When we arrived in Paris, we went straight to our Airbnb in Montmartre. Something funny is that we booked the same Airbnb that I had booked with a friend when I came to Paris three years ago! All the streets around our studio apartment were exactly what…
Read MoreOriginally, our summer trip in 2019 was only going to consist of France and Italy. However, once we had the opportunity to visit Ian in Australia, we knew that we could make another stop as a layover between continents. Singapore is a common layover from…
Read MoreWe were only in New Orleans for 4 days so we tried to make the most of it! We stayed busy for most of the time, but I sprained my foot halfway through the trip so we weren’t able to do as much, especially if it involved walking or a lot of traveling. We joked that the first half of the trip it was raining and the second half of the trip I was limping around so we never really got a “good” day…
Read MoreSo many types of food are unique to New Orleans. Gumbo, jambalaya, po-boys, and so many different kinds of seafood! Oysters, crawfish, shrimp, and more. We also learned very quickly that hot sauce was served with every meal and we LOVED it. Every meal we had in New Orleans was fabulous so it was impossible to narrow down our recommendations. So here are 8…
Read MoreWe love to get advice on what to do before we head out on a trip. One of our friends highly recommended going on a plantation tour and going on a swamp tour. We immediately started googling it and found a tour on Trip Adviser that did both! Several other people recommended ghost tours or cemetery tours. One of my coworkers said she went on a cocktail tour! Needless to say…
Read MoreHow could we not visit the French Quarter while in New Orleans? We knew it was a touristy spot and that stores and restaurants are typically overpriced here, but when we arrived at around 9:30am, it wasn’t too crowded at all! However, we went back at 5:30pm and it was totally different! You could barely walk through the crowds of people - reminded us a bit of NYC, especially…
Read MoreWhen we started planning our trip to New Orleans, we reserved an Airbnb on Magazine Street. As we found restaurants and things to do, so many addresses also said Magazine Street. I remember saying, “Wow, that must be right next to our Airbnb” at least half a dozen times as we looked things up. Well, it turns out that Magazine Street is six miles of restaurants, antique stores, boutiques…
Read MoreNick and I chose to go to New Orleans this winter quite randomly. We knew which dates we wanted so we researched and found the cheapest option, which happened to be New Orleans. Even though it wasn’t on our list of travels for the near future, I had mentioned coming here a few times before, and with the low prices, we decided to go for it! When we arrived in New Orleans at 9am, we…
Read MoreHaving just come from Melbourne (which is known as the coffee capital of Australia), we had been spoiled with amazing coffee all week. When we got to Sydney, we made a list of some popular cafes and tried one or two each day. Here is a list of our favorites!
Read MoreOur AirBnb was a fantastic location, right off of Hydes Park. From our fairly central location, we decided to take a day and do a walking tour of several free museums in the area. Since we were on a pretty tight budget, walking and hanging out at museums was the perfect…
Read MoreWe were so excited to start exploring Sydney and the first thing we thought of was obviously the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. We were staying at an Airbnb right next to Hyde Park and planned a walking trip all the way across the bridge. It turned out to be several miles, but it was pretty warm that day (since it was July, it was winter in Australia!), so we didn’t mind…
Read MoreOne of our last days in Sydney fell on the Fourth of July, which is one of my favorite holidays. Obviously we couldn’t celebrate it in our traditional ways, so we decided to take the bus to Newtown, a southwest suburb of Sydney. We didn’t quite know what to do there except for a coffee shop we wanted to try, so we started our morning at Brewtown, reading our books and figuring out what…
Read MoreOne of the things we were most excited about was doing to Bondi to Coogee coastal walk. We decided to spend the morning in Bondi and then do the walk, which is almost 4 miles, and head back from Coogee. We started out at a cute cafe/bookstore called Gertrude and Alice. We got coffee and read our own books, although I couldn’t help flipping through some of the books they had…
Read MoreWhen we got to Melbourne, one of the first things we heard was that it’s considered by some as the “coffee capital of the world”. There are so many cafes and they take coffee seriously. We saw so many people using KeepCups or reusable travel mugs when getting “take away” coffee. In fact, some cafes don’t even have disposable cups so your options are to sit in or to bring your…
Read MoreWhenever we go to a new city, or a new country, we always try to find out what food it is known for, or what the local dish is. Going to Australia, we heard about the amazing pies and sausage rolls, which we eventually tried in Sydney, but in Melbourne, we tried none of the “traditional” Australian dishes that we had heard about. Melbourne is so diverse that we ended up trying a lot…
Read MoreBecause of the day trips that we took from Melbourne, we only had about 4 days in the city. We wanted to take advantage of those days and do as many of the attractions that we could! The first night we were there, even though we were super jetlagged, we went to a free comedy show at Spleen. Because it was free, our hopes weren’t too high, but it was hilarious! We were laughing the…
Read MoreThe first day we got to Melbourne we were super tired after 20+ hours of traveling so we spent the day being lazy. The next morning we woke up ready to walk around the town! We first stopped at a bakery for breakfast and then went to the Central…
Read MoreEvery time we visit a new city, I always look to see if the area has a Chinatown. In the US, we’ve seen a few cities with Chinatown’s that have really stood out, most noticeably Oakland’s Chinatown. With that said, we were excited to go through Chinatown Melbourne to try as much food as we possibly could. One thing that made Chinatown Melbourne different was the lack of…
Read MoreWe were so excited for our trip to Wilson’s Prom. There are so many different trails and hikes but we decided on Mount Oberon, which we heard was pretty steep but had the best views. To get to the trail, we had to drive through the park for almost an hour, which was awesome! We saw wallabies, kangaroo, emus, and wombats right by the road! And birds! There were so many…
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