In this episode, Matt and I had the honor of interviewing Jen Barua from Green Travelling 101. Jen has a travel website and course, which focuses on how to be green friendly and Earth conscious while traveling. She has been traveling the world before she could even walk and came to the realization when reading "Oceans in Peril" by John Christopher Fine at just eleven years old that the Earth is a delicate place and mankind is destroying it. She started practicing and advocating being green friendly ever since then and now offers a course for those who want to lessen their carbon footprint while they travel, all the way from the early stages of planning trips to their return home. 

In our exciting, hilarious, and informative interview with Jen, we discuss tons of great stuff, such as: 

Where she's lived and traveled abroad
What exactly Green Travelling 101 is and how the idea came about
What "Oceans in Peril" is about and how it impacted Jen's life from when she read it to now
What exactly the Green Travelling 101 course entails and what else you can find on her awesome website
How we are impacting the Earth and its oceans with pollution, over-fishing, etc.
Which country/region was the most green-friendly and which country/region was the least green-friendly in her experience (and her response will surprise you!)
What her three-week long ocean conservation course was like in Hawaii where she cut open a dead bird!
What life is really like in Hawaii, South Korea, and India
Some confusing struggles we collectively all faced in South Korea-- one of which even included Jehovah's witnesses who were (ironically) our saviors one time!
How people in India use cow dung to be green friendly (yes, I did just use "India," "cow dung," and "green-friendly" in the same sentence)
Public defecation in India! Woohoo!
Cultural differences across India
What she does to make Earth a greener place while living abroad
SHARKS!
A peek into a specific module in her course, such as how to be green friendly with accommodation while traveling
Advice for aspiring travelers

Thank you so much, Jen, for the awesome interview! We had a blast chatting with you and hope you had a blast, too! 

For our readers/listeners, thank you for tuning in! You can find Jen's website here: http://green-travelling-101.com/ You can also check her out on social media. She's on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/greentravelling/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/greentravelling101/ 

And don't forget to check out our blog, too! :)
http://www.wordswithwinos.com/blog/2017/5/2/interview-episode-9-jen-barua-from-the-green-traveler

Wine: An unknown red wine (we accidentally forgot to write the name down! Sorry, friends!!)

Interview Episode 9 - Jen Barua from Green Travelling 101

In this episode, we take our podcast and wine-drinking outdoors! On a rare beautiful April day in Prague, we made a podcast in a nearby park and dedicated it to how the weather and climate has been for us throughout their travels. In this episode, we talk about things like:  
Our shock in discovering the humidity and heat in Thailand 
Our students in Thailand loved to wear ridiculous things in hot weather, like parkas, hats, and gloves 
The experience of the rainy, cool, and hot seasons in Thailand 
Our hottest moments in Thailand and Vietnam 
What it's like attempting--and completely failing-- to function without air conditioners in Southeast Asia 
What the four seasons in really like in different parts of South Korea and Japan 
The hottest place in Vietnam and our experience with it 
What Taiwan weather is like 
How Prague's weather has been for us (from January to April) 
What our favorite place in the world has been for weather  
And plenty more! 

We tried to make the subject of weather as interesting as possible for you guys because, although it has a reputation of being a boring subject matter, it is very important to pay attention to, especially if you are traveling! 

You can check out our blog post with plenty of pictures of the places we talk about here: http://www.wordswithwinos.com/blog/2017/5/11/episode-12-weather 

Thank you so much for listening! Happy wine-drinking and travels! 

Wine: Brise de France - Merlot (France)

Episode 12 - Weather and Climate

In this episode of the podcast, we talk about the various visa troubles we've had throughout our travels and while living abroad. We talk about our experiences and give lots of helpful advice for obtaining visas to live abroad. In this episode, we discuss:  How we got our tourist visa to go to Thailand Why and how we worked illegally in Thailand Our "visa run" to Laos and exactly what a visa run entails How we applied for-- and got denied of-- a visa extension in Thailand The easy, breezy visa process to live and work in South Korea Why we were terrified to leave Korea before our work contracts ended How we obtained a tourist visa very easily and quickly to be tourists in Vietnam for 90 days Our "visa run" to Cambodia from Ho Chi Minh City and the headache that ensued Our somewhat illegal visa extension in Vietnam Living in Japan visa-free and traveling in Taiwan visa-free Our extensive, grueling, terrifying, nail-biting, and on-going visa process to work and live in the Czech Republic  Thank you for listening, guys! If you would like to see some photos of visas and some extra info (such as where exactly we went to apply for visas), check out our blog post here. Wine:&nbsp;Schloss Raggendorf - Zweigelt (Austria)

Episode 13 - Visa Troubles

In this special episode, Matt and Marilyn asked each other travel-related questions. However, instead of thinking of these questions before recording (like in the&nbsp;interview episode), they came up with questions off of the top of their heads while recording and went question for question. The trick, though, was that the person being asked the question was only given one minute to answer. We even used a timer to make sure of that! We asked each other questions about:  Our favorite and least favorite countries based on food What sights we missed during our travels that we wish we'd seen Most disappointing and pleasantly surprising countries/cities Which sights we want to re-visit Haircut horror stories Our favorite food in eaten in one country that originated from another country Most wanted country to visit from each continent (or city for Australia)  And much more! For a full transcript of our questions, extra info, and some photos for this episode, check out the blog post  here! Wine: Ludwig Prime Line - Chardonnay (Czech Republic)

Episode 14 - Travel Question Game

Words with Winos puts a new spin on travel podcasts. Matt and Marilyn talk about their travels while simultaneously drinking—and finishing—a bottle of wine.

Words with Winos - Travel Podcast