We visited Budapest for a friend's birthday, which later turned into a surprise celebration of her and her boyfriend's engagement <3 Hungary was safe, clean, full of life and culture (architecture, art, music, ruin bars)...we hardly scratched the surface. It certainly lives up to the hype! Hungarian Parliament Building Pre-trip Notes We read that taxis regularly scam tourists, so we used the Bolt ride share app with no issues. We only had a tough time hailing a ride when we

Some friends posed the question, "Who wants to join us in Dublin for St. Paddy's?" That's how it started. From there we tacked on a few extra days to see some sights we missed on our trip to Ireland in 2018. Giant's Causeway What We Did Dublin St. Paddy's Day Pub Crawl: One of our friends put together an amazing custom pub crawl with fun challenges at each stop! The parade got in the way of some of our plans, but we improvised just fine; the floats we could see were really un

Our first time skiing...ever! We joined some of our friends on a ski trip to Borovets, Bulgaria, and it did not disappoint. We weren't able to lock down ski lessons, as it was super busy due to UK half-term. This worked out as our friends were amazing and patient instructors, which ended up being better than booking actual lessons. It did not snow during our visit, so the pistes gradually got icier, but we found that the beginner routes were really great. We really hope we ca

We stopped over in the City of Light for one day and two nights on our way back to Abu Dhabi. It was so Ashley could stop saying to me “yOu nEVeR ToOK mE tO PaRIs” the last time we visited France. Avenue de Camoens Pre-trip Notes Public transportation: With Google Maps and a little patience, Paris was pretty easy to navigate. It was a little confusing at first, but we got the hang of it. Uber: We should have pre-ordered one for our departure flight because we couldn’t hail on

“No bad views.” Norway is a country absolutely plagued with natural beauty. Fjords, mountains, glaciers, lakes, valleys - It has it all... This is one country to which we will definitely return for more hiking, outdoor rock climbing, and troll hunting! Trolltunga Pre-trip Notes Transportation Trains Oslo airport -> Oslo Central Station: Got tickets for this at the airport - cheap and very easy! Oslo Central Station -> Stavanger S.: Booked this one in advance, as we heard it’s

A two-week whirlwind tour of five countries with old friends, new friends, and family. Starting in Italy, our Airbnb host, Riccardo, picked us up from the airport around 6 PM and took us to one of his quaint two-bedroom apartments overlooking Fiumicino. During our ride, we were informed that in Italy, “if there’s room, you can park anywhere” (foreshadowing). We showered and had a quick beer before heading out for a calzone and drinks. We then walked to the coast and down the

Neither of us, at this point, had driven on the left side of the road. I said, “Take as much time as you need. We are in no rush, so ride around the parking lot first if that makes you more comfortable.” What did Nick do? He went straight for the highway. I sat questioning my life choices and Nick's sanity while we drove 100 kmh on small, winding roads with no shoulder on the back roads of Ireland. At one point, after I had told him he was getting a bit too close to the edge