One picture that inspired a visit What: Greetings from Torres del Paine! Torres del Paine is a national park in southern Chilean Patagonia, famous for its soaring mountains, bright blue glaciers, and beautiful lakes. The most iconic image of TDP is the three granite towers from which the park takes its name. Currently, we’re …
Month: February 2018
Your next long weekend trip It’s safe to say that Cape Town is our favorite city in the world. It’s got everything – majestic mountains, sandy beaches, a growing culinary and art scene, and the nicest people! You can hike a mountain, chill on a beach, and go wine tasting all in one day. …
We have officially booked flights home. At some point, real life must come calling. On the plus side, we’re flying home business class and we got it on the cheap (miles)! We fly from Denpasar (Bali) to Shanghai to Los Angeles on China Eastern. We know it’s not the best airline, but the food is …
We ended our too short trip to Australia with four days in Sydney. My friend, Mary, graciously let us stay at her apartment located in the stylish neighborhood of Paddington. Gourmet cafes, trendy restaurants, and boutiques from Australia’s most famous designers sit just around the corner. After dropping off our bags at Mary’s, we met …
After landing in Melbourne (pronounced “Melbin”), we headed straight to Sarah’s, our friend from college, really cool apartment. She has lived in Australia for five years now and we only saw her once since she left NYC. We caught up for a few minutes and headed to a couple bars near her place in Fitzroy, …
Our take on the ever popular The Hype Heron Island is a coral cay 80 kilometers off the coast of Queensland (Gladstone) on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Unlike Cairns, you don’t have to take a long boat trip to visit this natural wonder of the world because the resort is right on the …
Sorry, Copenhagen, but Cape Town still reigns as Paige and my favorite city in the world. For background, I lived in Cape Town for 16 months in 1998 and 1999. We went to school, traveled the country and continent, and made lifelong friends. Paige studied in Cape Town for a semester at University of Cape …