Not so long ago someone asked on Trippy.com about the best city to live in covering the following attributes:
- Diverse
- Good public transit
- Walkable
- Clean
- Artsy
- Good Food
Not so long ago someone asked on Trippy.com about the best city to live in covering the following attributes:
This is not a post where we’ll feature vintage like pictures with pink flamingos two feet next to us on the beach. That would be in other parts of the Caribbean Sea. Hopefully, we’ll get to tell that story too somewhere in the future. This is a post about our 2 days in Cienfuegos, Cuba, the so-called “Pearl of the South”.
Cienfuegos had already influences of the Spanish Enlightment when it was founded by French emmigrants, who enriched the urban architecture and turned the narrow streets into large boulevards. This is the reason why this colonial town is different from any other in Cuba. Continue reading
The title says it all. When we woke up the next day in the casa particular and went up on the roof where our breakfast was served, the Vinãles landscape hit us like a meteor. Staring at the mountains, the clouds of turkey vultures and the fog unfolding over the tobacco plantations, gave us this strange feeling as if we were waiting for a dinosaur to appear from afar.
The idyllic Prague picture engraved on our memory as we’re going back to the airport: furry coats and furry hats walking past old beautiful buildings, crossing a bridge, losing themselves in the mist of a park while heading to a classical music concert.
Diana: It reminds me of Vienna!
Edgar: It reminds me of Paris!
It turned out we were both right 🙂 . Continue reading
Havana. December 2, 2016.
The humidity and overbearing heat strike us as we arrive in the airport. We’re in December and winter has never felt more summerish. We pick a taxi to take us to our first casa particular. Four days left. Maybe that’s the reason why the electricity is cut off. Everything is so hazy and obscure. Continue reading
While visiting Tomar you’ll be wrapped in medieval magic. We can name three things that made a lasting impression: Continue reading
This is not a post about any park and palace. This is a post about the most beautiful park and palace you may have the chance to lay your eyes on. Once at its doorsteps, your imagination about the fairytales castles you used to read as a child will be awaken.
Situated in the middle of an exotic vegetation, Pena Palace stands out from afar. Continue reading