our homes away from home: the asia edition
so one thing we found out very quickly into our travels was that although airbnb is a nice alternative to hotels to get that ‘home away from home’ experience, it’s not quite perfect. i swear that we weren’t trying to…
dieting in belgium: waffles, chocolates and fries
what brought us to belgium? well for starters, the food… i thought i knew so much about junk food but my years of eating like crap taught me nothing. waffles – maybe the most famously linked food to the belgians…
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…
first 24 hours in rotterdam (netherlands)
jojo: what do i like? -modern architecture. clean lines, lots of mirrors and lots of angles. i’m loving the look of rotterdam. we have seen a lifetime of old, european architecture and i was starting to get a little depressed…
my first souvenir of the trip
i was able to almost get through asia and europe without buying anything as a keepsake until we hit belgium and i just couldn’t resist leaving without a trinket to commemerate our trip to the tintin museum tourist mode. engaged.
the realizations of travel after half a year on the road
well six months has passed and we’re still trudging along here in europe (currently in the city of riga in latvia). at the start of the year, i was partially excited and equally as nervous about how things would turn…
weekly recap #26 – brussels, burges & lille
I q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. brussels (sablon, airbnb, 2 nights), bruges (markt, hotel, 3 nights), lille (vieux-lille, airbnb, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. ‘one restaurant’ in bruges. the owner recommended the flemish…
misfiring on all cylinders in riga
we’re entering our 7th month of being on the road and at the risk of jinxing our future travels, i have to say that we’ve been rolling pretty good over the last few months. we’ve had our share of hardships…
first 24 hours in lille (france)
jojo: what do i like? -we’re out of the “f*cking fairytale* land of bruges and back to reality where food doesn’t cost a kidney -across from an amazing bakery with 80 cent pain au chocolats (better than every one i…
the kgb cornerhouse: latvia’s torture chamber
our daytrips in riga were sidelined for the most part due to weather but one sight we did get to check out in the city was the kgb headquarters, otherwise known as the ‘kgb cornerhouse’. this exhibit opened in 2014…
