In one of our previous A Weekend Away posts, I’d once said that many tourists come to San Francisco expecting warm weather, palm trees, and sunshine, but they’re met with fog? Well those descriptors better describe the Los Angeles (LA) climate. This month’s A Weekend Away post is a 3…
Grand Rapids, in Michigan, is one of the most underrated places to visit in the United States. As the second largest city in Michigan and home to a thriving furniture industry, it is now more known for its plethora of craft breweries and art culture. We got to explore both…
While Descanso Gardens is great any time of the year, it’s AMAZING during the winter holiday season. Descanso Gardens is a beautiful botanical garden nestled in the mountains of La Cañada Flintridge, close to Pasadena, in Los Angeles county. Beginning in November until January, Descanso Gardens Enchanted: Forest of Light…
We knew that most Europeans don’t celebrate Halloween and that it’s more of an American thing. But since we were visiting Copenhagen in mid-October, we wanted to check out Tivoli Gardens! Tivoli actually inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland, we were hoping that there would be some sort of amazing…
When we went to Amsterdam I was DYING to take a canal boat tour. I had dreams of cruising and drifting between those cutesy canal homes. But I had no idea there was such a thing as a small, open topped canal boat tour in Amsterdam, did you? Originally I…
If you’ve driven along Interstate 5 in Orange County, specifically in Irvine, California, you may have wondered about the giant orange ball floating in the horizon. That orange balloon is the one and only Great Park Balloon. The City of Irvine offers tethered balloon rides in the Great Park on…
Monterey’s hiking trails are some of the best in the state of California, we’ve compiled 10 of the best Monterey hiking trails for you to explore. The hiking in Monterey County is especially great because the county has got a little bit of everything. From waterfalls along the Pacific Ocean,…
Each year tens of millions of tourists visit Venice 威尼斯 and Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹 to see their canals in the flesh. Did you know there are cities and towns in China 中国 that are full of canals? Many of these beautiful canals reside in towns and cities located in the Yangtze…
Everyone’s heard of Amsterdam, but how many visitors to the Netherlands have actually heard of Leiden. Even though the quaint college town is only 30-40 minutes from Amsterdam, depending on which train you take, Leiden is one of the most underrated destinations in the Netherlands. Fun Fact: Second only to…
Want to see volcanoes in real life? There is literally no better place to see volcanoes and their aftermath than Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Spend a day at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawai’i and get a unique look into the beauty and destruction of Hawaii’s…
