Let Liz Travel

Landing in Hanoi after seemingly a day in the sky was disorienting, adding a post nap headache left me feeling bereft and adrift. Thank goodness for my partner, who had slept barely at all and yet was somehow able to navigate with an energy I found perplexing. Luggage was quickly on the belt with all […]

4:30 Early morning came again and we packed up our remaining belongings. A taxi ride to the airport. Checking in. Baggage drop. Security check. We trek to the far side of the terminal where a cafe offers Priority Pass members a certain allotment of food or drinks. I eat in a haze. 7:15 Boarding starts […]

We continued our habit of waking up in time for lunch and, not wanting to miss out on one of our final opportunities, went to Teras for kebab. It’s going to be hard not having a local kebab shop to eat at whenever you don’t know what to do for a meal. Enjoying the fine […]

Friday was the one day that we had scheduled a tour, specifically for the Stasi museum. Having been told by a friend that it was a very interesting place, my partner had found that they offered and English language tour once a day and Friday had space for us. Unfortunately, my partner was still feeling […]

Yet another day of rising late. Rather than eat a late breakfast, we chose to skip straight to lunch. I’d noticed a cute looking sausage shop on one of our previous walks and we decided this shall be the place we try the famous curry wurst. We sat outside, finding a spot half in the […]

My partner awoke on Wednesday with a tickle in the throat, the first sign of an oncoming cold. We did leave the hotel to find some breakfast. There is a chain of coffee houses that we had passed a couple times called The Barn so we elected to try there. It turned out that they […]

With no reason to rise early, we slept late. This would be our first full day in Berlin and there was much to see. First stop: breakfast. The hotel breakfast was not included so we opted to find our own way and sought out some bagels. It turns out, bagels, not really a German thing. […]

Early morning came once again and we quickly packed up our lives and made for the airport. Still tired, it was a quiet ride, uneventful. We were able to all use the express security line which cut down decidedly on our time which made it possible for us to see my partner’s sister and family […]

With only half a day to visit the city in a sightseeing sense, there was no time to waste. We dropped our bags at the condo and headed out immediately, all agreeing to find lunch in the city. We made it all the way to Solna Centrum before I caught sight of a never-before-seen churros […]

Never resting long, we set out again, this time to the countryside. Our Swedish family would all be gathering on Saturday for a barbecue so we would arrive on Friday by train and help get everything ready. There had been some unease as a train strike was possible just before our departure. Thankfully the strike […]