New York is many things, especially a freezing cold town in February. Updates here have been few and far between, but that is partially because there have been a lot of trips taken. Not sure how professionals do this, but I’ve been on the move this year. First up was New York City. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming…
The Lisboa Card (a.k.a. the Lisbon Card) is Lisbon´s official city travel card. However, is it worth getting for your trip to Portugal? Like many other major cities, Lisbon has jumped on the bandwagon and created their own city card. The goal of this card is to provide visitors with discounts and museums or shops with visitors, which seems like a win-win, right? The first thing to do with a card like this is to do math, horrible, I know! However,…
Street Art of Lisbon For the last few years, Eric has wanted to go to Spain and Portugal for reasons he can’t quite put his finger on. When deciding on our trips for this year, the prices for a week in Lisbon were so low that we decided that we would take care of at least one of those countries and maybe get some sun while doing it. Going into Lisbon, we had no idea about anything. We knew that we…
“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.” ― Arthur Miller, The Crucible Salem is definitely known for being one of the major sites of witchcraft hysteria in North America, but there is much much more to this lovely city than just 1692. Here are a few ideas of things to go check out if you find yourself in “Witch City!” Street Murals Thanks to the shipping trade, there are a ton of large…
Spooky. Probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Boston… Historic? YES. Confusing to drive through? YES. Spooky? Nope…Salem gets that crown. But never fear, Boston has two really unique spooky spots that not a lot of people know about if you are willing to search them out off the beaten path. Warren Anatomical Museum Years ago, putting skeletons and casts of genetic oddities on display was thought of as the normal thing to do….
Everyone loves castles, right? Luckily, Denmark has many different options for you to choose from! Just down the street from our hotel (see our review here) was Kogens Have the location of Rosenborg Slot. Slot in Danish means castle! Rosenborg is a lovely renaissance castle with three levels on top of an amazing basement (we’ll get to that in a minute). Bags are not allowed into the structure, but there are lockers located in both the ticket area and…
We rarely have weekdays off together, so when they do happen like on Veteran’s Day, we try to make the most of them. This year, we went out to the Hudson River Valley to make a visit to the Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Presidential Library. Usually it costs $18.00 per person to visit both of the buildings, but because of the holiday, there was no charge to get into the National Park Service site. Getting both sites for…
Could you imagine living in this house? What a beautiful building! Officially called the “George Drowne House,” it was built in 1862. By that point, Benefit Street was already populated with colonial houses, but this house was definitely one of the stand outs for me! Located at 367 Benefit Street, there are 10 condos inside this house now which rises 2 1/2 stories above the ground. The rest of the street is pretty amazing as well. I was told that…
Just in time for Lizzie Borden’s birthday, we took a trip to Fall River to see some history related to the case. Trying to avoid the heat of the city, we drove down to Fall River in search of cooler breezes and spooky history at the Lizzie Borden House. Getting there was very easy, but upon arrival, there was no one to give the tour and the price totally turned us off. Not only that, some other people wrote in…
