We mentioned to a British tourist in Lagos that we were heading to Amsterdam, and he said he loved it: he’d visited once with his family, and once with a bachelor party. Two very different experiences. Well, I can’t speak...

Zev and I paused for a game at this XXL-sized chess set next to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. We waited our turn in the hot sun, quietly kibitzing as two Dutch tourists finished up their ponderous play. Just as we were...

Zev is a boy. He doesn’t cleave to all the gender stereotypes (he loves to dance, is emotionally articulate), but he does like war. He likes to play war, he likes to learn about war, he likes to talk...

We stumbled on a bit of “silent disco” exploring the Joordan in Amsterdam today: a group of people dancing in virtual silence, all sharing the same beats via headphone. Needless to say, we scooped up a couple pairs of...

Holland, I’m in love. Friday, we met up with our friend Laurie, hopped on our bikes and pedaled across Amsterdam, onto the (free!) ferry to Amsterdam-Noord, and then on out to the Dutch countryside of Waterland. Jaw-dropping, simple beauty....

We’ve made our way down from Lisbon to the southern coast of Portugal (the Algarve) for some beach and sunshine before we finish up our trip in chilly Amsterdam. Our first stop is in Lagos (pronounced “Lagoosh”), a bit...

One of our favorite traveling tricks is to take a trip within the trip. We leave most of our things at our apartment, book a second AirBnB apartment somewhere nearby, and take a vacation! It sounds expensive, but it’s not:...

When we first started our adventure, we promised not to skim, bouncing from photo opp to photo opp, checking things off the bucket list. We wanted to go deep, live somewhere different, not just visit somewhere different. Seville, at...

When we were planning our Morocco trip, we reached out to the Facebook Brain Trust for advice on where to travel. A number of friends volunteered what was likely great advice: Essaouira on the coast has been occupied since paleolithic...