Bouncing over to Bayonne & Biarritz

My parents have come to visit for a few days. After showing my parents around Toulouse, which they enjoyed, we took the train to Bayonne! It was a good experience for them to take the TGV/Intercities train and we chilled out for the time we were there as the tix were very cheap, 19€ each … Continue reading Bouncing over to Bayonne & Biarritz →

First 2 weeks in Toulouse

Got up about 9am after some more coughing Walking around and got keys cut. Looking for a gym too: 1st one, Basic Fit, is not so friendly but cheaper ; 2nd one I went to, Movida, is friendly and more pricey. It's closer to market P recommended too. Walked to my new airbnb to … Continue reading First 2 weeks in Toulouse →

Bouncing off to Bologna

Left T's place in Augsburg at about 5:30am and passed by a Bitcoin ATM! How random for Augsburg... Weird. Wow it was 0630, Tuesday and the train is very busy to Munchen. All seats are filled! Train left a bit late but got to Munchen HBF on time. Then I got on early for my … Continue reading Bouncing off to Bologna →

Venturing about Vienna

Breakfast with Birgit 😃 was great! We haven't seen each other for 7 years pretty much since we both left Vancouver December 2012. We had a great catch up and she treated me to breakfast which was very generous 🙂 The portions were MASSIVE at the café & restaurant Freiraum. Walked around went to a … Continue reading Venturing about Vienna →

Bouncing about Berlin

Flight aboard Easyjet was smooth, on time and pleasant enough. I didn't know that they only allowed 1 baggage... so only carry on, not even a backpack or purse! Luckily one attendant was nice enough to let me on through to put my pack for free in the hold (ie: checked baggage area) and then … Continue reading Bouncing about Berlin →

Wine bars for lunch & dinner: Paris edition

La Félicité - Montmartre, 18th arrondissement: excellent service (English and French), very relaxed and warm inside. Simple decor. No outside seating. Open late all nights except Sunday ; Lunch only for Sunday. Excellent wine options and very filling cheese and charcuterie platters. Very good value as it wasn't too expensive overall... 2 bottles of wine, … Continue reading Wine bars for lunch & dinner: Paris edition →

Splendid day in Split

Took it easy this morning and lazed around as it was either taking the 7am or 9:50am train... no way I could do 7am today haha! I was told I could buy the ticket on the train but there was a bit of a kerfuffle on the train train as we had a slight miscommunication. … Continue reading Splendid day in Split →

Wine, wine, wine (part 2)

We went to Chateau St. Georges first. Our winery guide was lovely, friendly and had some good jokes. Very engaging fellow. Very knowledgable too (as you'd expect); Many takeaways such as: Porous soil there; good as that prevents water stagnation.Old 50+ year old vines of merlot. You can tell by the thickness of the roots, … Continue reading Wine, wine, wine (part 2) →

Markets & Fooding in Helsinki :D

Amazing cafe/restaurant food hall called the Hietalahti Market Hall serves up an array of international tastes from Portugese food, Ramen, Japanese tapas and dumplings, Filipino food, traditional Finnish salmon soup and more! A gorgeous space as well that is comfy and with lots of light. Free toilets near the Fat Ramen shop too! Ramen looked … Continue reading Markets & Fooding in Helsinki 😀 →

Finnish chef cookin homestyle

Chef T had pre-made this exceptional reindeer pie with a crispy, flavourful, seeded crust and finely chopped reindeer. It was very subtle and the flavours were savoury and a great quiche-like texture. So delicous! T and I had seconds. We also had a brunch buffet... look at all the goodies! 5 drinks with apple juice, … Continue reading Finnish chef cookin homestyle →