New England foliage is incredible and I am sure no one will disagree. I love our foliage road trip in 2021 to Vermont to photograph those cute farms. I always wonder what would those fairytale villages and castles look like in the fall in Europe? At the end of September last year (2022), I booked… Read More Afternoon Stroll in My 47th Country – Luxembourg
After the rainy night, it was all cleared up in the early morning. As an IHG Diamond status member, we got free breakfast, finally, IHG offers that! From the breakfast room, you can see the Ljubljana Castle on the back while the old town was partially covered by the buildings. The selections are pretty good… Read More Ljubljana and Lake Bled, Slovenia
Nested in between Nice and Menton is one of the richest and smallest countries in the world – Monaco. It was a scenic 30 minutes ride by Bus 100 which the bus stop was a block away from our hotel and only cost €1.50 per way per person (or a day-pass for €5.50). After having… Read More 44th Country – Half Day in Monaco and the Colorful Menton
Right after the hotel breakfast, we checked out and made our 3.5 hours drive to our 43rd country – San Marino. San Marino is one of the smallest countries and also one of the world’s oldest republics. Its capital, also called San Marino, is built on top of a hill with roads zip-zagging up. The… Read More San Marino – Small Country But Lots to See
Given our recent visit to Romania and we had a hard time finding good food due to 1) we thought their cuisine is on the salty side, 2) heavily meat-based, and 3) I didn’t do much research prior to the trip, I want to share with you this guest post on the 5 traditional Romanian… Read More Guest Post – 5 traditional Romanian dishes you must try
Our last full day in Romania and from photo spot scouting yesterday in Sibiu, half a day is enough so we decided to take a day trip to Corvin Castle, around 1.5 hours away. The castle opens at 9 AM so we left at 7:30 AM and got there just before it opens. We took… Read More Corvin Castle and more of Sibiu
After a simple croissant for breakfast, we walked to the nearest post office in search for pretty Romanian stamp to add to Jason’s collection. Unfortunately, the beautiful castle stamps that we searched online are not sold in the post office; they collaborate with some company to print those collectable stamps and their nearest office is… Read More Sibiu – A Very Cute Transylvania City
42nd country – Romania which I visited during the short 5 days over the Memorial Day holiday; May 24-29. Why Romania; it is never on my bucket list? I was looking for a country in Europe that I never been to work on my country count and since I already visited most of the Western… Read More Romania – Castles and Dracula
Our flight from Tallinn to Copenhagen via Riga was nearly empty in this brand new Airbus A200-300. I like the modern and practical design for short range flight like the bottle holders: Each row has a mini overhead monitor that display useful info such as connection flight gates. The 2-2 configuration is my favorite for… Read More Copenhagen and its Christmas Markets
With sunrise at 8:33 am, we had no trouble getting up for that since we are early birds. However, it was totally cloudy so there was no reason to go out for sunrise. We took our time and had a wonderful breakfast in the hotel which was included due to my Marriott Platinum status that… Read More Magical Tallinn and its Christmas Market
