One of the highlights of our short trip to Pittsburgh was the Phipps Conservatory. Located to the east of the city in Central Oakland, this impressive botanical garden offers a huge variety […]
Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh
Copenhagen Resources
I recently asked the #TravelTribe on Twitter for help in planning my Copenhagen trip, and the posts came flooding in! Being such a popular and trendy destination there is no shortage in […]
Pit-stop at the Gettysburg Museum, Pennsylvania
After our stay in Washington D.C. we were headed on our way to Pittsburgh. After about an hour and half we had crossed the Pennsylvania border, and shortly after we stopped for […]
Washington D.C. – Part 3
Our final day in Washington was spent at the two big Smithsonian Museums. We had breakfast first at our hotel and then walked down to The Smithsonian National Museum of American History. […]
Washington D.C. – Part 2
After a late night out the night before, we had to get up early as we had booked tickets to a Capitol Building tour. We grabbed some Starbucks from our hotel and […]
Washington D.C. – Part 1
We left Philadelphia mid-morning and headed towards Washington DC. We stopped at an IHOP on the way through and got some snacks from Target. We also filled up Cam our hire car […]
Delicious Melbourne Eats
Melbourne has some of the best food in Australia, and so during my trip last year there was no shortage of delicious meals. Here is an overview of some of my favourite […]
Year in review
As the year draws to a close it is time to look back on how 2019 went for yourtravelhandbook.com. I first started working on this blog in December 2018 and launched it […]
Melbourne Bars and Breweries
Last month we spent a week in Melbourne and visited a lot of great bars and breweries. Here are some suggestions if you find yourself in the Victorian Capital. Urban Alley BrewpubStar […]
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Christmas in Australia is always quite warm yet the typical Christmas scenes in movies are people huddled around a fireplace, and crisp white snow falling outside. I still haven’t seen snow let […]
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