Food
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…
misfiring on all cylinders in riga
we’re entering our 7th month of being on the road and at the risk of jinxing our future travels, i have to say that we’ve been rolling pretty good over the last few months. we’ve had our share of hardships…
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…
france in pictures: downtime in the quiet city of lille
france was the first country east of the atlantic that i visited and it only felt right to revisit it during this trip. we stopped by the northwest city of lille. we got lots of downtime thanks to a holiday…
warsaw, the city of contrasts
warsaw has been an interesting destination to say the least. we were caught off guard by a lot of things and this leg has involved a fair bit of culture shock. we arrived after spending nearly a week in berlin;…
visiting the sights of berlin, a lesson in german history
how quickly time flies in a city like berlin. 3.5 million people and countless metro lines connect a city that was once divided by politics. five days was never going to be enough time for us to cover everything we…
sightseeing and staying fed in prague
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…
first 24 hours in bruges (belgium)
jojo: what do i like? -insert ‘gorgeous city description and ramble on about how the architecture is so nice’ -but seriously, this is one old city. the belfry tower in the center of the city is rougly 800 years old…
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…
