June, 2017

• 4 June

  Hello Budapest – Keleti train station racist taxis make it hard to love you.

  

  Hello Budapest – Keleti train station racist taxis make it hard to love you. Dear Budapest, It was my pleasure to meet you for a couple days. We clearly had a lot to talk about since I had heard so much about you from all my friends. Travel bloggers, friends, travelers and random Joe Schmoes mentioned your great architecture, excellent …
• 3 June

  Turkish Airlines Istanbul CIP Lounge review – 12 hours

  

  About 5 years ago, I wrote a post about the Turkish Airlines Lounge being the best regular class lounge I’ve ever experienced. Nothing has changed … in fact, they’ve gotten better and Air Canada just barely got their flagship lounge in Montreal off the ground. I had the “misfortune” of bouncing through the Istanbul airport three times on this Easter …
• 3 June

  24 hours in Ljubljana: 8pm-8pm – 11 Quick Thoughts …

  

  Compared to Budapest, Zagreb or even Bratislava … Ljubljana doesn’t offer even close to the same charms, old cities or nightlife. It’s a university city best known for its lush, green spaces and myriad museums. Ljubljana is located in the heart of Slovenia, and when you’re flying in, you can see breathtaking alpine scenery a short drive north. Lined with …

May, 2017

• 30 May

  12 quick thoughts on Minsk : 48 hours in Minsk

  

  Minsk is a large sprawling city. Period! 12 quick thoughts on Minsk In fact, the entire city looks like a cleaner version of  Sawgrass Mills mall in Florida. For instance, this was walking into their “Old Town” To be perfectly honest, I couldn’t think of a single time in travel conversations that Belarus was mentioned as a happening place to …
• 16 May

  Is the Budapest Card worth it? Exploring Budapest with the Budapest Card

  

  Tourism in European cities tends to be very organized. The national and city tourism boards tend to do a great job at packaging, especially when it comes to creating a pass that works. For instance, Parks Canada offers a wonderful pass that is both useful and highly cost effective for families. You can find my 2014 review below (note, that …

April, 2017

• 24 April

  Hillman Wonders : Top 1000 Wonders of the World list

  

  As I’m planning a combined work and touring trip through the Balkans, I’ve gone back to my original bible of travelling : Hillman’s Wonders. Since the good man passed on, it seems that his endless treasure trove of information has also passed on. The website is not indexed anymore on Google, and the last screenshot of the site is listed …

January, 2017

• 7 January

  100 things to do in Trinidad & Tobago … your condensed list!

  

  So you’ve just just touched down in Trinidad, but wondering what things to do in Trinidad & Tobago? Should I hang out in Trinidad, spend two days, then bask on the beaches of Tobago? Every post on Lonely Planet, Couchsurfing seems to ask this, when it comes to Trinidad. Aside from the ridiculously obvious ones … there is actually tons …

November, 2016

• 14 November

  This not a Hop Sing Laundromat review …

  

  To say that Hop Sing Laundromat is under the radar is an vast understatement. No one I’ve talked to at work or in gatherings knows about the place. That being said, for those who know … do know! This can’t be a Hop Sing Laundromat review because I have no definitive way of reviewing this place. BTW as a speakeasy …

October, 2016

• 27 October

  Wandering Philadelphia – Indeblue review – Surprisingly good!

  

  Over the years, I’ve had the opinion that any restaurant that has XXXXX Fusion cuisine will be a shitty foodie experience. This opinion has been generally validated with a couple exceptions as outliers to the norm. For me, if you can’t master and cook one type of cuisine … what makes you think that creating bullshit like Indeblue review Korean …
• 26 October

  Wandering Philadelphia – My Liberty Bell Travel Blog

  

  For the last couple of months, I’ve been doing my fair share around Philadelphia … well let’s clarify that. I’ve been doing a lot of eating at decent restaurants in Philly. I’ve done very little when it comes to seeing the tourist attractions in town. I don’t have enough interest in American History to refer to myself as “buff”, so …