I first started thinking about this post last week while watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. On the show, Oliver played a clip of an Amazon warehouse worker complaining about having to come into work (especially in unsafe conditions, thanks…
For the last five years, I’ve toiled away on this site, sharing my thoughts and adventures, and at times laying bare my deepest emotions for the world to see. 80 Couches has evolved from a pure travel blog to a…
The following are two posts which originally appeared on the excellent Liverpool blog, The Liverpool Offside. Christine and I arrived in Denmark in time to see her team, FC Midtjylland, earn their first Danish Superliga title. Along the way, we saw…
Sunday, I found myself watching a soccer match that would soon become a headline grabbing event for all the wrong reasons. The Sunday afternoon match featured two of England’s biggest clubs, Liverpool and Chelsea. It started out with a story…
On Saturday, the final whistle blew on my soccer career in Asia. The moment was bittersweet; the 4-1 win was one of the best results I’ve experienced here, but I hate to be leaving my Kimchi Kickers behind. One thing…
This is the latest installment of my on-going narrative of my experience with Couchsurfing. The full story can be found here. Say what you will about Milwaukee in winter, but in summer, the city truly comes alive. Well, it comes…
Being a soccer fan in America can be difficult approximately three years and eleven months out of every four.* On the other hand, being a soccer fan while living abroad is great for eleven months out of the year, with…
