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Montreal Getaway

Montreal is one of our favourite cities, but after a lapse in visits over recent years, both Ewan and I were a bit worried that the ‘je ne sais quoi’ charm we loved would be somehow missing when we planned a jaunt there over the May long weekend. Well, our worries were unfounded. Montreal proved…

The Two Sides of Budapest: Pest

Here’s what we got up to on the East side of the Danube! Interactive Freedom Square Fountain – We read about this fountain being interactive, and honestly you could spend hours trying to catch the water before it goes away without hitting you. House of Terror – The terror museum is the building which was…

Crazy Lazy in Cusco

We’ve had an exceptionally long stint here in Cusco. It’s been nice to relax and just unwind. We’ve spent our days anticipating the Inca Trail trek, meeting up with travel friends we’ve made earlier on in the trip, wandering and eating. Cusco is a great city to stay in for a while. There is a…

Wrapping up in Xi’an

Because we had late night flights to Beijing, we had nearly a full day to explore Xi’an. Vivianne’s mom had met a young woman from Xi’an so we met up with her (Ruth) and her boyfriend (Xiao Qiang) who would show us around the Big Goose Pagoda and have lunch with us before heading to…