Tagged With: food
Cairo, Egypt
Hello, reader! My trip to Egypt was already a few months ago but I never finished posting about it because I got more than a little sidetracked following 5 different cycling races across 8 different countries, so bear with me as I finish up Egypt! (And don't worry, there are more upcoming races on my … Continue reading
The Koppenberg & Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen
Another famous Belgian cobblestone climb is the Koppenberg. The name comes from kinderkoppen, or children's heads, as cobblestones are known in Flemish. That's a nice piece of imagery. The iconic hill has been used in Ronde van Vlaanderen over 20 times since the mid 1970s, though it was excluded for 15 years after the … Continue reading
Rome, Italy
Unless I’ve miscounted, you’ll only see the Colosseum for the first time once. I was a bit bleary eyed from my morning flight as the airport bus rounded the corner and suddenly, there it was and my mouth fell open. Everything about the Colosseum is, well, colossal. It was built over a decade and was … Continue reading
Belgium miscellaneous
In case you were wondering about fines for failing to clean up your dog’s poop, Antwerp and Bruges make it pretty easy to find out. Two museums I skipped but could have easily been persuaded to visit. With staircases as narrow and steep and winding as this, it’s no wonder Ikea and their … Continue reading
Hungry for Belgium
A couple of quick notes on food here. Of all the chocolate shops in Brugge, Dumon is one of just four that still makes its own chocolate. Belgian beers are much tastier but also much stronger than others. After just one, I can feel a grin slowly spread across my face and … Continue reading
El Salvador miscellaneous
It was just a short trip, but El Salvador made a strong enough impression on me that I was sad to board my flight out of the country. A few odds and ends from El Salvador: Update Since writing about the mangos in my Juayúa post, I've been told that the seasoning I couldn't … Continue reading
Juayúa, El Salvador
If you've got $1.25 and about three hours, you can catch the two buses that will take you west from San Salvador to Juayúa. Juayúa is the kind of quiet town where everyone walks in the middle of the street even though the sidewalks are perfectly good. It's small enough that whenever my hostel's two … Continue reading
A few of my favorite things
As much as I love roaming the world with my passport and backpack, I always appreciate returning to New York to see friends and family. I've spent seven great weeks with some of my favorite people, but I've also enjoyed one or two other aspects of being in NYC. All the clean laundry I … Continue reading
Vientiane, Laos
Some friends recently moved to Vientiane, so I spent a week visiting them and their awesome kids and watching select scenes of Kung Fu Panda 2. Vientiane was far calmer and quieter than I had expected. I thought it would be like chaotic Bangkok, but I was happily wrong. I would definitely like to … Continue reading
Tokyo
It’s pretty crazy one Saturday I was hiking in Rwanda, marveling at glamorous Kigali and the next Saturday I’m visiting a high school friend in downtown Tokyo! We spent a day visiting a popular temple. Rieko took me out for a traditional Japanese dish. I can’t remember what it’s called, but I have … Continue reading