After all our travels to the US, it was remarkable to us that we had never been to the American Capital. Fortunes had it that we were able to go to Washington DC over the Independence Day long weekend, so we were excited to see how the city celebrates July 4th. A huge bonus was…
The AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) is a fantastic museum right in the heart of Toronto. Not only do they have a decent collection, but they bring in exciting exhibitions (we’ve checked out ‘David Bowie is’ and ‘Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting’). My aunt gifted us with a year membership to the AGO…
We had spent three weeks (!!) in Paris and had a grand old time. We hadn’t made any plans after Paris because we weren’t sure how easy or difficult the process of getting an India visa would be. Luckily we won the visa lottery and had our passports returned to us in just seven days.…
Rainy days when you are travelling can be a bit of a pain in the neck. There’s exploring to do and you just want to take everything in before you leave. Rain has been in the forecast here in Paris. We’ve had some on and off at first, but more recently we’ve had a run…
Buenos Aires seemed like that unreachable far away destination…not only by distance when we left Toronto and started our trip, but also because we knew it would be the last place we’d see in South America before moving on. It was months away and seemed to be a faint dream that would always be in…
We are into our eighth country of our journey and it has been an interesting nugget. Uruguay…I really had no idea about you. All I knew was that you could see Uruguay from Buenos Aires, so why not visit before we made it to Argentina’s capital, right? But did you know said river, Rio de…
Cordoba, Argentina is one of those places that just feels comfortable. We spent a good four days there and we don’t have many things to boast about during our visit. We did a lot of wandering. We went to the Museo Emilio Caraffa & Museo de Bellas Artes Evita Palacio Ferreyra, we went into the…
Today was our last day in Santiago as we head tomorrow to Valparaiso. While the week was kind of overcast and smoggy, mother nature decided the weekend should be bright and warm. It was perfect wandering weather. I’m going to miss this city.
Heading into Lima, we weren’t sure what to expect. (Mostly we were happy to feel better and able to travel). But Lima has surprised us. It has a beauty that emanates from it’s pretty buildings and neighbourhoods, it’s coastline and even the people. We’ve done a lot of walking. We’ve seen palaces, churches, catacombs, cats,…
We’ve been in Bogota for five days now and will soon be jetting away to explore Cartagena. In all honesty, we could have done all the things we’d wanted to in two, max three, days. But it was nice to get a feel for this city. It was good to take things slow and really…