first 24 hours in samara (costa rica)
what do i like? -so quiet – the first time we walked onto the beach felt like we showed up at somewhere that wasn’t listed in any guidebooks (which it is). the crowd has a mix of tourists and ticos…
first 24 hours in tamarindo (costa rica)
what do i like? -huge beach – the beachfront of tamarindo seems to go on for miles. one end is connected to an estuary and the other wraps around forming a slight crescent. the sun sets on this end -happy…
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…
our homes away from home: the asia edition
so one thing we found out very quickly into our travels was that although airbnb is a nice alternative to hotels to get that ‘home away from home’ experience, it’s not quite perfect. i swear that we weren’t trying to…
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…
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…
how zagreb stole our hearts in 72 hours
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…
first 24 hours in riga (latvia)
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…
weekly summary #23 – berlin & warsaw
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. berlin (templehof-schoneberg, hotel, 5 nights) warsaw (airbnb, centrum, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. perogies, borscht and the polish version of a schnitzel at our first (but definitely not…