First 24 hours in...

  • first 24 hours in vancouver

    jojo: what do i like? -asian food.  the familiarity of restaurants -my computer.  no longer must i work off of one 13″ screen; this isn’t the 80s anymore. -not having to pay for bathrooms and water.  i probably spent the…

  • first 24 hours in amsterdam (netherlands)

    jojo: what do i like? -impeccable transit network.  the reach of the trams and metro lines are amazing and you can get to nearly any corner of the city with ease.  this hasn’t been the case for many of the…

  • first 24 hours in rotterdam (netherlands)

    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…

  • first 24 hours in lille (france)

    jojo: what do i like? -we’re out of the “f*cking fairytale* land of bruges and back to reality where food doesn’t cost a kidney -across from an amazing bakery with 80 cent pain au chocolats (better than every one i…

  • first 24 hours in bruges (belgium)

    jojo: what do i like? -insert ‘gorgeous city description and ramble on about how the architecture is so nice’ -but seriously, this is one old city.  the belfry tower in the center of the city is rougly 800 years old…

  • first 24 hours in brussels (belgium)

    jojo: what do i like? -comics, cartoons and street murals all wrapped into one -back amongst the french which means the pain au chocolat diet is back in effect.  booyah. -love the old architecture.  i know i’m being hypocritical because…

  • first 24 hours in riga (latvia)

    jojo: what do i like? -very pretty city.  the skyline has lots of churchtops and spires, a river runs through the middle of the city, lots of reconstructed buildings from the war era and also many new modern buildings with…

  • 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 berlin (germany)

    jojo: what do i like? -not being bed/couchridden and actually being able to explore the town -the subway system – it reminds me a lot of tokyo with a seemingly endless number of connected lines but all accessible with one…

  • first 24 hours in prague (czech republic)

    jojo: what do i like? -beautiful city.  i don’t know how many cities i’ve said that about but the pictures of prague don’t do this city justice.  the mouldings, spires, rooftops, windows, tramlines, bridges, castles and sunsets, cobblestone sidewalks, it’s…