Food

  • first 24 hours in panajachel (guatemala)

    jojo: what do i like? -one seriously boss sunset.  vancouver has the northshore mountains, santorini has hillside villages, albania had empty beaches but panajachel’s is something else. three volcanos (atitlan, pedro and toliman), virtually no boats and constantly moving clouds…

  • staying fed in the netherlands

    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,…

  • exploring netherlands: the hague

    we spent our first day in the netherlands daytripping it north of rotterdam to the hague which sits alongside the north sea on the western coast.  its population is nearly half a million and is a very popular summer destination…

  • looking back at asahikawa

    when did we visit and for how long? late february for 10 days what kind of accommodations? two hotels.  we barely stayed in the first one for 30 minutes because it was so disgusting.  smoke was seeping out of everything,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Lille the Eurostar stop no one gets off at

    We decided to go to Lille as our only French city to visit on this trip due to it’s proximity to Belgium and Netherlands. Only thing we knew about Lille was that it’s one of the stops on Eurostar between…

  • 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…

  • 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…