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So, it turns out that Hong Kong is more than just skyscrapers. After we got the word, we decided to get out to Lantau Island as soon as we possibly could to visit some Buddhist monastery. While there, this crazy storm just blew in from out of nowhere, and I took this image with my digital camera …
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Among other things, like being located in between Luxembourg and our home in Amsterdam, Belgium is known for being the home of a handful of the world’s tastiest treats. Waffles, beer, mussels, chocolate, chocolate mussels, beer waffles, to name just a few. I have actually even heard tales of waffles being sold with chocolate on …
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We stayed in Istanbul for five weeks, and of course put off seeing the big tourist sights until the very last day. One of those sights was the Blue Mosque, and in this image I captured with my digital camera, you get a bit of insight into how the Blue Mosque got its name. Oh …
Kickoff: Febraury 3-5, 2015. Site: The Ardennes How We Got Here: Remember when I said we were 99% sure we were going to Normandy during the first week of February? Well, um, yeah. I will spare you the goriest of the details, but let’s just say they involve an ugly incident with a car rental …
I guess it’s predictable, but living abroad has totally made me appreciate travelling in the U.S.A. way more than I used to. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I’ve never met a road trip I didn’t like driving 10 hours for, and as a result, I’ve definitely seen my fair share of America’s crown jewels …
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Well, the dust has finally settled on the holidays and 2015 is definitely in full swing here in Amsterdam. It may have taken a bit longer for the dust to settle here compared to most places though, but we got there. Why? Well, the Amsterdam air was full of powder and particulate from the, like, …
Kickoff – December 8-11, 2014 Sites – Hannover, Goslar, Wolfenbüttell/Braunschweig, and Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany. How We Got Here: Two years ago, we dipped our toes in the snow at Christmas markets in Edinburgh and Manchester and had a blast. Last year’s Christmas Market Crawl spanned two-and-a-half weeks and covered parts of Germany, Austria, and …
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I wish I could tell you there was a really rock solid reason why we ended up at the Leipzig Christmas market, but that just wouldn’t be true, and the internet is not the place to spread misinformation. The truth is, we were deciding between going to the Leipzig Christmas market and Dresden’s since they are …
Vienna doesn’t get too much hype when it comes to best European Christmas market cities, as everyone is usually too busy slobbering over Nuremberg, Cologne, and any other places that were on the most recent “Best Christmas Markets in Europe” slideshow going around the internet. That ends up being a good thing in my opinion …
When you are planning a trip to Europe (or anywhere else for that matter), one thing that you will inevitably come across in guidebooks or hear in advice from friends on the internet is the idea of taking a day trip. You know how the day trip works, right? You get up early, take a …
