We took a fun family vacation to Florida, including Disney World, and hopped on a Caribbean cruise with stops in Curaçao, Aruba, Cabo Rojo (Dominican Republic), and Coco Cay (Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas). We had an awesome time, but let’s be honest—the trip wasn’t exactly rich in culture… unless you count Mickey…
Tag: travel
The Alaskan Idatarod
We kicked off our day a little later than usual—but with good reason. Today was the start of the legendary Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and we were lucky enough to witness it from Fairbanks. Due to an unseasonably warm spell, the traditional starting point in Anchorage was too dry and lacked snow, prompting officials…
Alaska – Chasing Auroras
Eitan’s dream and big bucket list item, has always been to see the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights. And finally, after many years of waiting, the solar maximum (more on this later) was happening this year. Eitan decided to pull the trigger, and after his father-in-law Dan bailed on him, my very…
Oaxaca – Mezcal and Petrified Waterfalls
Our last day of our Oaxaca trip and we choose another 13 hour tour!! yeey! We were actually dreading this one, but it was the best way to see all the sites and we are so glad we ended up doing it as it was a fantastic experience. This time, after some research form Eitan,…
Oaxaca – The Hip Neighborhoods
Today was another day of exploring the city of Oaxaca and its’ neighborhoods. After yesterday’s long tour, we just wanted to take it easy and walk around the other attractions we wanted to see. Walking past vendors of crickets is not unusual, as these are eaten as a snack by vendors. They have different flavors,…
Oaxaca – The Prehispanic Side
The next morning we were picked up by our tour bus to embark on a 10-hour tour around the main pre-hispanic archeological sites and other handcraft towns in between. We tried to find half day tours but they didn’t really exist. We weren’t sure how the all day tour would go with Ariela, but actually…
Oaxaca Centro
Our next adventure was divided into 2 parts, a four days with the Wolfs for lots of fun and relaxing in Puerto Vallarta, and then just us three for a trip to Oaxaca at the end. We spent 4 full days in the state of Oaxaca, making Oaxaca City our base to explore the surrounding…
Seattle: Parks, Salmons, and Airplanes
Today’s blog post actually happened at the end of our trip after visiting the National Parks, but for the sake of simplicity and continuity, we will post this one as the 3rd day in Seattle. On our last full day in Seattle, we scratched off some additional areas we wanted to explore. First, we went…
Iceland – Hofn to Eglisstadir
Today’s adventure took us from Hofn to Eglisstadir (I will be adding maps to our blog moving forward to show exactly in the map where are all these stops). We jumped in the car led by our amazing driver Dan, and started our drive to the Vestrahorn, a mountain in south-east Iceland, noted for its…
Iceland – Reykjavik to Vik
Day 2 of the Icelandic road trip was packed with exciting sights around the famous “Golden Circle” The first stop was at the Thingvellir National Park. After some quick changing of clothes we walked toward the main area. Iceland is divided by the Mid-Atlantic Rift; some parts of it, such as the Westfjords and Reyjavík,…
Iceland Origins – Reykyavik
We spent around 1 week road-tripping around Iceland in 2018 with Sarah’s family, and I finally have the time to work on the Iceland trip blog!! I will be dividing the blog post per day, so they will be a little long and will primarily include photos as I don’t want to bore you all…
Montreal – Old Town
After a quick breakfast in the Airbnb we took the metro northbound to the Little Italy area to visit the Marche Jean Talon. It is one of the oldest public markets in Montréal. Inaugurated in May 1933, it was first called the Marché du Nord, but in 1983, its name was changed in honor of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Waterfalls: Misol Ha & Agua Azul
Close to the Lacandon jungle and the Usumacinta River, which divides Mexico and Guatemala, dozens of waterfalls are part of the landscape. The drive from San Cristobal de Las Casas to Palenque takes about 5 hours of very windy roads through the jungle. Every single person, we talked to recommended that we do not drive…
San Juan Chamula y Zinacantan
We continue our adventure in Chiapas with a day trip to the indigenous communities of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan. Our driver Abel picked us up from the hotel and we drove for about an hour to the town of Zinacantan. The town was once full of these mud houses, but slowly they have been…
Sumidero Canyon
On the second day, our driver Abel picked us up at 4:00 am from our hotel to drive us for 2.5 hours to our first stop of the day, the Sima De Las Cotorras. This place is a sinkhole located in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve. It is one of a number of sinkholes in…
Albuquerque
Our last day in New Mexico was a quick one, partly because we did not have a lot of time until we needed to go to the airport, but mostly because there is nothing to do there anyway. Although it is the largest city in the state, Albuquerque is often overshadowed as a tourist destination…
Tent Rocks
When we travel to a city, we try to find a nice outdoors activity for a day. This country offers so much beautiful natural landscapes, mostly unknown, that would be a shame to miss out. We drove a couple hours to the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. A remarkable outdoor laboratory, offering an opportunity to…
The Fjords
Today we travel from Bergen to Oslo passing through the Fjords, one of the world’s natural wonders. Most tourists choose to travel this route using the very well known “Norway In A Nutshell” tour, which is more like a package of pre-booked public transportation tickets. This tour package comes with a cost premium, so with…
Happy Constitution Day, Bergen!!!
Our flight to Bergen arrived really late, but we were still able to see the mighty Norwegian Fjords from the air. We were so lucky to choose the hostel right above the loudest hostel in the city so since we couldn’t sleep we walked around to see the excitement but didn’t last long because we…
Stockholm Part 3: Opa Gamla Stan!
On the third day in the beautiful city of Stockholm, we woke up early to visit the palace located in the old town, also known as Gamla Stan. The old town was a few minutes walk from our hotel, passing by beautiful old cobblestone streets. We arrived at the Royal Palace and started our visit…
Stockholm Part 2: The Vasa and Beyond
And we are off with the second day in Stockholm waking up early to take one of the ferries to the museum island (Durjgarden). We decided to only take a One-Way ticket and walk back. The ride takes about 15 minutes of pure pleasure while we navigated the channels on this beautiful day. Our first…
Hallå Stockholm
Hello again, our dear readers. We just came back from a fantastic 2 week trip to Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. We are going to start the blog with Stockholm as the photos from Iceland still need some post-processing work. Here we go!! We took a very early flight from Reykjavik to Stockholm that arrived around…
May 18, 1980
On May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., a magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered one of the world’s largest recorded landslides, followed by one of the most powerful volcanic blasts in the history of North America: Mount St. Helens. That morning, twenty-three square miles of the mountain blasted sideways at 650 m.p.h. The temperature reached 660 degrees…
Bragging in Braga
We piled into the car after 9:00 and headed to Braga, the third largest city in Portugal with a very attractive old town, where we had an excellent breakfast and then walked around and soaked it in. We headed towards the city center, where the main sights were located. Braga’s upscale old center is packed…
Port Wine Tasting
After that sardines lunch, we were ready for the second part of our Porto day! We walked with an Australian couple who had taken the tour to the meeting place for the 3:00 winery tour about port wine production that was to include lots of tasting. At the meeting place, we were greeted by a…
Free Tour: Porto Edition
After a good night at our hotel in Porto, we started our sightseeing day at a nice breakfast place the guidebook recommended. Then on to a free tour of Porto!! This was a major event in the lives of Elly and Dan. They have tended to avoid tours, preferring to walk and explore on their own….
WHERE IS NOODLE 