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Italian mili-melo

Published: July 5th 2011Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice
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July 5th 2011

Italy is a bit of a surprise pack. You know, the little candy bag every kid used to buy. I remember begging my mom for a bag and find out I did not like half the candies. Italy is a history lover paradise. Anywhere you look you see something to blow off your mind. From ancient civilisation ruins to architecture beauties, each square have this wow factor. I always love this country. I never dreamed of walking on the moon. I used to wake up in the middle of the night thinking I was in one of those great military victories or fighting the greatest gladiator in the Colosseum. Our first trip to Italy three years ago was a bit of a conte de fees. Spending time walking the lovely canals of Venice and the great ... read more



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June 12th 2011

There is always something crazy about Amsterdam. Even when you try to be straight and stay away from the unfamiliar, something is going to pop out. It is now the allergies season. We are on our way out of Holland when I have the smart idea to go to the toilette. My target: a paper roll. This is when I noticed a small pack of tissue in between the rolls. I decided to bring it back to our seat a bit proud of my catch. I give it to Chloe and she put it in our bag. An hour later, she started sneezing again and reached to her bag to get the pack. This is when she realised the bag smells marijuana. We are now passing the German border and the army is coming in the ... read more



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May 15th 2011

Hey folks, Once again in took me ages to give some news. Sorry mom and dad... and the five other people reading this thing. Not always easy to find the motivation to go inside an Internet Cafe when the weather is stunning like it was for the last month. We got one day of rain. Anyway, we are now in the beautiful city for the second time in least that a year. Some say it is the biggest tourist trap of Europe. Myself, I like to relate to Brugge has a big chocolate cake. I cant never get enough. Each time, you turn around you find something new, something that is blowing your mind even more. So. How did you guys get all the way to Belgium? Where you not in London the last time you ... read more



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April 8th 2011

Hey Folks, I am trying to catch up. I feel bad being in an Internet Cafe when it is gorgeous outside. The weather of the last three days is crazy good (+20). Well, we are now in Reading waiting for some friends to finish work. The last time I wrote something we were on our way out of Dublin. This is what we did of our last month (almost)... We first made it to Galway. We both love this city, but we visited it over four or five times last year, we had nothing left to visit. The only reason we were coming there again was to catch a bot to the stunning Aran Islands. Inis Mor was splendid. We spend two days hiking around the biggest Island, having picnic on the edge of amazing dead ... read more



The day we are all Irish born

Published: March 26th 2011Europe » Ireland » County Donegal » Malin
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March 26th 2011

Hey folks, I am very late... again! We are now in Ballyliffin. It has been since we left Dublin. I will write about what and where we went since, in my next blog. This one is all about the greatest day of the year after Christmas. I should almost say a week. I have been to all sorts of festivals on four different continents, but I was really looking forward to this one. Did it match my expectation? Not really, alto it was great, but the parade was bad. Nothing is perfect though, the St. Patrick in Dublin is worth a flight around the world. For a really rare time, maybe the first time, I was well prepare. I booked a room at Isaacs for four nights, last year. But, before going to what seems like ... read more



Sam Roberts - Hard Road

Published: March 15th 2011Europe » Ireland » County Dublin » Drumcondra
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March 14th 2011

Traveling is for me the best way to clear my mind. Not that I am hiding from the "real" world, but it gives me a break from the everyday duties we all have. Ireland is my second home. I think there is no better place in the world. Last time I wrote a blog, I told you how much I wished we would have miss that flight to New York. Well, in Ireland we are again. We land in Dublin almost two weeks ago already. I decided in December that in March I would give couchsurfing a go. This is exactly what we are doing. Even though, I miss the freedom of being in a hostel and the chaos atmosphere, couchsurfing is amazing. What a great project! I should have tried it before. The people that ... read more



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November 23rd 2010

I start writing this blog at the gate of my connection taking me from NYC to Montreal. Two weeks later, I am still looking for my words. We are now in Canada for the next three months, before leaving again in February for another eight months. Going back home after half a year of visiting some of the best sights in the world, walking great trails, admiring some of the better view the world has to offer and meeting amazing people with very different background every day is really hard. Every day, I dream I have missed that flight and that in not too long, I will simple more Guinness. Apparently, all good things comes to an end. We spend the last month of what I now refer to as the part 1 of our trip, ... read more



Oktoberfest+Neuwenstein++++

Published: October 19th 2010Europe
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October 19th 2010

Hey folks, I am writing this blog from Ireland again, sorry for the delay, finding Internet is not always easy. Two weeks ago, we experienced the biggest party on earth, visited wonderful castles, walked in the greatest city park and drank way too many of one of the best beers in the world. We spend six days in Munich. The first one was a day trip from Wien and what a day trip that was. We left Wien way earlier that I have never woke up in my life. I guess that if you tell your boyfriend to wake up to go to the biggest party on earth he might get up very fast. After five hours of train, we finally arrived in Munich. Saying that the festival took over the city is a very small ... read more



Wien in October!

Published: October 15th 2010Europe » Austria » Vienna » Vienna
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October 15th 2010

Hey folks! I am writing this blog from the middle of nowhere on the west coast of Ireland. We are still very late, but we should catch up in the next days. Wien was as it is described by most travellers, great Renaissance buildings, nice museum, great music and good beer. We slept four nights in Wien, but only spend three days there. On our second day we did a day trip to Munich for the Oktoberfest. I will talk about it in the next blog. In the train we met an American who was completely lost and we try to help him out by finding him a bed for the night in Wien. To give you an idea of how lost he was, he took the train to Wien only to discover that his plane ... read more



Boring Bratislava

Published: October 12th 2010Europe » Slovakia
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October 12th 2010

Hey folks, I know we are not giving you guys a lot of news lately. We have a lot of things to take care of and not so much time. We will write about our four night stay in Wien and the Oktoberfest soon. Before all this, we spend two nights in the very small Bratislava. Saying that it should be a day trip from Wien is true. It has nothing more to offer that you do not experiment in Prague and is very small. We were greeted with two small kids trying to kick us as soon as we made it to the hostel. Nice welcome! We then walk around city center and visit the Bratislava castle. We try to do a free tour of the city to see more, but the guide never show ... read more






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