Booted Sisters: Recent Episodes
Rachel and Sarah
A podcast for travel-lovers, siblings, long-distance friends, and eavesdroppers alike. Follow along this weekly phone call podcast where sisters Rachel and Sarah document an experience as an American living in Italy while keeping in touch with her sister. New episode each Wednesday.
Rachel and Sarah take a long weekend group trip to Poland. Time in both Warsaw and Kraków make for a lovely fall weekend with pierogi and warm drinks galore.
[Part 2 of 2] In this second installment, Rachel and Sarah discuss the remainder of the itinerary in Malta, overall highlights from the trip, and unexpected flight drama.
[Part 1 of 2] Rachel and Sarah are back in person debriefing a quick weekend trip to Malta! In this first installment of the 2-part episode, Rachel and Sarah discuss expectations going into visiting Malta, the first night of the trip, and a food tour around the capital city of Valletta.
Taking a pause from European travel content, the sisters are back with a phone call episode! Rachel and Sarah debrief the holiday season, reflect on 2023, and chat goals for 2024.
Rachel and Sarah debrief a weekend trip to Stuttgart, Germany for Cannstatter Volksfest. Listen to find out if any opinions on German pretzels have been changed!
We're back! In this first episode of season two, Rachel and Sarah chat about Sarah's arrival to Italy and their goals for the coming months of living abroad together.
SEASON 1 FINALE! It's also the second Booted Sisters Birthday Special! In celebration of Rachel's birthday, the sisters chat about past birthdays with a sprinkle of future birthday plans. Rachel and Sarah also discuss summer in Italy and Denver and make a huge announcement about the future of the podcast.
Rachel and Sarah are joined by two guests: oldest brother Joe and his girlfriend Rice! The four chat about visiting Denver, old family drama, and floppy disks (obviously).
Rachel and Sarah are joined by another sibling guest: younger sister Becca! The three chat about learning languages, foster failures, big family dynamics, and much more.
The sisters debrief Sarah's last few weeks in Denver and Rachel's trip to Lisbon. Grab your sunscreen!
Sarah returns to Denver and Rachel visits Estonia. The sisters debrief the rest of Sarah's time on the East Coast and her settling back into Denver, as well as Rachel's trip and all the things she learned about Estonia. Listen to see if you know more facts about it than Sarah did going into this conversation!
Rachel and Sarah record for the first time after seeing each other IRL! The sisters recap recent trips to Virginia, Germany, and Mexico.
In the final episode of Joshathan's Wedding Series, Rachel and Sarah are joined by Joshathan themselves to hear about the big day from their POV. From spilling secrets to sharing tender moments of reflection, this episode is a beautiful and fun ending to the series in celebration of their 4th anniversary.
Booted is back with the most sibling-packed episode yet! In the next installment of Joshathan's Wedding Series, Rachel and Sarah are joined by Becca, Jack, and Joe (with brief appearances from John and Sam) to recount their versions of events.
In part two of brother Josh and brother-in-law Jonathan recapping their European travels, Rachel joins in to discuss the Italian leg of the trip! This episode is jam-packed with wholesome interactions with strangers, delicious food, and of course so much more.
In the second episode of Joshathan’s Wedding Series, Sarah is joined by siblings John, Jack, and Sam to recount their version of events.
Rachel and Sarah are joined by older brother Josh and brother-in-law Jonathan ("Joshathan") to hear about the beginning of their travels in Europe, mainly focused on Spain
In the first installment of this new series, Rachel and Sarah each tell their perspective of Joshathan's (brother Josh and brother-in-law Jonathan) wedding. Be sure to tune in to the beginning of the episode to hear how this series came about!
Rachel goes to Madrid! Sarah and Rachel debrief their weekend travels. Listen to find out why this is the most shoutout-packed episode yet!
Rachel goes to Rome! The sisters recap Rachels recent trip and compare to Sarah's 2018 trip to Rome.
Rachel and Sarah are joined by another sibling guest: younger brother Jack! The three chat about how video games impacted life during the pandemic, evolving opinions on travel, dogs, and so much more.
In another week of the lives of the Booted Sisters, Sarah recaps a weekend trip with friends and Rachel talks about adventures around Naples. By coincidence, both sisters discuss museum visits and dig into some of their favorite and least favorite aspects of visiting museums.
It's the very first Booted Sisters Birthday Special! In celebration of Sarah's birthday, we hear about some highlights from birthdays past and then deep dive into a very special birthday trip that was the last one that Sarah and Rachel spent together.
Rachel and Sarah recap a trip they took several years back to Munich and Salzburg. Listen for a play-by-play of this whirlwind trip, some hot takes on soft pretzels, and what the sisters would do differently if planning this trip again.
Rachel and Sarah catch up after a long weekend. Can you guess which sister spent the weekend skiing in the Alps and which explored Rocky Mountain National Park? The answer may surprise you!
Rachel and Sarah chat about another week in Italy and Denver. We hear about a new Colorado level that Sarah has unlocked as well as regional travel Rachel has been able to do nearby in Italy.
Rachel and Sarah are joined by their second sibling guest: younger brother John! All three discuss some components of their sibling dynamics over the years, recap some old memories, and dig into what it means to be Booted.
Rachel and Sarah swap roles! We take a pause on the in-depth Italy content and Rachel takes over as facilitator, asking Sarah questions about her 2021 move from Virginia to Colorado.
Settling back into a somewhat normal routine after the holidays, Rachel and Sarah debrief their weeks including Rachel's first time skiing in Europe.
Rachel and Sarah discuss their New Years celebrations. We are joined by a special guest as Rachel debrief's another travel experience somewhere new in Europe.
Rachel and Sarah debrief their respective Christmas celebrations, including Sarah's time visiting family and Rachel's time visiting... somewhere! The first of what will hopefully be many travel-themed episodes, this follows a different structure than a typical weekly episode.
Rachel and Sarah chat about another week in Italy and Denver as they prepare for the holiday season. In this car-forward episode, Rachel tells us about her first real city driving experience and Sarah talks about her own car drama.
Rachel and Sarah are joined by their first guest: younger sister Sam! We hear a bit from each sister about their past week, chat about potentially updating some of Rachel’s original goals, and learn about some Italian holiday traditions as the Christmas season kicks off.
Rachel and Sarah chat about their Thanksgiving celebrations, including some hot takes on a few classic dishes. We also hear a bit about Rachel’s time exploring the city, her first bus ride, and, as always, new (to her) food dishes.
After another week in Italy, we check in on Rachel and hear how she has been doing as she gets settled in her new home, including new foods she’s tried and words she’s learned. We also discuss some of Sarah’s baking adventures and hear how winter in Denver is starting out.
In our vey first episode of the podcast, we check in with Rachel as she is in the airport about to head to Italy. We discuss her goals for her time abroad and for the podcast overall. We then jump ahead a week and check back in to hear how her arrival and first week in Italy went.