Photos and words about what we've been up to
Intro | Part I | Part II | Part III Hey all! I've just returned from two weeks of backpacking in Patagonia and Heather has kindly agreed to let me share my story with a few more guest-posts! Where did I go? I don't have a history of camping or outdoor adventuring so it surely…
In Toronto our neighbours, Greg and Adrienne, also happen to be old friends of ours. Greg and I attended high school together, and so we were all delighted to find out we were living in the same building, on the same floor. To keep the coincidences coming, a week after we booked our trip to…
Continue reading ➞ Adventure with our Toronto neighbours in Mexico City!
Our second Airbnb experience on this trip was called "Dive into real Mexico" and the name is a perfect descriptor. It was a full day experience - just over 10 hours long. We met our host Daniel in the morning and he drove us 2 hours away to the state where his family originates, Tlaxcala.…
Kevin was in charge of finding our Airbnb and I'm sure he looked at hundreds of listings to narrow down his options. Ever the skilled researcher, Kevin found us what I can honestly describe as the world's best Airbnb host, Leonor. We had initially planned to reserve one of her full apartments, but we took…
Continue reading ➞ Our home away from home in the Condesa Aurora Sunroom!
When Kevin and I went to Amsterdam we kicked off our trip with a food tour, which was both a unique culinary experience and a great walking tour with a local guide. We were introduced to the food tour via Booking.com but since we didn't use them for our trip this time around we decided…
Continue reading ➞ Airbnb Experience: “Discover street food with a local”
Our first full day in Mexico City fell on a Saturday. Our Airbnb host recommended that we take this opportunity to visit "El Bazaar Sábado" (aka the Saturday Bazaar) as it's a unique event that only happens once per week. And so on Saturday morning we took an Uber south into the historic neighbourhood of San Angel.…
For the next week we are in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in the Americas (fighting neck and neck with Sao Paulo for the top listing). We arrived yesterday, and so far we are having a great time! Of course, if you've been reading the news you also know…
Continue reading ➞ We made it to Mexico City! (Just in time for an earthquake)
When we first arrived in Amsterdam we'd planned to rent bikes and spend a day biking into the countryside to see windmills. Unfortunately, it was a lot colder and rainier than anticipated so that plan didn't work out. However, there is one windmill on the East side of the city, not far from the Maritime…
Continue reading ➞ Day 7 in Amsterdam – Wind Mills & Walking!
Up front disclosure: this was the worst museum we visited in Amsterdam. And according to Wikipedia, it's famously bad: In 2013, there was a deadly shooting incident during the "Waterfront" festivity at the museum.[8] For the next three months, the museum was not allowed to rent out its space. After 2013, the number of visitors started…
Continue reading ➞ Day 7 in Amsterdam – Visiting Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum
As you may have noted by now, we went to a lot of museums while we were in Amsterdam. Most of them were excellent - some of the best we'd ever visited. But not all met that standard. Enter: the Hermitage Amsterdam. The Hermitage Amsterdam is the sister museum of the famous Hermitage Museum in…
Continue reading ➞ Day 6 in Amsterdam – Visiting the Hermitage Amsterdam
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