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…
our homes away from home: the europe edition
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…
home sweet home on the horizon
home sweet home. it feels like it’s been an eternity since i’ve muttered those words. our plans for one long continuous trip around the world has fallen short as we need to stop off at home to be responsible adults…
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…
biking from belgium to the netherlands in a day
our last full day in bruges was actually not spent ‘in’ bruges. we heard that the town of damme is very close to the city and that the bike paths are a really easy bike ride away so we went…
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…
