• the surprises of the netherlands

    our time in the netherlands has been a welcome surprise from what i was expecting and i’m so glad that haha pushed for us to spend nearly two weeks in rotterdam and amsterdam to close out our stay in europe.…

  • Laidback Haarlem

    If the crowds of Amsterdam gets you down, I would suggest a day trip out to quaint Haarlem which is only a 15-minute train ride away. The city is pretty small, perfect to be explored by foot. Lots of great…

  • rotterdam architecture & sightseeing

    rotterdam has been one surprise after another.  from the food to the beaches to the people, we enjoyed them all equally.  the most noticeable trait about the city is that which stares you in the face… its bold and modern…

  • biking through the historic windmills of kinderdijk, netherlands

    our biking adventures continued in the netherlands and haha has been making leaps and bounds over this year.  there are many daytrip options from rotterdam and while we originally planned to spend the majority of our excursions to the beaches…

  • biking from belgium to the netherlands in a day

    our last full day in bruges was actually not spent ‘in’ bruges.  we heard that the town of damme is very close to the city and that the bike paths are a really easy bike ride away so we went…

  • weekly recap #27 – rotterdam

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. rotterdam (kralingen-crooswuk, airbnb, 7 nights) q. favourite meal a. all our meals were pretty low key this week.  we ate half of our meals at home and had a…

  • sightseeing in bruges

    bruges, in a nutshell, is one big theme park.  it is an absolutely beautiful city that has history dating back to the 9th century when it was founded by vikings.  over the next 500 years the city grew thanks to…

  • visiting the sights of berlin, a lesson in german history

    how quickly time flies in a city like berlin.  3.5 million people and countless metro lines connect a city that was once divided by politics.  five days was never going to be enough time for us to cover everything we…

  • sightseeing and staying fed in prague

    we had scheduled five days in prague since we had known we’d have j-lo as our trusty guide (who’s basically a local by now) so the general plan was that we’d do our laps of the must-see attractions in prague…