One month in Budapest
One month in Budapest: Experiences and impressions This weekend we’ll be celebrating a month in Budapest. Someone asked me yesterday how I liked Budapest. It’s something I’ve been putting off …
Highlights of our first year of Full-time Travel (and our favorite photos)
Highlights of our first year of Full-time Travel The end of July 2015 marks the 1 year anniversary of us leaving Montreal. Since then we’ve done a lot of travelling and experienced many things. …
A year of Airbnb apartments
A year of Airbnb apartments Note: This is an older post dating back to 2015. ————— We had never used Airbnb before last summer. Move the clock forward and we’ve …
Changing my mind about San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Changing my mind about San Miguel de Allende A couple of years ago I visited San Miguel de Allende. I wrote a post on my visit at the time, saying that it was a pretty place, that it was well equipped …
Being Back ‘home’ after a year of Travel (ie. when home is no longer home)
Being Back ‘home’ after a year of Travel This is an older post. But it’s relevant to anyone who’s faced being back “home”: the conflicting feelings, the way we see the place …
The things we don’t like about Italy
Remembering the things we don’t like about Italy Note: This is an older post. But like Italy, it is timeless… 🙂 ————————- We love Italy. We came …
Why Piran (Slovenia) is worth visiting
Why Piran (Slovenia) is worth visiting Like Ljubljana, Piran is small. All of Slovenia’s towns and cities seem to be small. But damn is it pretty! You can see the Italian influence in Piran. The town …
Is Ljubljana (Slovenia) worth visiting?
Is Ljubljana (Slovenia) worth visiting? Ljulbjana is one of the prettiest, most charming capitals in Europe. It is laid back (you could say sleepy), clean, and somehow feels like somewhere out of a …
What’s Zagreb like? Reflections on scams, graffiti, and pleasant surprises
Zagreb. For me, the name evokes images of depressingly grey Russian-style apartment blocks and big guys named Igor. Our first impressions arriving in Zagreb didn’t dissuade from those …