Art

  • first 24 hours in san jose (costa rica)

    what do i like? -lots of options for food – from french to italian to argentinian to lebanese to pub fare, san jose has a lot of variety to offer for culinary options.  the high end is quite high (out…

  • rotterdam architecture & sightseeing

    rotterdam has been one surprise after another.  from the food to the beaches to the people, we enjoyed them all equally.  the most noticeable trait about the city is that which stares you in the face… its bold and modern…

  • exploring netherlands: the hague

    we spent our first day in the netherlands daytripping it north of rotterdam to the hague which sits alongside the north sea on the western coast.  its population is nearly half a million and is a very popular summer destination…

  • Lille the Eurostar stop no one gets off at

    We decided to go to Lille as our only French city to visit on this trip due to it’s proximity to Belgium and Netherlands. Only thing we knew about Lille was that it’s one of the stops on Eurostar between…

  • brussels aka the land of comic strips

    prior to visiting the tintin museum we also stopped by the comicstrip museum in brussels.  it has a section devoted to tintin but also touches on many other belgian based characters, the smurfs taking another section for themselves. it was…

  • a daytrip to musee herge: a must for all tintin fans

    i don’t know how many museums we had been to by this point in our trip but that didnt stop me from planning out a day to visit musee herge once we got into brussels.  on our previous trip to…

  • getting our tourist on in brussels

    while we passed many hours in brussels stuffing our faces with things that made us smile we also squeezed in some sightseeing.   i had my eyes set on musee herge otherwise known as the tintin museum 🙂  the creator of…

  • berlin’s awesome street art scene

    berlin has been given the title ‘creative city of design’ by none other than unesco itself and after spending nearly a week there, i can understand why.  the ethnic diversity is so strong that the city has turned into a…