Travel, eat, repeat.
I was kicked out of a restaurant I was kicked out of a restaurant in Amsterdam but ended up at Thaise Snack Bar Bird to eat some of Amsterdam’s favorite Thai food! So, back to getting kicked out. It was one of those restaurants that appears a bit dingy from the front door. Once we were […]
Castlexperience Wine Tours When my family and I were planning our trip to Barcelona, I was hopeful, that we would be able to fit in a wine tour in addition to my 10 favorite activities. It was Easter week and we were only going to have 5 days in Barcelona. It seemed like a wine tour would […]
From the outside, Café de Klos looks like a traditional 17th century brown café. A brown café is the name the Dutch use to describe a quintessential Dutch pub. Café de Klos is actually the best place to go for barbecue in the city. A small wood-paneled room from floor to ceiling with heavy wooden […]
The Rotterdam Markthal in Blaak square opened it’s doors for the first time on October 1, 2014. Since then this complex has been open daily and is a famed national landmark. The first floor is an open market with 96 stands. Situated below it, are a grocery store and a four story parking lot. But […]
Kinderdijk, pronounced Kinder (like the candy bar) dike (not dijek, like I was saying it), is a small village about 18 miles outside of Rotterdam in South Holland. Kinderdijk is unique in that it has 19 windmills concentrated in a very small area. Some of the windmills at Kinderdijk date back to as early as […]
Neuschwanstein Castle: A Real Life Fairytale Once my best friend and I decided we were going to Germany, I put Neuschwanstein Castle on our “must see” list. I did some research and found out I was not the only one with this idea. Although there are thousands of castles to visit in Germany, Neuschwanstein castle is the most […]
The most well-known garden in the Land of Tulips is Keukenhof. Keukenhof is the world’s largest flower park and is just a short drive from Amsterdam.
I am no easy pizza critic. My expectations for pizza in Rome were high and La Gatta Mangiona did not disappoint. Order your own, you won’t want to share.
Berlin is a cultural capital with many iconic symbols. But none are quite as moving or worthy as Berlin’s East Side Gallery.While in Berlin, I participated in one of my favorite tourist activities: New Sandeman’s Free Walking Tours. I have been on tours with New Sandeman in Prague, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. I love these tours because […]
Seeing as my birthday was this past Monday, eleven hours of traveling this Sunday allowed me ample time to reflect on the 11 highlights of my 23rd year. Here they are, in no particular order: 1. I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northeastern University In May, I graduated with a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and a […]