Getting coffee is considered a formal travel activity for us. We spend more time researching cafes that have great coffee, reliable wifi, and hip interiors than we do planning actual tourist attractions. While this is totally normal for us, it’s rare that we see coffee shops creep into the list of must-do attractions in a …
I’ve dreamed of going to Australia since high school when my friend went with her family. I thought vacations were for visiting grandparents, and the idea of jet-setting halfway around the world just for fun kind of blew my mind. The only thing I actually knew about Australia was from the time I’d made the …
Aloha! We’re writing to you today from Disney’s Aulani resort in Hawaii. This dreamy getaway is located on the island of Oahu, about 15 miles west from the state capital of Honolulu. The resort and spa, owned and operated by Disney, is a beautiful Polynesian-themed resort on a private oceanfront lagoon. While the resort features …
Other than the ridiculous airline-issued pajamas I’m wearing, I’ve never felt more legit in my life. Right now, I’m cruising at 34,000 feet, above some country that doesn’t allow me to use my free inflight wifi (India, I think?), sipping on Krug Champagne, marathoning the Batman trilogy (the Christopher Nolan version), with my feet propped …
There are very few cities that so quickly steal our hearts and so fully take our breath away. There’s Munich, where we’ll never forget the moment we stepped out of the train station at Marienplatz and were awestruck by the imposing beauty of Neues Rathaus for the first time. Then there’s Seoul (swoon), and its …
We just left Kyoto and have arrived at our final stop in Japan: Osaka. There are only 55 kilometers between these two cities, but they’re an entire world apart. We’ve left the charming old streets and ancient temples behind, and we’ve arrived in a modern metropolis, buzzing with shopping streets, bright lights and tall buildings. …
The Great Wall of China is essential on any trip to Beijing and probably any trip to China. Visiting the Great Wall can be complicated. There are so many sections of the wall, tour providers and ancillary attractions to consider that it can make your head spin. The options and the cost can add up …
We love a good business class rewards redemption, but we love it even more when we get to try out a newly revamped business class product. We were super excited to try out the refreshed Japan Airlines Business Class Sky Suite on a Boeing 767 from Beijing to Tokyo. After a round of economy flights …
We had originally planned on being in Australia right about now, but we heard so many good things about the Kansai region of Japan that we decided we absolutely had to extend our time in the country. (Don’t worry, we just pushed Australia back a couple weeks.) And let me tell you, we are SO …
We’re so happy to cross a third World Marathon Major off our running bucket list! We completed the 2018 Tokyo Marathon as charity runners supporting the Special Olympics and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. A 40-degree, mostly sunny day was perfect for running 26.2 miles through the city of Tokyo! We had a solid …