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Foreigners Try Latvian Food (Lucky Dippers)

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:04:46 +0100

Latvia was the last country we travelled to in 2018. We took the bus out of Tallinn and into Riga, Latvia. We unfortunately didn’t have much time there before we had to fly back to our home in the Netherlands, but we DID have enough time to sample some Latvian food!

Pizza and Antiquing in Tallinn Estonia (Lucky Dippers)

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:59:00 +0100

In December 2018, my husband and I went with a few friends to Tallinn, Estonia, where we spent some time going around the cool district of Kalamaja. We ended up doing a bit of antiquing, thanks to some local friends who were willing to show us around!

First Look at Estonia | Getting to Tallinn (Lucky Dippers)

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:36:59 +0100

In December 2018, my husband and I met up with some friends and went from Valkenburg and Maastricht in the Netherlands to Riga, Latvia; and then to Tallinn, Estonia. Three countries in one day!

Grotten Sint Pietersberg Maastricht (LuckyDippers)

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:21:09 +0200

Another travel vlog from safer times: in September 2018, my husband and I took a friend out to Grotten Sint Pietersberg, a fortress and cave system in Maastricht, the Netherlands. They had been used in the times before that area was not yet part of the city of Maastricht; they were in a small village called Sint Pietersberg that had gotten caught between several invading foreign armies and the people of Maastricht. We enjoyed the day out!

Balkan Bites free food tour with Bulgarian food | Sofia, Bulgaria (Lucky Dippers)

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:01:44 +0200

In September 2018, while my husband and I were in Sofia, Bulgaria, we decided to try some delicious Bulgarian cuisine by going on the Balkan Bites free food tour, which let us try Bulgarian relish, yoghurt, doughnuts, cheese, and desserts. Afterwards we went back to one of the restaurants we had gone to on the food tour to have a full meal, which ended up being very delicious. Along the way, I talked about how ilearned the Cyrillic alphabet, and why I thinks it’s worth learning even for a short trip like this one.

We really enjoyed the Balkan Bites food tour, so if you want to join as well, check them out.

And here’s the website for the restaurant we ate at, “Hadjidraganov’s House”.

Free walking tour in Sofia, Bulgaria (LuckyDippers)

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 16:00:48 +0200

We haven’t travelled since January 2020 for obvious reasons, but fortunately (?) I have a whole lot of footage taken from trips pre-pandemic that I haven’t yet turned into travel vlogs. In case you weren’t aware, I learned a lot of what I know now about creating videos from making travel vlogs for friends and family as my husband and I travelled around the world for months at a time.

Here’s a trip we took in September 2018. We had just finished off a trip to Greece with some friends from Australia, and on the way home, I decided to book a three-day stopover in Sofia, Bulgaria– a city I really knew next to nothing about. Here’s that first day!

Shopping at Bicester Village and welcome my niece to her new home | London, England (Lucky Dippers)

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:38:17 +0200

Here’s a fun little vlog that I’ve been meaning to make of the last trip my husband Rob and I took before the pandemic. In January 2020, we went to see my cousin and her daughter (my “niece”, whom I grew up with) in London. My niece, Steffi, had just arrived in London for some studies abroad (she normally lives in the Philippines), so Rob and I popped over to meet up with her and help her settle in.

Poor thing– not a month after Steffi got to London, news of the pandemic began to spread. Rob and I had intended to visit her again, but of course that didn’t happen.

Lucky Dippers 103: Sleeping in the Isle of Skye | Portree, Scotland

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:57:56 +0100

This is a travel video from January 2020, when my husband Rob and I did a roadtrip in Scotland with our good friends, Nikki and Basti Filler. This is towards the tail end of that trip, and it involved some of the best scenery I’ve ever seen. Scotland is a gorgeous country that we thoroughly enjoyed exploring, despite its awful weather. As a bonus, this was also our first trip with our new niece, Cassie.