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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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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 but they’ve been relatively few and far between. the weather was pretty much great as […]
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our daytrips in riga were sidelined for the most part due to weather but one sight we did get to check out in the city was the kgb headquarters, otherwise known as the ‘kgb cornerhouse’. this exhibit opened in 2014 after being unused for nearly 7 years. the building sat dormant after latvia gained its […]
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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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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. warsaw (5 nights), riga (3 nights) q. favourite meal a. haha’s birthday meal at starry dom which was a fancier take on traditional polish cuisine. this might be stating the obvious but we had way too much food. we took over half of our […]
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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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