Hong Kong Observations

WRITTEN BY Julie

Six months after announcing our journey to Southeast Asia, we began our adventure in Hong Kong, which remains one of my favourite cities in the world. Too bad my single visit was under the fog of extreme jetlag, missing...

02.20.15

The Journey and the Destination

WRITTEN BY Julie

Last summer, my mom and I were enjoying a warm outdoor lunch in Budapest just before she left for a multi-week, multi-country small group tour of the Balkans. She was excited about seeing a new part of the world but...

02.16.15

Amsterdam’s Famed Canal Cruises

WRITTEN BY Drew

The prospect of doing a canal cruise during our weekend in Amsterdam is not something that initially aroused our sense of adventure. Both of us tend to stay away from “touristy” things, choosing to find...

02.09.15

Amsterdam Weekend

WRITTEN BY Julie

We landed in Amsterdam early on a Friday and already a little worse for the wear. Our usually uneventful travel to the airport was hampered by the UK’s first real snow in several years, rendering the roads completely...

02.06.15

Podcast Superstar: Housesitting!

WRITTEN BY Julie

For the second time in three short months, I was invited to be a guest on Jackie’s (The Budget Minded Traveller herself!) great podcast. This time, we’re talking all about housesitting, one of my most...

02.04.15

Obsessive Travel Planning

WRITTEN BY Julie

Drew and I regularly spend entire weekends obsessively planning and scheming every travel detail. Case in point: today, I’m working at home and Drew is working on some flight research for our trip to the US in...