Amsterdam — Venice of the North

This being my second time here in Amsterdam, I was pretty excited to be back in this city. Despite my last experience here involving a disgusting hostel and bed bugs, I wasn’t reluctant to come back…as long as we stayed in anything BUT a hostel. Which we did, a fairly nice hotel actually. Equipped with…

A Blip of Prague

So this isn't going to be a very long post as we only spent a day and a half in Prague. I was here about 4 years ago with Sherry and I always fondly remembered this place as my top favourite from that years trip. Its cheap like Asia, you have endless choices for Asian…

Hiking in Canada, I mean Germany…

The trains lately have been quite nice. A big change from those in Italy or Turkey. We rode first class from Zagreb straight to Munich with reclining seats in a cubicle type seating area. Plenty of leg room and able to stretch out. Back to high speed trains and riding in comfort now that we…

Recuperating in Zagreb, Croatia

Its been another stretch of down days and not too much to write about. Poor Mark has been really sick since we arrived in Zagreb, so we decided to take advantage of the 5 days here to get him better. I’m not going to lie, we spent a solid 2-3 days in the apartment relaxing…

Hiking in Split, Croatia

I had another moment today when we were hiking through the forest in the sweltering heat. We were prepared this time for a hike and were decked out in our sports gear, buffs and all. We came out of the trees to an opening of a walking trail overlooking a gorgeous view of this crystal…

Food of Istanbul

Its funny to think that just a few days ago Mark and I were following the keto diet. For those that dont know what this is, it is basically high fat and low carb. We were so concerned about eating our way through Italy that we both felt we needed to take it easy and…

Top Food To Try In Turkey

Traditional Baklava with Walnuts Kunefe - a traditional Turkish dessert made with cheese and shredded Kadayif dough soaked in sweet syrup Adana Kebap - spicy minced lamb Kumpir - baked potatoes subway style! Inspanakli Manti - traditional turkish spinach ravioli with yogurt sauce and chili oil Dondurma - Turkish Icecream Turkish Tea Turkish Coffee Fresh tomatoes…

Izmir, Turkey

Im not sure if its just bad luck we have when it comes to finding our next Airbnb or if its a coincidence, but at least a handful of times we have struggled to get to the exact location. We always think its us, maybe we didn't get address correctly, maybe its the way they…

Marmaris, Turkey

When we were at the hostel in Santorini, we were talking to a couple girls discussing their travels up to this point. Our next destination was Turkey and they had just come from there, so I asked her what we were in for. She exclaimed how much she loved Turkey, how beautiful it was and…

Rhodes, Greece to Marmaris, Turkey

Well after 7 days off from blogging I am back atter! You probably missed me like crazy! To be honest it was a pretty awesome week of nothing. I didn't have all that much to update on and I wanted to take advantage of our all inclusive by doing exactly that, nothing. We spent almost…