Detroit, Michigan - August 2016

Detroit, Michigan – August 2016

I guess a good subtitle for this post should be: “Dear Detroit: Sorry but we’re just not that into you”. Detroit gets a pretty bad rap. Leading up to our visit, there were probably a half dozen folks who we told that Detroit was on our destination list and who then gave us an incredulous or inquisitive look of shock. We persevered on though because hey, you never know till you go! Not only that, (more…)

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NY State – August 2016

NY State – August 2016

After Montreal, we made our way south and west to the Syracuse, NY area to visit Elisa’s family. Burlington was along our way so we made stop there. Turns out we enjoyed it and would love to come back for a week or more and use it as a base to explore the many things Vermont has to offer. Burlington, VT Syracuse, NY Next stop after Burlington was Syracuse for almost a full week of (more…)

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15 Things that we love about Montreal, Canada

15 Things that we love about Montreal, Canada

We rented an apartment through Airbnb for a month between July and August. The city has been on our shortlist of places to visit again since our brief trip to Montreal and Quebec in 2014. Turns out it was a wonderful decision to stay for as long as we did and we are looking forward to coming back soon! We’ve even talked about trying to purchase a rental property in the city so we can (more…)

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Atlanta, GA – First Week of March 2016

Atlanta, GA – First Week of March 2016

It’s fair to say that we have a love hate relationship with Atlanta. We like ‘mama bear’ sized cities (those big enough to have a variety of restaurants and a good sized airport) so the grind of visiting a big city means we would probably never choose to live in one. However, we’ve visited countless times and will continue to visit for many reasons.   Things we love: • Family and friends – many friends (more…)

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