As much as I want to rave about the perfectly picturesque town of Interlaken, I must first say one of the reasons we loved it so much was because of our stay at Maison Bergdorf boutique hotel. The only danger…
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I took this shitty bus trip so you don’t have to: How to tour Zaanse Schans, Volendam and Marken on your own
To be fair, it wasn’t the worst way to spend a day in The Netherlands. It just wasn’t the best. But my mistakes are there to make you a better traveller, and now you don’t need to get stuck on…
You’ve landed in Brussels. Here’s your Top 5 must-do list: Eat frites (fries!) Eat a Belgian waffle Eat Belgian chocolate Drink Belgian beer Leave Brussels for at least one day You’ve got this. The first four you can do…
Remember when we all learned that “Iceland is green, and Greenland is ice?” Well, we were lied to, my friends! Because Iceland is also ice for much of the year. Then, other times it’s literally all sunshine and rainbows. (And,…
On a map of Ireland, the tiny village of Waterville sits about as far west and south as you can get. Even Irish people shake their heads and assume you’re mangling the name of high-end crystal capital Waterford when you…
The wind whips little pebbles of ice at my eyes, but you could not pay me to close them right now. Our little inflatable boat is zipping along the craggy, skyscraper-high wall of ice that is the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in…
Getting from Thira to the Old Port — the departure point for most cruises and caldera tours — means walking a steep, winding, cobblestone path for half an hour. There will be donkeys (for taxiing people back up the hill).…
Ahhh, Greece. Beautiful sunsets. Ocean breezes. Gorgeous, lazy beach days with the cool blue Mediterranean lapping at your toes (if you’re into that sort of thing, you perv.) Sounds idyllic, and it is. But first you have to decide which…
Like canaries in a coal mine, we learned lessons, so you don’t have to. Here are the Traveler Broads tips for visiting Istanbul. We accept thanks in the form of airline drink tickets and foreign couches on which to…
Epic Turkish food left us speechless, mostly because our mouths were always full. So, here are our favorite things to eat in Istanbul. Don’t ask questions. Just chew. 1. Dondurma (aka Turkish icecream) Powdered orchid root makes it bizarrely stretchy.…