{"id":117,"date":"2023-10-08T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T22:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:25:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Hi! We are Maria and Christian. We are <s>currently <\/s>on a year-long round the world trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before traveling full-time, Christian worked as a software engineer, and Maria worked as a registered dietitian. We both love to cook, read, and spend time outdoors (hiking, gardening, cycling, fishing, and camping). In our lives we value and strive for simplicity, adventure, justice, and of course being a little crunchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>We will use this blog to share our adventures around the world. We love food and cooking, and also plan to use this blog to share recipes from our adventures and other food related content. 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