The rain welcomed us this morning while getting out of the Airbnb to start exploring, so we had to take shelter in the amazing galleries around Old Quebec. The art was very unique and cool, and we almost bought a painting. But we realized there are better ways to spend our money right now than…
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Montreal – The City
We started our day with a fruit fest breakfast at the Airbnb as we realized the excessive amount of fruit we bought the previous day. We took the metro straight to Downtown for our first stop: The Barbie Expo. Ariela was very excited about the “underground train” which she first rode in Toronto. This expo…
Montreal – Jour 1
We started the day with a 2.5 hour drive to Montreal. The drive is easy and beautiful, passing many nice green lush areas. We were warned many times about drivers in this side of Canada, but holy moly, they drive bad over here. Aggressive, without patience, some super slow, and others thinking they are on a F1…
Ottawa – The Capital
After a quick breakfast in our Airbnb, we started the day by wasting time trying to find parking around parliament hill. For a city this small, the traffic is abysmal and the drivers lack driving skills and are aggressive. We spent about 40 mins driving about 5 miles and after finding parking lots already full…
Toronto to Ottawa
After spending a couple of nice family days in Toronto for Sarah’s family event, Simon’s Bar Mitzvah, we went on a nice road trip to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec. The following post will just be about the road trip section of our vacation. Ariela loves to fly! So the whole airport experience is probably always…
Lima and The Pisco Sour
We visited Lima at the beginning and at the end of the trip, so this post will include both of those visits. We arrived at Lima at night and after freshening up at the hotel we went to meet Hanna and Thomas who had arrived in Peru a couple nights ago. We met in a…
Lake Titicaca – Uros and Taquile
After arriving to Puno’s bus station, our guide picked us up and transported us to the pier where we would be taking the boat to the Uros islands. By Pier, I mean somewhere in the middle of the road with access to the water where a boat could dock. There was really nothing else there. …
The Route of The Sun
There are several ways to travel from Cusco to Puno, we chose the one-day tourist bus called the Inka Express that included several stops along the way in the so-called “Route of the Sun”. The bus leaves very early in Cusco and the whole trip lasts about 10 hours. Our first stop was San Pedro…
Machu Pichu
Its been a few months since the last post, but we haven’t forgotten our dear readers! After visiting the amazing town of Ollantaytambo we jumped in the tourist train to travel to the town of Aguas Calientes. This is the hub where you need to spend the night if you are trying to do any…
Rainbow Mountain
On the last morning, Thomas and Eitan left at 4:00 am for the Rainbow Mountain tour. It was a few hour drive on a very bumpy road until we stopped at a little hut in the middle of nowhere for breakfast. After some oatmeal and fruit, we continue for about an hour until we got …
The Incan Sacred Valley: Part 2
Our second day in the Sacred Valley started with a visit to Pisac, which is perhaps best known for its Incan ruins, known as Inca Písac, which is atop a hill at the entrance to the valley. After we parked, Thomas could not control his souvenir shopping urge once again… The Inca constructed agricultural terraces…
The Incan Sacred Valley: Part 1
The Sacred Valley is a region in Peru’s Andean highlands. Along with the nearby town of Cusco and the ancient city of Machu Picchu, it formed the heart of the Inca Empire. Stretching roughly 60 kilometers, it’s an area of fertile farmland and Spanish colonial villages like Pisac and Ollantaytambo. We rented a private driver/tour-guide…
Cusco – The Inca Legacy
Cusco was our base during our Sacred Valley expedition. The following blog includes the rest of the time in Cusco after coming back from visiting the surrounding sights. The festivities continued in Cusco. There were people dancing every single minute for days! Such an incredible sight to see. After walking around the town a little…
Cusco – The Search For Baby Llamas
It’s been a while since we came back from Peru, but I finally got some time to work on the blog! We arrived in Lima to just spend the night and meet up with Hanna and Thomas who were brave to join us on this very packed itinerary. We did have a sightseeing day in…
Bogota
Many people warned us that we should not visit Bogota, but we still wanted to give it a chance and see for ourselves. We arrived at night and went straight to the famous restaurant Andres Carne De Res, this craziness of restaurant inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, where each floor is uniquely decored from…
Wax Palms – The Valle De Cocora
One of the most beautiful activities you can do in Colombia is the hike around the Cocora Valley. In order to get to the Valley area, travelers meet in the main plaza to jump into a jeep for a bumpy ride! This is Colombia, so seatbelts are not required! The ride is about 30 minutes…
Salento And The Coffee Farms
And here we go to the next Colombian stop. The town in Salento, located at the famous coffee region of Colombia. Unfortunately, there was a storm happening and the plane deviated 20 minutes before landing. We ended landing in Bogota!!! but after a couple hours waiting at the terminal, we were in the air again…
San Bernardo Islands And The Floating Hostel
We continue the Colombian adventure with a trip to the San Bernardo Islands, located at the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean sea. We walked from the Cartagena hotel to the marina area, where a fast boat takes you on a 3-hour ride to these islands. We passed several other amazing paradisiac islands. We finally…
Cartagena de Indias
After the bachelor party, I took a flight to the city of Cartagena. A major port founded in 1533, located on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region I went to the hotel where Sarah was already waiting, as she arrived the day before with Erin and Jen. We were happy to see…
Medellin – The Escobar Story
If you heard of Pablo Escobar, if you watched the Netflix show “Nacros”, or if you want to learn about the bloody chapter in Colombia’s history, this will be a post you might enjoy reading. This is a very controversial topic, and many people are against this type of tourism in Colombia (for a good…
Medellin – The Other Side
The city of Medellín, located in north-central Colombia, has an inspirational story. Only two decades removed from the height of its notoriously violent past with Pablo Escobar and the cartels, it is now considered to be one of the safest big cities in Latin America, with character, nightlife and public art that any urban area…
Guatape – The Most Colourful Town In Colombia
We visited the beautiful country of Colombia (not Columbia, the place in the U.S.) back in October but never got to write about it in the blog! So this is our first post. Eitan went to a bachelor party in Colombia with his friends and Sarah was able to join him after to travel around…
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