Temples, shrines, temples, good food, temples, and conveniently close to other top destinations (that, incidentally, have some spectacular temples), Kyoto deserves a prominent place on your Japan itinerary. After a hectic five days exploring bustling, modern Tokyo, we hopped on the bullet train to Kyoto to spend the next five […]
Note: This post contains affiliate links. As always, we only link to products we’ve used and that we think add value to our readers. When Sam and I started traveling a lot, something we heard frequently was, “Good for you! Get it in now before you have kids!” The obvious […]
Pssst: check out our recaps for 2016, 2017, and 2018. As we rang in 2019, I was almost seven months pregnant with our first child, and we knew our lives would change forever—including if and how we traveled. For years people told us we needed to get travel “out of […]
UPDATED: December 2019 Note: This post contains affiliate links. As always, we only link to products we’ve used and that we think add value to our readers. It’s that time of year again. Time to listen to Bing Crosby’s Christmas album on repeat, eat dessert four times a day, and […]