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…
Lille the Eurostar stop no one gets off at
We decided to go to Lille as our only French city to visit on this trip due to it’s proximity to Belgium and Netherlands. Only thing we knew about Lille was that it’s one of the stops on Eurostar between…
brussels aka the land of comic strips
prior to visiting the tintin museum we also stopped by the comicstrip museum in brussels. it has a section devoted to tintin but also touches on many other belgian based characters, the smurfs taking another section for themselves. it was…
a daytrip to musee herge: a must for all tintin fans
i don’t know how many museums we had been to by this point in our trip but that didnt stop me from planning out a day to visit musee herge once we got into brussels. on our previous trip 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…
weekly recap #25 – riga & brussels
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. riga (centrs, 5 nights), brussels (sablon, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. toss up. either domini canes in riga for its presentation and otherwordly lavender & berries creme brulee…
first 24 hours in zagreb (croatia)
jojo: what do i like? -being the capital of croatia, big city = options. have options for food other than grilled meat, pasta and pizza. woohoo! -very accessible city. many tram lines, all above ground meaning no time spent walking…
that time we spent an afternoon in a nuclear bunker
with one and a half days in tirana, we had just enough time to do a little sightseeing. there were a number of museums in the core of the city where we were staying but one particular museum stood out…
museums in madrid – the prado & reina-sofia
since the weather wasn’t on our side, we opted to spend most of another one of our rainy days inside the friendly confines of some museums. there’s a trio of museums in the span of a few blocks and if…
leeum, samsung’s museum of art
our airbnb host made a strong push for us to visit the leeum museum in the itaewon neighbourhood. in his words, “samsung has more money than the government so spend your time there” the interior is pretty amazing in it’s…
