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juices from albert heijn 3 euros for fresh juices, our favourites were the orange & kiwi and apple, pear & raspberry. it must seem ridiculous that we’re listing this as one of favourite indulgences in the netherlands but finding good, fresh juices in europe for less than the price of a firstborn isn’t as easy […]
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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 for the dutch. our motivation for visiting scheveningen beach was for the firework display that […]
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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 -we’re in the land of patios and biking. in one sense, it feels a lot […]
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I didn’t know until we got to Prague that the Vietnamese people forms the largest immigrant community in Poland according to Wikipedia. Best news ever because I can finally have some decent pho! We were in Prague 5 days and I had vietnamese everyday. Day 1 – Pho Vietnam Tuan & Lan. The pho was excellent, […]
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q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. zagreb (3 nights), prague (5 nights) q. favourite meal a. our last dinner in zagreb. pork spring rolls, beef empanadas, mixed greens and panko breaded pork tenderloin at street food mukoaka. not local in the least but after a month of eating pizzas and […]
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Didn’t realize how much pho I have until I was missing it badly after two weeks on the road. I guess I almost have it every week and it’s one of my go to cold rainy soup. I didn’t find any decent ones in China or Sapporo and had to wait until Tokyo to get […]
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for our first full day in tokyo we decided to check out the pixar exhibit at museum of contemporary art. it was on the east side of the city in koto and it took us about and hour to get there via walking and the metro line. as you come out of the kiyosumi-shirakawa station, […]
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