It seems every year around this time, I put up a similar post: Goals for the upcoming year. Why should this one be any different?? Trips for 2019: Washington, D.C. Cape Cod A trip on the Danube River Other “travel” goals for 2019: Knock off 10 new local museums Go to the Falconry place Hug a penguin in CT Eat a pretzel in Munich’s Beer Garden again. Climb to the top of Bennington Monument in VT Maybe find my way…
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…
City Discount Cards, are they worth it? Some really don’t seem to be base on the fixed amount of times and places that you can visit. We had heard good and bad things about the Copenhagen Card, but were hopeful that it would work out. Our first attempt to get a discount card did NOT go well. There is a kiosk in the airport by baggage claim, but because we came in on Easter Sunday, there was no one there….
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…
Going into our trip to Copenhagen, we were certain of a very few things… We wanted to see a castle We wanted to have a good location for walking the city We did not want to stay in a hostel I know a lot of people looooove staying in hostels for a variety of reasons. You get to meet a lot of other people, they often have organized events, and sometimes have a little cafe or restaurant inside of…
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…
We were recently lucky enough to hike in the Grand Canyon, specifically Bright Angel Trail to Indian Garden. Now, while we did not go all the way down to Phantom Ranch, we did learn a few things about the trail that we will remember for our next trip. 1. START EARLY! Man is it hot in Arizona in May! When we landed in Phoenix, it was predicted to be a high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. For two New Englanders, this…
Boston is home to many wonderful museums that specialize in very different styles and eras of art. Several of these institutions offer free or voluntary donation admission on certain nights, which will allow you to experience them without breaking the bank. Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is a world-renound institution that collects and displays many forms of art and cultural artifacts from around the world. The museum is open by voluntary donation on Wednesdays after 4:00 PM. The MFA’s…
