Ellis Island: visiting the Immigration Museum

Ellis Island visiting the Immigration Museum

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy anything after clicking on any of these links, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. When we were in New York City, we bought the New York Pass since it includes so many attractions for free or at discount prices. We went on …

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Things to do in Lucerne: the Luzern city train

Lucerne City Train departing from the Hotel Schweizerhof-2

One of my all-time favourite trips was my solo trip to Switzerland. I spent the first two days in Switzerland exploring Zurich and surrounds and then part of the second day exploring Basel. Then I had to do a bit of work for a few days (the actual purpose of the trip:-)). Afterwards, I decided …

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Hotel Clover: a boutique hotel in Singapore

Hotel Clover - artwork next to the steps leading to reception

Singapore is an expensive city, particularly for hotel accommodation. And even more so when you come from an emerging market country like South Africa with a (usually) weakening currency. Although we try to limit our accommodation costs when travelling, neither of us are big fans of dorm rooms in hostels. We could still accept a …

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The Heineken Museum: A beery nice experience!

The Heineken Experience-2

After the work part of an overseas trip was finished, my partner joined me in Amsterdam for a few days in Europe. We met at Amsterdam Central station. It was a rainy and cold spring day in Amsterdam. It was quite miserable to be outside. Since we only had the one day in Amsterdam, we decided to make …

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Ben’s Chili Bowl: best chili in Washington DC

Bens Chili Bowl Washington

This post contains affiliate links. If you click on a link to make a purchase, I will earn a small commission without any additional cost to you. While in Washington DC, we wanted to try some popular American food that we do not have back in South Africa. One of the free guidebooks from the …

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Holiday Inn Express Victoria: affordable and central

Holiday Inn Express Victoria

Looking for affordable and central accommodation in London can be quite a nightmare as I discovered when planning a few days there. And finding affordable and central accommodation that also offers FREE breakfast is even more challenging. So, I considered myself lucky when I found just such a place – the Holiday Inn Express Victoria. …

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