China - Hangzhou

I was more than exited about visiting JJ's home town Hangzhou after hearing so many good things about it. It is often referred to as Shanghai's backyard thanks to its location less than 180 kilometers southwest of the country's largest city. Marco Polo once called it the "finest and most splendid ci...

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Japan - Toys & Gadgets

This is a collection of toys and gadgets we saw on our travels through Japan. They don't really fit in the other articles, but it felt wrong not showing them. Hope you enjoy!

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Luxurious Kelowna

Our second trip to Kelowna, this time with our friends from the Alpha group. Our plan was to have a mix of biking on the Kettle Valley Railway and wine tasking at some wineries (it's Kelowna after all). I called this post Luxurios because we booked a great house four our stay through Airbnb. It's...

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Long weekend in Kelowna

Kelowna is a middle sized town (population of 180k) a 4 hour drive East of Vancouver. It is located in the Okanage Valley next to the big Okanagen Lake. The hot weather in the valley makes the area a good spot to grow grapes for wine and the lake offers great views and opportuneties for some water...

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Amsterdam

After having some wonderful days over New Years with our friends in Bremen we left to Amsterdam, from where we would take our flight back to Vancouver. I've been to the city before, but it was a first for JJ, so I was happy I could show her around.

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