by leandra | Nov 24, 2015 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Perhaps the most memorable part of Istanbul was the food, with lots of nuts, honey, olives, etc, and much of it grown or produced domestically. Breakfast Eric found two great breakfast options near our hotel and we went to each place twice. Konak Cafe – I went...
by leandra | Nov 17, 2015 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Several weeks before we left, I emailed the Istanbul Cooking School to see if there were any openings during our trip. Although Oguz couldn’t confirm anything until about a month before, everything worked out in the end and the later start time enabled Eric and...
by leandra | Nov 2, 2015 | Travel, USA Travel
After a morning spent in Grand Teton, we began our drive north to Bozeman, through Yellowstone. We had already seen much of the scenery from the South Entrance to Canyon Village on previous days but we were treated to a coyote sighting on this trip through Hayden...
by leandra | Sep 18, 2015 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Saturday After a lovely overnight in Den Bosch, we headed back to Amsterdam, checked into our hotel and met up with friends for a walk through Vondelpark and beers. Craft & Draft – For the first round Eric had the Dugges/All In Brewing Pear are you Jonathan?...
by leandra | Jun 24, 2015 | International Travel, Travel
There was enough drama with our connecting flight from London to Edinburgh (AA and BA changing the flight time – multiple times) that we were happy we chose the train for the return leg. Because we purchased the tickets so far in advance (November), we got a...