costa rica in pictures: the final leg of our year
we had a meloncholy stop in our last city of our europe leg but costa rica ended on different terms. more sunsets that we could count, rainforests of monteverde, hummingbirds, coatis, graduating to a surfing rookie, chicken eating crocodiles, fluking…
the netherlands in pictures: windmills, canals and a wrap on europe
our final stop in europe was bittersweet. we flew out of amsterdam and made a stop at rotterdam prior to that. toss in a couple of daytrips to haarlem, kinderdijk, den haag and hoek van holland and our 10 days…
belgium in pictures: waffles, beer and tintin
we split our 1 week in belgium across brussels and bruges. did a bike ride daytrip across the imaginary border to the netherlands in the town of sluis and another daytrip to the herge museum since i’ve been a tintin…
latvia in pictures: when in doubt, just look up
knowing very little of latvia, we made a budget-friendly decision to book our train to riga while in warsaw the previous week and were treated to a week of art nouveau architecture, cheap but dressed up meals, a history lesson…
poland in pictures: pierogies, churches & walking about warsaw
our warsaw stay was so comfortable, we extended our stay to 9 days to spend haha’s birthday there. a lot of low key, rainy days were spent catching up on game of thrones but when we weren’t being couch potatoes,…
germany in pictures: roaming through the berlin’s history and street art
we had four days in berlin and it felt like we were walking every one of those hours. finally experienced currywursts, biergartens, bretzels, quaint neighbourhoods like kreuzberg, walked the wall, took in the plentiful tidbits of history of the city,…
croatia in pictures: rooftops, lakes and truffles
two weeks in croatia both flew right on by. we started on the coast and made our way north covering dubrovnik, stone, split and porec and made inland areas stops in krka falls, lake plitvice, rovinj and zagreb. the orange…
montenegro in pictures: cevapcici, old town and beachin it up
sandwiched between albania and croatia, this was our second country on a roadtrip with j-lo. we stayed in kotor and spent the (very) hot days walking the walled city, saying hello to the many local cats, hiking the ladder of…
albania in pictures: our biggest surprise of europe
a surprising week of r&r and exploring after an all nighter at the athens airport and a bumpy hydrofoil ride from corfu (greece) to sarande. albania started off as the beginning of our trip up the ionian/adriatic sea (for me…
portugal in pictures: egg tart bellies and funky neighbourhoods
from the algarve in the south to porto in the north and ending in lisbon, we barely got a taste of what the country had to offer. turquoise waters and red cliff beaches, tiled walkways and churches and a healthy…
