Lisbon was our first stop in Portugal. Getting around Lisbon was easy, we were able to take the Metro from the airport to where we were staying without any problems. We got the LisboaCard at the airport, which seemed…
NYC Double Decker Bus Tour – Downtown Loop
I wrote in my last post how I took my grandma on a NYC double decker bus tour. Our tickets included the Uptown Loop, Downtown Loop, Brooklyn Loop, Bronx Loop, and Nighttime Tour. We obviously couldn’t do all of them in…
NYC Double Decker Bus Tour – Uptown Loop
A few months ago, my grandma casually mentioned that she’s always wanted to go on a Double Decker Bus tour around NYC. She’s lived in Brooklyn for 20 years now but has never been on one of those tours. Conveniently enough, her birthday…
Exploring Untermyer Park in Yonkers, NY
A little while ago we were invited to a family birthday dinner in Yonkers. Yonkers is over an hour away from us, and we were not super excited about making the drive up there just for a dinner. So I decided to see…
The 80’s are Weird
So I mentioned in my posts about our trip to Philly that we went to the Art Museum, and the ticket to the art museum included admission to the Perelman Building across the street from the main museum. When we…
Philly in Two Days – Day 2
On our first day in Philly, we toured the whole area around Independence Mall – we went to Independence Hall, the Ben Franklin Museum, the Betsy Ross House, had some cheesesteaks, and ventured out to the Love Sculpture park. For…
Philly in Two Days – Day 1
Last weekend was one of those rare weekends where we had absolutely no plans, no family gatherings, no birthday dinners, no helping family with errands – we had a totally free weekend!! So instead of using that time to relax,…
Cheap Things To Do Around Boise
This past summer my brother got married. My brother and his new wife live in Boise, Idaho, so this summer my whole family, Aldo and I flew to Boise for the wedding and we all decided to make a vacation out…