Jordan and I booked a day trip to the Rila Monastery in the mountains of Bulgaria. The monastery was founded in the 10th century by Saint Ivan, who lived in a nearby cave as a hermit. The monastery was important to preserving Bulgarian heritage and religion while under Ottoman rule. Read more…
As teachers, Jordan and I have nearly a month off for the holidays, so we made sure to spend that time wisely by traveling all we could. Our first stop was Sofia, Bulgaria. We left the airport in Dubai on a Friday evening and arrived at about 1am to Bulgaria. Read more…
As we touched down in Schipol we could already see dozen of canals spread across the city. Jordan and I took the train from the airport to Amsterdam Centraal. The first thing we did when we got there was find a kiosk to buy a pass. We walked up to Read more…
Berlin has been on my bucket list for quite some time. One of my best friends is from Berlin and spent his summers in the US, where we met. I have always wanted to pay him a visit and I was amped up all the more by three years of Read more…
While I had traveled quite a bit domestically, it wasn’t until I was 25 that I finally got myself abroad. Sure, I had been to Mexico when I was two, but the foggy memories of dirt roads, stray dogs, and buying a Sprite with pesos in a border town didn’t Read more…
Jordan and I wanted to hit as many cities on our two-week trip as we could without completely short-changing any. Knowing that two days were already shot because of travel we settled on four cities for three days each. Our first city was Paris. We wanted to hit the highlights Read more…