Year: 2023

Bougainville Amsterdam Review – Prix Fixe Dining Delight

Bougainville is a one-Michelin-star restaurant in the heart of Amsterdam near Dam Square. Located in Hotel TwentySeven, the restaurant has a trendy vibe, excellent service, great wine pairings, and prix fixe as well as a la carte menu options.

Compared to some other Michelin-starred restaurants we’ve been to, the space at Bougainville feels a little more intimate and not quite as stodgy, in part thanks to all of the velvety seating. Upon arrival at Bougainville we were seated in a plush velvet semi-circular booth that was super intimate and cozy.

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Tanzania Journeys Review – An Incredible High-End Safari

We always struggle with hiring a small company for private safaris in Africa because you simply never know what you may be getting yourself into even with a robust review of their website, customer reviews, and more.

Generally speaking, we have almost always found our private tour companies via word of mouth- either from friends or other travel bloggers who have had a positive experience with a particular company.

This is how we stumbled upon Tanzania Journeys for our luxury safari in the country (via our friends Green Global Travel), and after speaking with them about their tour options, we knew we were in the best hands for our tour and booked right away.

To put it bluntly, this may have been the most luxurious safari we’ve been on (most expensive too), and we’d do it again in a heartbeat given the chance.

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How to Read Aurora Forecasts When Chasing Northern Lights

When we decided to go on a trip to view the northern lights, we went down the science rabbit hole of how aurora forecasts work. We thought that if we had a good understanding of how all the measurements are made, we could increase our odds of seeing the northern lights.

As it turns out, reading aurora and solar activity charts is not easy (and I say this as Angie and I hold a small stack of engineering degrees between the two of us and I’ve taken an entire year’s worth of astronomy for good measure). For those who are not as nerdy as we are, looking at these charts can be quite daunting and may cause you to simply stick to the analog of the KP Index and call it a day.

So in this one, we thought we’d share a few of our favorite things to watch out for on aurora tracking sites like Space Weather Live to help you better understand the charts that you may be looking at!

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Zilte Review – A High-End Lunch Experience in Antwerp

Zilte is a three-Michelin-star fine dining restaurant in Antwerp with stunning views and an emphasis on seafood dishes. Prix fixe menus are on offer here, with different numbers of courses available depending on whether you’re dining at lunch or dinner, and the day of the week.

We went for lunch instead of dinner at Zilte, which is a strategy we’ve used several times to experience Michelin-starred restaurants at a slightly more affordable price point. As we dined in winter, another pro of lunch instead of dinner was having enough daylight to enjoy the beautiful views from the top of the MAS building- including an absolutely stunning sunset at the end!

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