Welcome to Pubs to Grubs!

We're excited to introduce our travel blog through which we'll share highlights from our summer adventure through Europe ("pubs") and Africa ("grubs" - the worms not food, though Gretchen has been known to eat grubs!). 

We leave June 7 (this Friday!) and return August 11, visiting a total of nine countries. Here's the map:



We will be checking email regularly, can access Skype (john.rolston) and have international phones (just dial/text 312-600-7442). Out of sight, but certainly not out of mind - we'll be in touch and keep you posted throughout the summer!

We'll leave you with two quotes that summarize the inspiration for our adventure:
1) "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things" - Henry Miller
2) "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

John & Gretchen