A Day trip to Nikko (Japan)
A Day trip to Nikko (Japan) A popular daytrip from Tokyo are the famous Buddhist-Shinto temples and shrines of Nikko. It makes for a long day as it takes 2 hours to get there (ie. 4 hours total travel …
Asakusa and Ueno – the best part of Tokyo
Asakusa and Ueno – why everyone should visit Northern Tokyo When people think of Tokyo they think of a megalopolis of modern skyscrapers. That’s a pretty accurate description of most of Tokyo. In fact …
How to see Tokyo with a Free Volunteer Guide
How to see Tokyo with a Free Volunteer Guide This post dates back to 2016 – but nothing has changed, you can still get a free volunteer guide to show you around Tokyo. All the information below. …
Cuba Travel Guide: Where to Go and What to Do (including the Best Beaches)
The Best Places to Visit in Cuba Cuba is much more than beaches and sun. Though slowly changing, Cuba is a place stuck in a time warp with its government, architecture, and fleet of old American cars. …
Why you HAVE to Visit Córdoba (Spain)
Why you have to Visit Córdoba (Spain) We’ve had the fortune to see some incredible religious buildings over the last few years (including the Vatican earlier this year). Of those, it is Córdoba’s …
What is Seville (Spain) like? Observations, experiences and thoughts from a month in Seville
What is Seville (Spain) like? We’ve been in Seville (Sevilla) just over a month as I write this. But it didn’t take us long to fall in love with this city – Sevilla is simply amazing and for full-time …
What to See and Do in Lisbon. And why we were happy to leave…
We spent the month of August in Lisbon. For me, it was a return to a city that I had visited 25 years ago. Lisbon is a very popular place these days, attracting tourists with its beautiful …
Sevilla, Brazil and the Olympics, Crazy people, and on having a post go Viral
Above: The coast of Albania on our Istanbul – Lisbon flight. Aug 30, 2016 Newsletter Greetings from Sevilla, Spain! A lot has happened since our last newsletter 2 months ago. After …
Wild, Wacky Skopje (Macedonia). One of the Strangest Places we’ve been
Why Skopje is one of the Strangest Places we’ve been Skopje is not the most beautiful place we’ve visited. But it might just be the most interesting and weirdest place we’ve ever been. …