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A Day in Kakegawa: From Castle Visits to Scenic Train Rides (and a spooky little Shrine)

October 4, 2026 by hollyGS

We then walked to the Ginzan line Asakusa station and took the train to Kanda where we decided to walk to Tokyo station. The walk was really lovely, it’s an area that we had never explored. We passed a lot of little izakayas under the train tracks and witnessed a lot of locals starting their days. The walk took about 15 minutes.  We then went to the JR railway cafe at Tokyo station and exchanged our vouchers for our JR […]

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Traveling to Tokyo From Toronto: A Traditional Ryokan Inn in Asakusa with Temple Views!

September 20, 2026 by hollyGS

Feb 3rd/ 4th We left our home at 8am, leaving the fluffy little man behind (goodbye, Yokai!). We drove to YYZ, Toronto Pearson airport about 1.5 hours of driving as it was rush hour. We parked our car and took the shuttle to terminal 1. The shuttle stopped at all the parking lots, which is only noteworthy because I had to pee so badly! We arrived at terminal 1 and I RAN to the washroom, it was closed for cleaning! […]

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Adventures in Algonquin Park: Brent Entrance, The Most Northern Part of Algonquin Park

September 6, 2026 by hollyGS

Aug 13th After working a long day in Burlington (8am-6:30pm) I drove home and picked up Jives and our gear for camping. We got two subway sandwiches and a case of beer (6), and topped up the gas in the car before heading back up the highway towards Algonquin Park. Immediately we got stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, which seemed weird for 8pm on a Sunday. It took well over an hour to get to Burlington and much longer […]

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Exploring Lisbon: Old Carmo Convent Remains and The Best Portuguese Egg Tarts!!

August 23, 2026 by hollyGS

I woke up pretty early, but we did not leave the room until after 11:30am because I wanted to check into our flight the following day. We had a few coffees and some toast with cheese as we waited, drawing in our sketch books as well. It was actually sort of nice to have a bit of time to relax after a lot of moving around on this trip. When we finally did check into our flight we couldn’t get […]

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A Perfect Day in Lisbon: Food, Views, and Street Art

August 9, 2026 by hollyGS

We had a breakfast of toast and Gouda slices with a few coffees on our little red chairs looking down on the narrow streets below and the people going by. Jives had local cucumber and tomato that we bought at the mart the day before.  We headed out to see Lisbon in the daylight around 10am ish. We decided to not really have a plan, goal or direction and just wander around the steep roadways in the old quarter of […]

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Delicious Risotto and Ferry Adventures in Venice (Leaving Italy and Flying to Lisbon Portugal!)

July 19, 2026 by hollyGS

We woke up at 7am and tried to eat all of our remaining food, the bread and cheese etc before packing up and leaving the room by 10am. We walked with our bags to a cafe nearby and had a cappuccino. I also had a lovely mushroom risotto. The risotto was warm and comforting.  We then walked to the ferry stop a few canals over from our accommodation and waited for the ferry to the airport. The cost was 18 […]

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Exploring Venice: A Day of Churches, Crypts and Cappuccinos (Off The Beaten Path Venice Itinerary)

July 5, 2026 by hollyGS

We set out at 8:00am to go to the Ponte de Rialto to get Jives a rap take without the crowds. He had a coffee in our room before quickly heading out to the bridge. We got two amazing takes at the bridge and then I helped four asian tourists get a group photo in front of the bridge. We crossed over the bridge, borrowing a photographer’s spot to get some epic shots from the other (north ) side of […]

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Early Morning Adventures: Discovering Venice’s Beauty Without the Tourists!

June 14, 2026 by hollyGS

We woke up pretty early to try to see the very touristy spots before too many tourists woke up and the tours arrived. First we headed to the Ponte Rialto, a beautiful white marble bridge over the busy Rialto. This bridge gets soooo busy later on in the day, but we had it mostly to ourselves.  We then walked to the Piazza de San Marco THE most touristy spot in Venice by far, but there were relatively few people there! […]

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Best European Train Journey from Munich Germany to Venice Italy (through the Alps!)

June 7, 2026 by hollyGS

We had set our alarms for 6am to catch the train from Munchen HBF to Venice at 7:32am. It was a chilly morning walk to the station as the sun was still an hour from rising. We bought two coffees and two pretzels and sat down at our track two to eat our breakfast and wait almost an hour for our train to Venice Italy, passing through Austria on the way.  The train arrived thirteen minutes before the departure and […]

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