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Well, 24 hours of travel with the strangest transfer in China and we finally landed in our favorite city… Paris! Even if only there for a day, the second we got a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower we were immediately re-energized and excited to be back in Europe. It just so happened that one of […]
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Maybe if we’d come here straight from Australia, before seeing the rest of Asia, we’d be more impressed? Don’t get me wrong, we were both in awe that we were in Tokyo, a place we’d been dreaming of for so long! The lights are bright and the city (rather, all of them!) are bustling heavily […]
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After a much delayed and heavy turbulent flight, we made it to Hanoi! A big city with lots and lots of life! We’ll preface this blog post with the fact that we were in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, over Reunification Day, the day North and South Vietnam became one again. It’s like being in the US […]
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When figuring out where we should go to celebrate my big 30th birthday, we set (almost!) no limits. First idea was Paris because, well, it’s Paris! As the cooler months started to settle in, however, a warmer and more tropical location became the more obvious choice. Where though?! Bahamas? Turks and Caicos? All inclusive or […]
We went back and forth…The logical thing to do when heading to London from Strasbourg would be to take the train to Paris Gare de l’Est then transfer to the Eurostar. But what fun is that?! We had family to visit in Germany anyway! So we were off! We left the beautiful French Alsace region […]
After a much delayed and heavy turbulent flight, we made it to Hanoi! A big city with lots and lots of life! We’ll preface this blog post with the fact that we were in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, over Reunification Day, the day North and South Vietnam became one again. It’s like being in the US […]
Usually, when one of us has a craving in this house, Dean is the one to not only execute, but is also known to make his own twist on it and this dessert is no different! We were craving creme brulee and as soon as we got our hands on a household butane torch, we […]
Not quite sure how it happened, but we only left ourselves with one full day in Sydney. No fear! We, of course, made the most of it! Luckily our flight got in pretty early in the morning, so we were able to get out and start seeing things with most of the day left. Sydney […]
Warning! Blog contains A LOT of beach and ocean photos!! Also – reader beware – blog contains SUPER CUTE fluffy koala photos! The Great Ocean Road spans from about an hour outside Melbourne for about 150 miles. It lines the coast with the most beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean. We decided to do it […]
A man we met on the plane told us we were starting our trip into Asia the right way with Bali being the first stop. He said it’ll be a nice introduction to Asia. (Technically we’ve been to Asia, but we consider India its own sub-continent) He called it “Soft Asia” and that the weather […]
Once Bubby arrived, we slowed down (with still managing to see and do A LOT!) and had one goal in mind, show her the best time we possibly could! On her first day we took her to The Eiffel Tower so she could see it in all its glory, and went to Galleries Lafayette, Paris’ […]
Hi. We’re Julie and Dean. Our passions in life are each other (of course!) food, wine and travel. “I’m gonna take you to Paris!” That was probably one of the first things I heard from Dean in the beginning of our relationship. Okay so, at first that might be weird to hear from someone you’re […]
Singapore, a city and country all in one! Everyone warned us it would be expensive here and boy were they right! We used 3 of our free nights on Hotels.com for our hotel stay here and still ended up paying a good amount! (Of course, we booked through Ebates to get some extra cash back! […]
Obviously we said yes. Multiple times. Being that Dean is from about 60 miles outside Montreal, he always told me he had to take me. In fact, before we met in person (yes, we are a very happy result from an online dating site!) he told me..”I am going to take you to Montreal on one […]
