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Boston, April 2025: sights

by eric | Apr 15, 2025

Friday The weather was quite nice on Friday evening, so we walked to the Charlestown neighborhood. Along the way we walked through several parks and enjoyed the spring flowers. After dinner we...

Buenos Aires: Microcentro, Recoleta, and San Telmo

by leandra | Mar 20, 2025

From Palermo we grabbed a cheap Uber ride to the main cathedral to explore the Microcentro neighborhood. To get there we took a massive road with 8 lanes (in each direction) plus lights! Our first...

Euro Fall 2024: a weekend in London

by eric | Oct 30, 2024

After our flight delay we had two full days left in London, and we spent virtually all of it with family. Saturday, Sept 21 We took it easy Saturday morning, making plans to check out a few...

Spain 2022: a day in Madrid

by eric | Jun 20, 2022

Our flight back to the US left out of Madrid, so we spent our final night in Spain here again. This time we stayed next to the Puerta de Atocha train station, as we were arriving there, plus it...

Spain 2022: Valencia museums

by leandra | Jun 11, 2022

To be honest, I feel like we struck out a bit with the 'formal' art institutions in Valencia. The street art was a lot more interesting to us than the two museums we tried. That said, both art...

NC mountains, April 2022: Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum

by eric | Apr 25, 2022

With the weather forecast looking quite damp we decided to stay inside for the afternoon and checked out the Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum in Maggie Valley. The museum was great, with an...

Art in Bloom is a fundraiser for the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) where florists create artwork-inspired floral displays. It is a great annual event that we try to attend each year. These are...

Chicago, December 2021

by eric | Dec 15, 2021

A trip to meet up with Leandra's sister and family in early November fell apart, so we decided to fly up to Chicago for a long weekend in December. Since we also had a free Hilton night we needed to...

Namibia: an evening in Doha

by leandra | Jun 14, 2019

With a 10 hour layover in Doha we wanted to get out and stretch our legs, all the more so since the lounge was alcohol-free for Ramadan. Thankfully it was quite easy to get into Doha. There are...

Weekend in Dallas: sites

by eric | Mar 8, 2019

Downtown Our first stop on Sunday was the Dallas Museum Of Art. There was a lot of open space to the point where it felt like half the museum was empty. However, the standard collection is free, so...

Italy 2018: Naples sights

by eandl | Apr 22, 2018

Several times on our trip Naples reminded us of a South Asian city, with its tightly clustered buildings, a fairly dirty and chaotic streetscape, and commerce seemingly everywhere. So while you can...

Italy 2017: Vatican Museums

by leandra | May 13, 2017

From our research we knew that the Vatican Museums were going to be an epic undertaking. To make sure to see all of the most interesting bits before our feet gave out we planned out a route in...

Beijing 2015: The Palace Museum (Forbidden City)

by eric | Jan 8, 2016

Saturday morning we awoke to an even smoggier day, but decided to continue with our plans to see Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Unfortunately, we found the smog obscuring Tiananmen Square,...

Germany & France, July 2013: long layover in London

by eric | Aug 13, 2013

Given the opportunity I will gladly spend time in London, and on my way back to the US I enjoyed an 18 hour layover. As with earlier trips, I stayed along the Piccadilly line since it runs out to...

A New York weekend: NYC

by eandl | Apr 22, 2013

The weekend after Easter we flew up to New York for a quick family visit and we decided stay in the city for the first night so we could make sure to see my niece (since we usually miss her during...

Asia/Australia 2013: Brisbane

by eandl | Feb 25, 2013

Our time in Brisbane unfortunately overlapped with the rather-strong remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald. Rain came and went on the first evening but Eric was able to get some interesting shots of...

Israel 2012: Jerusalem, Day 1

by eandl | May 19, 2012

On our first day in Jerusalem we started at the Jaffa gate, walking around some of the perimeter streets of the Armenian Quarter. Inside the Jaffa gate A quiet corner Zion Gate- the divots in the...

Balboa Park

by eandl | Mar 11, 2008

Our options were limited on Sunday due to the rainy weather, so we had a leisurely breakfast and used our 24 hours of internet-time to research some indoor options. Eric suggested we look into...

Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?