Travel
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An Estonian Wedding
About a month and half ago, Kenz and I had the pleasure of attending a couple friend’s wedding at the gorgeous Vihala Manor Country Club, approximately 90 minutes outside of Tallinn. The groom,…
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Old Squares, Crosses, and the Living Memory of Occupation: Exploring the Baltic States
Riga, Latvia If you have read any of our blogs then you would know that I have always been fascinated with history. As living case studies of political transition from authoritarianism to democracy,…
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Venice, the Pace of the People
Believe it or not, with all of our time and travel in Europe, I have never made it to Venice. My better half has made it there a couple of times herself, but…
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I Heart Paris
My kid sister has been working hard towards her nursing degree over the past few years. Since it is very unlikely that we’ll make a trip to California to attend her graduation this…
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The Alhambra & Granada, Spain
Granada is a special place. Nestled on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it has a glorious past as the last city to fall to the Reconquest. Its main attraction, the Alhambra, a…
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A Visit to the Mezquita of Cordoba
For those of you heading to the medieval city of Cordoba, here’s a tip: visit the Mezquita before 10am. It’s free during daily mass and the crowd is thin; just remember to dress…
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Tapas-crawling in Seville
We got an extra bank holiday this year to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (God save the Queen!) and jetted off for a week-long holiday in sunny Spain with my kid sister. Andalucia…
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Walking the Pembrokeshire Coast
With no passports in hand, Kenz and I opted for a quiet country retreat on the Pembrokeshire Coast in South Wales over the May Day bank holiday weekend. It was a much needed…
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Transylvania, Romania: Land of Myths and Mountains
When I first read Bram Stoker’s classic “Dracula,” I harbored ever since a romantic and mythical perception of this mysterious country, hence why Romania made it onto our travel list in the first…
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One Night in Lille
Enroute to and from the Champagne region, we stayed one night in Lille, a small town where French elegance meets Flemish flamboyance. Long gone is the gritty industrial city; Lille has undergone a…
