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Restaurants, bars and pubs in Gdansk
A lot of you have been asking for recommendations for restaurants, pubs, and bars in Gdansk so I thought I would try to put all of our favorites down in one place. Keep in mind that we were only in Gdansk for a long weekend so we did not really have all the time in the world to visit a great number of restaurants. We tried a lot of different types of food when we visited Gdansk, so it all depends on what you are craving at the moment but if you are anything like me and want to try all of it… here we go: If you are looking…
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The magical sunsets in Fiumicino
Lastly on our Italian summer vacation, after vising Bologna, Florence, and Rome, we ended up spending a few days on the amazing beaches in Fiumicino. I know that I have told you time and time again how hot it was during the summer of 2022, but getting some time to just cool off in the waters and hanging around in a sunbed after days and days of walking around in cities was just what we needed. I promise that I will come back to Fiumicino in another post, where I will tell you more about the city itself, cuz this one will only be focused on one thing… and one…
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We are back in Bologna
Oh yes, we went back for seconds! Ann & Jacob vs Bologna 2.0! We visted Bologna about 6 months ago, during the crazy heatwave of July 2022. And even though it was superhot we simply loved the city, but we only stayed a few days before we headed of to explore another Italian city. So that’s kind of why we are back, we weren’t quite done… and if I am to be completly honest – Bologna was kind of just a steppingstone for us, and even though we stayed one more night than we initially had planned for, we kind of always had one foot out the door. So, hence…
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What differs between a trattoria, osteria, ristorante and enoteca?
I can’t be the only one that got quite confused with the different ways that Italians name the foodie meetups. But lately we have been in Italy quite a few times, so let’s try and break them down in a way that we can all understand it a bit better … here we go! Trattoria: You can expect regional cuisine at a trattoria, quite inexpensive but with a larger menu than the Osteria. Traditionally the Trattorias were family-owned, like rustic neighborhood restaurants. Osteria: Supercheap, kind of like the hostel version of a restaurant with communal-style tables. Originally you brought your own food to an Osteria and only bought your drinks,…
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First impression of Warsaw
My first impression of Warsaw as we visited in late February of 2022 was “Wow, what?!” The city is enormous, so much bigger than I had initially thought. After visiting Krakow in late autumn of 2021, I kind of thought that Warsaw would have the same vibe and size. Whatever gave me that idea?! Anyways, Warsaw is really nothing like Krakow. Warsaw is a big city with skyscrapers and high-rise buildings all over the place, not a surprise really if you think of the fact that Warsaw is the capital of Poland with 1,7 million people living in the city center and 3,2 million living in the surrounding areas. That’s…
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Walk with me in Rijeka
The first morning in Rijeka started with a walkabout that gave me blisters that lasted the entire trip, but that’s not at all to blame on the city, I just wanted to wear my new shoes that made my feet look pretty. Such a girl for choosing those shoes, right? I don’t usually wear shoes like that on a trip, and never ever new shoes, but that gave us a reason to stop a lot, to sit down for a coffee, have lunch, get some mojitos, and last but not least – some wine to keep us company as we watched the sunset. The city center is not that big,…
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Revisiting Rome – 9 years later
So our next stop on our summer in Italy was Rome, and yes we have already visited Rome once before. Nine years ago. NINE! I have always wanted to see new places, but one thing that I do love about revisiting a city that you have already been to is that you don’t have to check off items from your bucketlist. We had already seen all of the places we wanted to in Rome, we visited Vatican city, been to St Peter’s dome, saw the iconic Fontana di Trevi, and saw Ill Vittorio during sunset. All we had to do this time in Rome, was enjoy the city. One thing…
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A few days in Florence
Visiting Florence in Italy has been a dream of my husband Jacobs for as long as I can remember, so it was about time that we did some traveling from his bucketlist as well huh? We flew in to Bologna where we stayed for a couple of days, and then we took the train to Florence. Italy is really the country to visit if you like to travel by train, it was supereasy and quite affordable to travel with the highspeed trains. And you get to see the countryside, so that’s on the plusside too. As I have said before, we visited Italy during late July 2022, so the weather…
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Pierogi & more
Booking a cooking class with Pierogi and more to learn how to cook dumplings whilst we were in Warsaw, Poland was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing. We saw the class online and kind of just thought, well that could be a fun experience. They offer a bunch of different cooking classes besides dumplings, you can learn how to make French macarons, Italian Pasta, or even how to make a Polish liqueur. The location is close to the old town, so you will have no problem finding it alone. If you end up taking a taxi as we did, it will take you about 10 minutes from the city center to…
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First impression of Bologna
We landed in Bologna, Italy, at the end of July 2022. We only made hotel reservations for the two following nights, but we ended up booking yet another night just cuz two nights were simply not enough in the city. It sure can be enough time, but it wasn’t for us, we wanted more time to explore before we traveled to yet another Italian city. The city was superhot, we managed to hit the sizzling summer heat, so we had a temperature of 29 degrees at nine o clock in the morning. It was crazy hot and super sweaty! But somehow it was still manageable, you find that small alleyway…
