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Dominica, the north end
Eric purposely booked us into a place near the airport for our first two nights, so when we arrived in the late afternoon all we had to do was get into a hammock and enjoy our delicious welcome chocolate rum punch or the local beer. The next morning, we drove west...
Dominica post coming soon
I spent so much time sorting and posting the photos from our trip that the blog posts have been delayed. Sorry! I plan to write about the waterfalls we hiked to as well as where we stayed. Coming soon!
where we stayed in Belgium
Oud Huis de Peellaert Hotel - 90E/night, included buffet breakfast and wifi There are a lot of small nice-looking hotels in Bruges, but we choose de Peellaert because it was just a few blocks from Markt Square and the best price for our one night stay. Immediately...
in Brussels
Our first morning in Brussels was under a cold drizzle and we had one heck of a time finding a specific museum that was only supposed to be a few blocks from our hotel. The streets here made us remember (not fondly) how difficult it was to get around in Paris two...
not my favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon
This past weekend, Eric put me to work helping him weed and do general clean-up duty around the yard. He only has a small window of work time with me because once the mosquitos get bad, I am inside for the rest of the season! On Sunday, we tackled the brick patio that...
in Bruges
We landed in Brussels at 7:30am and by 10am we were unpacking in our hotel room in Bruges. Not too shabby! It was very easy to take the train from the airport to Brussels Nord, then switch trains for the hour-or-so train ride to Bruges. Upon arriving, we decided to...
Belgian beer!
So, I think it's obvious from the photos that we drank quite a lot of beer on this trip and very rarely did we come across something that we didn't like. Here's the entire list and where we tried each beer. L'Estiminet (Bruges) Leffe bruin De Garre (Bruges) De Garre...
a warm Easter weekend
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend... we certainly enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather around these parts. We ate outside, went for long walks and had the windows open to freshen up the place. Instead of a ham this year, I made beer-braised pork bbq, which...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)