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Packing List for New Zealand and Australia

November 27, 2017April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

New Zealand and Australia in late November and December awaits. I am using the packing list I created for my Adventure around America

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Riding the Tracks Toward Sunrise

July 26, 2017February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

As the light fades on my first evening on an Amtrak train (the Sunset Limited from Los Angeles to New Orleans) there’s a

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Like sand through the hourglass so are the itinerary changes: The American Identity Tour

June 9, 2017April 15, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

We had some itinerary changes throughout the planning for the American Identity Tour. When I started talking about an Adventure around America via

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Sleeper Car Segments!

June 8, 2017March 2, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Figuring out which segments  to upgrade to sleeper car on my epic Amtrak adventure hasn’t been particularly complicated – I am looking for

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Expat or immigrant: being an inbetweener

April 25, 2016February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

The idea of home has been a reoccurring theme of my writing for almost 10 years. What makes a home? what does it

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Barely scratching the surface

March 25, 2015February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Just about two years ago I arrived home to see a beautiful bouquet of white flowers on our front porch. I was on

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The Green Card Club

September 29, 2014April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

The “you are preselected for a new credit card,” and the junk mail from cable companies are some of my least favourite kind

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Land of the Free?: Meditations on being an immigrant

August 28, 2014April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

A Greencard. Surely, you’ve heard of those. Apparently they are the holy grail for the entire world. Because, it seems, at least if

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Anna Blanch Rabe and Dwight Rabe are Team Rabe. Team Rabe is also the name we crew under and how we build morale for those friends who kindly support Dwight’s running endeavors! Not a Pedestrian Life is a passion project. We currently live in Germany. Between us, we have lived in 13 US states, 2 Australian states, and 9 countries. We have 9 wonderful nieblings and family spread out over four continents.

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Team Rabe has a motto, riro i te ora which is maori for “win at life” or “received life” which, either way, works pretty well for us. Winning at life for us means contributing to our community. Life is about way more than a podium finish in an athletic event, but sometimes races help us learn more about who we are and what we are capable. Life is also not something to be selfish about, it truly is a gift. The motto is in maori to celebrate Dwight’s New Zealand heritage.

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