Our Story
Hola! We are Jean Carlo ‘JC’ and Sara ‘the Squirrel.’
JC is originally from Lima, Peru and Sara hails from Boston, Massachusetts. We both came to Europe in August 2016 to study our MBAs. JC in Barcelona, Spain at ESADE and Sara in Milan, Italy at SDA Bocconi.
We met during an intense game of football (soccer) in September 2017 while JC was studying abroad in Milan at Sara’s school. Since then, our shared love of travel, football, Airbnb and a good story to tell has propelled our travel to over 100 cities in 23 countries and counting.
Currently based in Berlin, we both work full-time, but decided in 2019 to begin sharing our travel adventures with the rest of the world via this blog.
Why Squirrels?
As for the Squirrel nickname….
Sara: ‘I’m sure our readers (and myself, actually) would like to know why I am ‘the squirrel’
JC: ‘Because you look like a squirrel’
Sara: *sighs*
Who is the baby?
We welcomed our newest member of the family, Isabella, on June 1st, 2020. She is nicknamed ‘the baby squirrel’ because she looks just like her mother. We look forward to continuing our travels as a family of three and sharing them via this blog. At three years of age, Isabella has already traveled to 12 countries. She has been to Greece four going on five times.
Be sure to check out Sara’s new mommy blog Me & My Baby Squirrel for more of her adventures as a first-time mother.
