the other day about full-time travel; I’ll share it when it’s live next week.
• We’re both sore because we’ve stepped up our exercise routine.
• Every day we’re scanning for house sitting gigs, but haven’t found one that looks promising yet.

And to close us out, here’s a chicken that was hanging out by the hospital. It seemed so random, I had to take a picture. Maybe it was waiting to get eggs-amined.

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