Accomodations

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • weekly recap #25 – riga & brussels

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. riga (centrs, 5 nights), brussels (sablon, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. toss up.  either domini canes in riga for its presentation and otherwordly lavender & berries creme brulee…

  • first 24 hours in brussels (belgium)

    jojo: what do i like? -comics, cartoons and street murals all wrapped into one -back amongst the french which means the pain au chocolat diet is back in effect.  booyah. -love the old architecture.  i know i’m being hypocritical because…

  • how zagreb stole our hearts in 72 hours

    we only spent two and a half days in zagreb and although it isn’t a large city, the days flew right by.  by this point we had spent nearly two weeks in croatia moving from the south to the northwest…

  • weekly summary #23 – berlin & warsaw

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. berlin (templehof-schoneberg, hotel, 5 nights) warsaw (airbnb, centrum, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. perogies, borscht and the polish version of a schnitzel at our first (but definitely not…

  • weekly recap #22 – zagreb & prague

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. zagreb (3 nights), prague (5 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last dinner in zagreb.  pork spring rolls, beef empanadas, mixed greens and panko breaded pork tenderloin at street…