Our 2014 Top 10 Travel Destinations
We’ve heard it said that the joy of travel is in retrospect. Now that our year of world travel has come to an end, we do have a lot of fond memories to reminisce about. We enjoy an annual tradition …
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Smoky Finish
Location: Fort William, Bowmore, Oban and Glasgow, Scotland Introduction: We explored the west coast of Scotland spending the majority of our time on the island of Islay. Aside from its abundant natural beauty, Islay is home to 8 whisky distilleries …
Scottish Warmth
Introduction: Scotland quickly impressed us, reminding us in many ways of New Zealand, another country that we love. It’s sparsely populated with more sheep than people; the landscapes are beautiful; the single carriageways lack shoulders and there’s the occasional one-lane …
English Lessons
Location: England Introduction: We found ourselves with an unscheduled return to England following our deportation from Finland. Without a plan, we decided to put our remaining hotel and credit card reward points to good use and mapped out a course …
White Nights
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia Introduction: We’ve read a number of novels involving St. Petersburg (e.g., Anna Karenina) that left us longing to see this famous city. However, obtaining a Russian visa is a challenging and expensive process. In addition, relations …
French Connection Video
Introduction: We felt a real connection with France and couldn’t get enough of their delicious food as you can see in our latest video.
Swiss Bliss
Location: Switzerland Introduction: We planned to skip Switzerland on this trip. However, her natural beauty wowed us so much on our first visit that when we discovered a cheap flight to Geneva, we rationalized that we’d never been there before. …
Sunk in Helsinki…Detained and DEPORTED
Location: Helsinki, Finland Introduction: Yes, it’s true. We overstayed our welcome in mainland Europe and we’ve been deported. We made some incorrect assumptions about travel around the European countries. We won’t bore you with all of the details but there’s …
Royal Treat
Location: London, England Introduction: Our original travel menu did not include England as we had the privilege of traveling there a few times before. However, several budget airlines use London as a hub making it inexpensive to visit from just …
Cool Vibes
Location: Vienna, Austria Introduction: We left the heat behind in Hungary to find much more comfortable temperatures in Austria. More than that, there was something chill about Vienna. It just had a very cool vibe to it. The city does …