Sightseeing

  • weekly update #33 – laguna de apoyo, leon, little corn island

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. laguna de apoyo (san simian, 2 nights), leon (hotel, 3 nights), little corn island (las palmeras, 1 night) q. favourite meal a. cuban food at el bodegon. a ex-pat…

  • chichicastenango, checking out guatemalan’s biggest market

    we had four nights booked in panajachel, lake atitlan and while there are plenty of things to do around the lake, taking a daytrip to chichicastenango is one of the most popular ones.  chichicastenango is a town about an hour…

  • hiking volcano pacaya, guatemala

    on our third day in antigua we planned for a daytrip out of the city.  the landscape of guatemala is riddled with volcanos and mountainous passes; antigua itself is nestled between a trio of volcanos with two additional volcanoes nearby…

  • 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…

  • exploring netherlands: the hague

    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…

  • 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…