• 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…

  • 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…

  • the mighty sandwich challenge in porto

    we arrived in porto after a nearly 8 hour travel day from albufeira (2.5 hour drive + 3 hour bus ride with some cab rides in between) and while we had just spent the better portion of a week sitting…

  • chocolate con churros

    we spent a week saying no to churros in korea, of all places, and set foot to try out this local dish so the last time i’ve had a churro was at taco bell about 20 years ago, a far…

  • shaved ice, ice baby

    ah desserts.  everyone’s favourite crutch to fall back on to make themselves feel better about themselves before they can go back to hating themselves.  in the continent where desserts run wild, taiwanese desserts are more fruit-centric, refreshing and can be…

  • the multiple dessert fail

    we’ve been quite gluttonous in our diets thus far and went bonkers in japan with desserts after almost every meal.  we took a small break from sweets once our ramen ingestion increased in tokyo but seoul has so many dessert…

  • laid back afternoon in shimokitazawa

    the last area we explored in tokyo was shimokitazawa aka the hipster factory.  i suppose they’re all over the world but the concentration was definitely higher here although more in the mid to late 20 year old range.  we both…