The city of San Jose, California has many hidden gems within the valley. Often overshadowed by its neighbor San Francisco, some of the great places can become ignored. What this really means though, is that you can have a more intimate experience where you won’t be beleaguered by tourists. We recently stumbled upon the San …
We enjoy gardens and parks. In general, they’re a nice place to just go for a stroll – so when we explored Google maps to check out what was around us and found Jevremovac Botanical Garden we decided to give it a go. Jevremovac Botanical Garden After a little research, we also found that these …
We didn’t make it to the Galle Fort until close to the end of our stay, but were glad we did go! The fort is located on a rocky peninsula that juts out from the city of Galle. Only about 35 km from our place in Weligama, a motorbike ride was around an hour away. …
Guarded by a giant golden statue, with the cacophonous yells of monkeys, you’ll find the Batu Caves temple looking down upon Kuala Lumpur. Weathered and rugged limestone hills steeply climb upwards, adorned with festoons of jungle foliage, giving way to one of the most popular Hindu shrines in the world outside of India. Batu Caves …
On the Pest side of Budapest, away from the castle district (Buda), you can find the City Park Budapest – or Varosliget Napozoret. This large park contains many iconic and beautiful locations worth visiting in Budapest that may be overlooked by some visitors on a shorter stay. We visited this area several times during our …
After a decidedly wet winter here in the California Bay Area, we decided to take advantage of a nice sunny day by making a Golden Gate Park Day Trip in San Francisco. While we’d been to San Francisco several times previously, we had never actually been to GGP. One reason that we had not been …