Compared to North America, one of the best things about living in Asia (and Europe) is that experiencing another country an culture is always just a short flight away. One of our favourite of these short excursions was Seoul, Korea. Insadong I doubt any travel site or blog about Seoul would not include Insadong in … Read more
I wasn’t sure what to expect when DH told me we are visiting a park built on a bunch of rail tracks and bridges. We found our way to the High Line walkway quite easily after we left Chelsea Market. The key is to find the exit on the north side of the Market. When … Read more
First Day at Central Park On the Monday of our New York trip the forecast said it’s going to be the hottest day of the week so we decided to head to Central Park. Surprise, surprise, our plan to be at the bike rental store by 9 o’clock in the morning didn’t quite work out. … Read more
Introduction For November Break we went to Universal Studios. I was very excited because it was first time going to Universal. I was especially excited for “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” because I am a huge fan as well as my sister. There were lots of rides and I really enjoyed my time there. … Read more
On our California trip we went to Universal Studios Hollywood and one of my main highlights was Harry Potter land (technically it’s called “the Wizarding World of Harry Potter”, but our family called it Harry Potter land” for short). Not only were the rides fun but going to each one of the shops was a … Read more
Intro In Universal Studios there are three shows, Water World, Special Effects and Animal Actors. These shows are all to show you different aspects of film making. Unfortunately, The Water World show was closed while we were there, so we didn’t get to see it. Special effects show During the special effects show, they sowed … Read more
On the Thursday of our New York trip the forecast was calling for some thunderstorm and rain, therefore we had always planned such a day to be an inside day – perfect to spend at a museum. As usual we had the good intention of arriving at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) by … Read more
Time flies and it’s already day 4 of our NYC trip! On this Wednesday morning because the weather was going to be quite decent, we were considering either going to Brooklyn for the day or to the Met Museum. Even when we were talking through the options, in the back of my mind I’m still … Read more
In our Australia and New Zealand trip in 2018 we finished off our trip by going to China. We could not have gone to Beijing without visiting the iconic Great Wall of China. There are many different parts of the Great Wall, but se selected the Mutianyu for our visit. Even though the Mutainyu section … Read more
Today’s the last day of our 7-day trip to New York! We didn’t know what surprise still holds in our adventure for us? Let’s find out how DS and DD did when we visited a second museum and Central park for the second time. Delay in flight from JFK to home I have certainly not … Read more
This is day 6 of our NYC trip already. We had set it aside for a full day of Brooklyn, but looking back we ended up achieving much more than that in a single day. We left our hotel in the morning at about 10:30am, headed for Brooklyn. But DH actually started today much much … Read more
Drive from Cairns to Port Douglas For our ventures to visit the Great Barrier Reef, we flew into Cairns with a plan to visit two key attractions – snorkeling at the Agincourt Reefs and a visit to the Kuranda Rainforests. We landed in heavy rain which was worrisome, and was very glad when we heard … Read more
