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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how a. monteverde (b&b, 1 night), tamarindo (airbnb, 4 nights), samara (airbnb, 2 nights) q. favourite meal a. homemade fried rice with with green beans, green onions, corn, jalapeno and a bucketful of white rice. we both needed a break from beans and plantains and there aren’t […]
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what do i like? -so quiet – the first time we walked onto the beach felt like we showed up at somewhere that wasn’t listed in any guidebooks (which it is). the crowd has a mix of tourists and ticos (native costa ricans) and towards the evenings, the tourists are taking pictures of the sunsets […]
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what do i like? -huge beach – the beachfront of tamarindo seems to go on for miles. one end is connected to an estuary and the other wraps around forming a slight crescent. the sun sets on this end -happy dogs everywhere – i don’t know why there are so many unattended dogs around here […]
Read Moreas perhaps the most frequently visited town by tourists, antigua has no shortage of hotels or places to indulge in meals and accomodations. casa santo domingo is exactly one of those places. as one of the oldest hotels of antigua, it is much more than simply a hotel. the sprawling grounds are immaculate and are […]
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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 sucked: i’m not sure what sucked more, the dripping water pressure with a hot water […]
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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 few favs from market q. most memorable moment / best highlight a. our final beach […]
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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 nitpick about each of our places but there would always be, without fail, something that […]
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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 -we’re in the land of patios and biking. in one sense, it feels a lot […]
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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 meatballs and i couldn’t say no even after having two flemish stews during the week. […]
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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 had in belgium!) -the largest market in the city runs on sundays however they also […]
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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 or brasserie du gourmet in brussels for their carbonnade flamande (flemish beef & beer stew). […]
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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 i’ve had my fill of ‘old stuff’ but brussels has this historic charm about itself. […]
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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 before stopping by the country’s capital and i don’t know about the other two people […]
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jojo: what do i like? -very pretty city. the skyline has lots of churchtops and spires, a river runs through the middle of the city, lots of reconstructed buildings from the war era and also many new modern buildings with the infusion of eu & tourist dollars -good value for our dollar. the prices here […]
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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 the last) milk bar q. most memorable moment / best highlight a. spending a few […]
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jojo: what do i like? -comfort food aka perogies aka i’m going to eat until resemble one -a capital city that’s relatively small in size; we haven’t explored much yet it feels a lot like zagreb which both of us really enjoyed -warsaw, unknown to me until we got here, has a really strong food […]
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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 food mukoaka. not local in the least but after a month of eating pizzas and […]
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jojo: what do i like? -beautiful city. i don’t know how many cities i’ve said that about but the pictures of prague don’t do this city justice. the mouldings, spires, rooftops, windows, tramlines, bridges, castles and sunsets, cobblestone sidewalks, it’s amazing. especially after spending the last few weeks in towns with mostly grey and orange […]
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