• first 24 hours in warsaw (poland)

    jojo: what do i like? -comfort food aka perogies aka i’m going to eat until resemble one -a capital city that’s relatively small in size; we haven’t explored much yet it feels a lot like zagreb which both of us…

  • first 24 hours in zagreb (croatia)

    jojo: what do i like? -being the capital of croatia, big city = options.  have options for food other than grilled meat, pasta and pizza.  woohoo! -very accessible city.  many tram lines, all above ground meaning no time spent walking…

  • weekly recap #21 – split, lake plitvice & porec

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. split (airbnb, veli varos, 2 nights), lake plitvice (airbnb, 1 night), porec (airbnb, 4 nights) q. favourite meal a. we took a wrong turn on our daytrip from porec…

  • meeting up with my parents in copenhagen

    after a month in spain and portugal we planned for a short stay in denmark.  i hadn’t seen my parents since we set off in january and their cruise was based out of copenhagen so we managed to spend two…

  • first 24 hours in split

    jojo: what do i like? -restaurant hosts/hostesses are very chill and don’t harass you as you walk the streets.  the aggressiveness of some people we’ve run into in portugal and dubrovnik were a real turnoff -prices for food and drink…

  • first 24 hours in dubrovnik

    jojo: what do i like? -KING’S LANDING! -in all seriousness, out of all the old towns that we’ve been to, dubrovnik is quite amazing.  the city walls were originally built in the 7th century and fortified throughout the 12th-17th centuries. …

  • first 24 hours in kotor

    jojo: what do i like? -unbelievable scenery.  the drive here involved taking multiple tunnels through the mountainous terrain of montenegro as well as passing well developed beach towns bar & budva along the adriatic sea.  kotor is nestled in a…

  • weekly recap #19 – santorini, saranda & tirana

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda.  we’ve had some good meals this week…

  • first 24 hours in copenhagen

    jojo: what do i like? -everything just makes sense – airport baggage pickup has a small play area for kids near the turnstiles to keep them occupied, metro ticket machine is preset to purchase tickets to the city center (with…

  • first 24 hours in porto

    jojo: what do i like? -small, quaint and beautiful city.  from the orange rooftops to the coloured & tiled facades to the street art to the cobblestone streets (as in the streets, not just the sidewalks), it’s so vibrant -cheap…