• weekly recap #28 – amsterdam

    this has been the quickest seven months of our lives.  i almost can’t believe that it’s over and that we’ve done 27 of these weekly recaps (some of which were longer than a week due to me being lazy).  we’re…

  • first 24 hours in vancouver

    jojo: what do i like? -asian food.  the familiarity of restaurants -my computer.  no longer must i work off of one 13″ screen; this isn’t the 80s anymore. -not having to pay for bathrooms and water.  i probably spent the…

  • our homes away from home: the europe edition

    and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing.  we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that…

  • home sweet home on the horizon

    home sweet home.  it feels like it’s been an eternity since i’ve muttered those words.  our plans for one long continuous trip around the world has fallen short as we need to stop off at home to be responsible adults…

  • first 24 hours in amsterdam (netherlands)

    jojo: what do i like? -impeccable transit network.  the reach of the trams and metro lines are amazing and you can get to nearly any corner of the city with ease.  this hasn’t been the case for many of the…

  • biking from belgium to the netherlands in a day

    our last full day in bruges was actually not spent ‘in’ bruges.  we heard that the town of damme is very close to the city and that the bike paths are a really easy bike ride away so we went…

  • weekly recap #27 – rotterdam

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. rotterdam (kralingen-crooswuk, airbnb, 7 nights) q. favourite meal a. all our meals were pretty low key this week.  we ate half of our meals at home and had a…

  • bruges after dark

    bruges is such a fantasy-like town that as good looking as it is during the day, it’s even better looking at night.  the canals and towers are lit up and if you’re lucky, you’ll still catch some swans swimming around. …

  • sightseeing in bruges

    bruges, in a nutshell, is one big theme park.  it is an absolutely beautiful city that has history dating back to the 9th century when it was founded by vikings.  over the next 500 years the city grew thanks to…

  • 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…