A few weeks ago, Dan and I spent 3 days in Barcelona. It was a whirlwind tour of Picasso, modernisme, and flamenco, but one of the biggest highlights of our trip was the food. So i’ve decided to make…
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Alison Macbeth
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3 Days in Barcelona: Picasso, Modernisme, and Tapas Galore
I’ve been to Spain once before, back in 2009 when my sister came to meet up with me while I was studying abroad in Krakow, Poland. We visited Barcelona, trained to Sevilla, and then went on a multi-day road…
Just a few days before Christmas of 2017, Dan and I flew to San Diego to check out the city as a potential place to move to from New York. We spent three glorious days basking in the sunshine…
Niagara Falls lies right on the border between the US and Canada. Despite living in the same state as the American side of the falls, the long drive between New York City and the border with Ontario kept us…
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7 Days in Peru: Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu & the Amazon Rain Forest
In July of 2014, I hopped on a plane at New York’s JFK airport, heading south for my first (and so far, only) trip to South America. The destination was Peru: land of colorful textiles, llamas, and of course…
Going on a ski trip to the Swiss Alps was near the top of my bucket list, and I was finally able to cross that one off the list the last weekend of January. I’ve been to Switzerland many…
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10 Days in Croatia: Dubrovnik, Plitvice Lakes & the Dalmatian Islands
Following our destination wedding in Iceland in August of 2017, my husband and I flew to Croatia for a 10-day trip around the country, including stops in Dubrovnik, Plitvice Lakes National Park, and three of the Dalmatian Islands. Several…
As Brooklyn transplants, it’s been our mission to find the next best thing to a New-York-style pie in our new city of Amsterdam. We’ve tried all of the supposed “best slices” in the city (it’s a tough job, but…
Last Spring, Dan and I spent nearly three weeks in Paris, France. Typically our trip itineraries are much more compact and efficient — rarely do we spend more than a few days in any given city — so having…
2018 was one for the books! At the start of last year, I never would have guessed I’d be living in a foreign country as an expat and that the majority of the year would be spent traveling around…