Escaping the heat in the Indian mountains

For anyone considering traveling to India, I beseech you, don’t come in the summer. It’s hot as balls and you won’t be able to enjoy 80% of the country. On the bright side, you can head to the mountains and enjoy the beautiful scenery, which due to snow, is inaccessible … Continue Reading →

Mumbai and Delhi – two big, hot cities

Continuing on our escapades, we headed for the biggest and craziest city in India – Mumbai. Okay, we actually couchsurfed in a quiet suburb and left the very next day for Aurangabad. But don’t worry, we’ll be back to Mumbai soon enough. We went to Aurangabad to see the Ellora … Continue Reading →

An explaination of our absence…TD sucks

Hello loyal readers – you may be wondering about the lack of entries as of late. You see, I (TD) am a clumsy, forgetful and lazy individual. This trifecta of qualities has resulted in situation where keeping you up-to-date has been very difficult. Allow me to explain…

10 things we learned in Helsinki

1. Finland used to be ruled by Sweden, then Russia, before gaining independence. Fun fact – they also supported Nazi Germany during WWII….whoops! 2. The city has a huge bunny problem. With thousands of these cute creatures overrunning the city, local politicians and newspapers mention the problem as often as … Continue Reading →

Tuscany is beautiful…blah blah blah…

Since the beauty of Tuscany’s rolling hills and ancient cities has been written about ad nauseum, we’ll just mention a few of our observations during our travels through Italy this time around. Puffy pants – Fashion here is quite a bit different than back in the States, but far and … Continue Reading →