=j(oe) + (l)izz + travel
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 of our price range by a longshot) but on average, the majority are very affordable […]
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juices from albert heijn 3 euros for fresh juices, our favourites were the orange & kiwi and apple, pear & raspberry. it must seem ridiculous that we’re listing this as one of favourite indulgences in the netherlands but finding good, fresh juices in europe for less than the price of a firstborn isn’t as easy […]
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we had scheduled five days in prague since we had known we’d have j-lo as our trusty guide (who’s basically a local by now) so the general plan was that we’d do our laps of the must-see attractions in prague but he also had his local watering holes to take us too. our first day […]
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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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it’s been nearly three months since we left the bustling city of hong kong for europe and i thought it was time that i picked up my game and added some galleries to the blog. i don’t know what style of photography i would describe it as other than pretty random. on our first stint […]
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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? -being the capital of croatia, big city = options. have options for food other than grilled meat, pasta and pizza. woohoo! -very accessible city. many tram lines, all above ground meaning no time spent walking through mazes of subway stations. the trams also run very frequently -the town feels empty, […]
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i’m trying my hand at maybe my last ‘regular’ series of posts… to look back upon the cities that we’ve stayed in this trip and to compare that to our first day to see how our opinions of the city had changed. aside from the ski resorts, sapporo was my first city… when did we […]
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it’s been years since i’ve had a sichuan meal. matter of fact, i think the last time i had one was here in hong kong five years ago. there was only two of us that time and we ordered 3 dishes including the chili boil soup, a must have, and that was waaaaay too much […]
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maybe the truest sign of me being a vancouverite at heart is that i miss a good ipa more than anything else. what i wouldn’t give for a cold glass of driftwood’s fat tug, brassneck’s passive aggressive or even powell street brewery’s white ipa. craft beer is taking off in asia but i think it’s […]
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west of the tokyo core and away from the fast paced lifestyle of shibuya and shinjuku are koenji and kichijoji; neighbourhoods connected to shinjuku via the odakyu line. our original plan was to visit both in conjunction with visiting studio ghibli in kichijoji* however that didn’t quite work out. *so four years ago we spent […]
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our second day in tokyo was a lazy day after all the walking around we did. we woke up late and ate breakfast at home thanks to our (drum roll)… TWO burner stove. yeah we did. seeing as how we skipped both the asahi and sapporo breweries in hokkaido i felt it was only right […]
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i miss a lot of things from home and at the risk of sounding like an alcoholic, beer is definitely on that list. i love an icy cold sapporo after a day on the mountain as much as the next person but sometimes you want something with a little bite. being sapporo and all, macrobrews […]
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this post is a little overdue as well. about two weeks ago, our travel companions and fellow powder hounds from new zealand and vancouver were packing up their bags to return to their homes and careers. both of which haha and myself no longer have and will be searching for when we return lol for […]
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