Close Menu

Kindra (Page 6)

The Japan Rail Pass

The Japan Rail Pass

Jun 22 2012

Using Your JR Pass If you think you want to go to Japan, but aren’t sure of you can move about the country without being…

Travel Tip #31

Travel Tip #31

Jun 21 2012

Bring Your Gadgets’ Accessories Remember your first Discman? It took 24 AA batteries and would skip if you tilted it to see which track you…

Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku Gyoen

Jun 20 2012

Lovely Gardens in the Center of Tokyo Tokyo is a pulsating metropolis. Jam-packed sidewalks and a dizzying array of trains, subways, buses and taxis that…

Honeypie Cafe

Honeypie Cafe

Jun 18 2012

Brunch in Bayview Honeypie Cafe in Bayview, Milwaukee is uses fresh, local ingredients to make Wisconsin style food. What is Wisconsin style food you ask?…

Anodyne Cafe

Anodyne Cafe

Jun 15 2012

Bayview’s Best Coffee One of the best places for coffee in Madison is the Victory . Located on Atwood Avenue on the East side, this…

Travel Tip #30

Travel Tip #30

Jun 14 2012

Bring Your Own Food on the Airplane “Chicken or beef?” You hear the flight attendant ask the question. You try to peer around the food…

The Victory

The Victory

Jun 13 2012

The East Side of Madison’s Best Coffee “I feel like coffee,” she says. “I want ice cream,” he says. The solution? The Victory . Located…

Ueno Park

Ueno Park

Jun 11 2012

Family-Friendly Park in Taito, Tokyo Any big city worth its salt has a large public park where its citizens can congregate, relax and while away…

Leiden

Leiden

Jun 08 2012

Recharge on This Daytrip From Amsterdam Leiden is steeped in history. It is home to Rembrandt Van Rijn, one of Europe’s oldest universities and the…

Travel Tip 29: Pack an Umbrella

When It Rains, It Pours Keeping your clothes dry is important at home where you have access to a washer and dryer and a closet…

Biking to Edam

Biking to Edam

Jun 06 2012

The Namesake of the Cheese in  Noord Holland  L&A HQ is located in America’s Dairyland, and we eat our (more than) fair share of cheese.…

Akihabara

Akihabara

Jun 04 2012

Electric Avenue and More After WWII, Japan began rebuilding. Roads and homes were constructed, people went to school and new consumer products were all the…

Travel Tip #28: Pack a Swimsuit

Travel Tip #28: Pack a Swimsuit I enjoy swimming. Not the lap swimming you see at the Y or the kind that requires deep concentration.…

Our Lord in the Attic Church

Hidden Church near Amsterdam’s Red Light District The Dutch government has a history of  tolerance. Take a few steps from Centraal Station and smell the marijuana…

Highway 18 Outdoor Theater

Old-Fashioned Drive-In Movie Theater In Jefferson Thirty miles east of Madison, just outside of Jefferson, lies a place that will take you back to a…

Memorial Union & Lake Mendota

The perfect Summer (or Spring or Fall) Day in Madison So you are in Madison for a day and the weather is just too gorgeous…

Travel Tip #26

Travel Tip #26

May 17 2012

Hotel Tip #4 Beware of Hotel Cancellation Policies. Most major hotels do not charge you until you check out and will allow you to cancel…

The Famous Crystal River Canoe Trip

Canoe Trip In Waupaca, Wisconsin Between Stevens Point and Appleton, just off of US 10 lies a slice of paradise in Waupaca: 22 spring-fed lakes…

Milwaukee Day Trip

Milwaukee Day Trip

Apr 30 2012

Eight Hours in the Brew City Whenever L&A goes to a city, we head for their art museum and brewery. To my knowledge, these do…

Biking to the Tyranena Brewery

Biking and Beer in Lake Mills, Wisconsin One of the best things about living in Wisconsin is that the state is crisscrossed with bike trails…

Overnight Stay in Oslo

Twenty Hours in Norway’s Capital City Olso is pretty far north and in the summer that means it gets late well, late. This is no…