I’ve said this before, but getting to visit a place that is #1 on your personal bucket list is quite the heady experience. There’s always a worry that somehow it…
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A Day Trip to Medieval Regensburg, Germany
Read moreWhen my mom and I dragged my dad on our first “just the three of us” Europe trip maaaaaaany moons ago, our first adventure was spending a few days in…
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A Sabbath Morning in Tel Aviv & Old Jaffa
Read moreI have no problem admitting when I’m wrong. And this was definitely one of those times. As I planned our epic Israel and Jordan adventure, many forum posts and blog…
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Sunrises, Stars, & Stunning Blue Water: New Zealand’s Lake Tekapo
Read moreFor such a small country (about the size of the UK), New Zealand can lay claim to several of the world’s most iconic landscapes, and a few buildings as well.…
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Why A Sunrise Hike Up Masada Should Be On Your Bucket List
Read moreI swung my pack onto my back and started up the famous Snake Path, with only the sound of my own breath in my ears and the crunch of gravel…
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Driving the Negev Desert: Tel Aviv to the Red Sea
Read moreI’m just now (over a month later) starting to sift through my 3,000 photos from the week I spent in Israel and Jordan. It was an absolutely incredible, and I…
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A Day Trip to Pisa, Italy
Read moreI realized yesterday that somehow I haven’t ever posted about Italy. Which is crazy, because it’s one of my favorite places in the world, the home of my heart. It’s where…
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A Day Trip to Bulgaria’s Rila Monastery
Read moreCertain days stand out in your mind with almost perfect clarity. Years later you can still remember scents, what you ate, how everything looked. It doesn’t happen to me too…
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48 Hours in Paris (…and 11 Pain au Chocolat)
Read moreI’m noticing an accidental trend here. 48 hours in Barcelona. 24 hours in Dublin. And now 2 days in Paris. This may seem like criminally under-serving these phenomenal cities (and…
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What to Do with 48 Hours in Rainy Barcelona
Read moreI had a very clear picture in my head about how my two days in Barcelona would go. Stunning blue skies as a backdrop to Gaudi’s colorful buildings. Breathtaking photos…
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