Tag: Travel
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Around the World, Part 2
Tales from our Adventure To read Part 1, see the previous post. Before the trip even started, I encountered a significant hiccup. Because our first location was Cusco, Peru (11,000+ feet), we were instructed (in Washington, DC) to take the elevation medication we were told to bring. After the welcome dinner and reception in DC, Michael and…
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Around The World
Several years ago, I got a National Geographic Expedition catalog in the mail. Up until then, I didn’t even know the world-renowned company did travel excursions. At the back of the catalog was a trip called Around the World by Private Jet. A 24-day trip that visited places like Machu Picchu and Petra, Jordan (a…
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Advanced Planning
I’d be completely lying if I said I didn’t start to mentally pack my suitcase within 2 minutes of getting off the phone with National Geographic after booking our trip to Egypt (for October). In the following weeks, it’s all I could talk about to the point of my husband rolling his eyes even before…
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Ancient Egypt
To be honest, I can’t remember when my curiosity and interest in Egypt began. One of my first lessons in Egypt came from a ballet classmate. Her name was Allison, and she was obsessed with ancient Egypt. We were in ballet together for several years when we were young. When I spent the night at…
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In Memory – Bourdain
One year ago today, I woke up and sauntered into the kitchen for breakfast. Within a minute or two my husband entered, just before heading off to work. He asked me, Have you heard the news? As he was asking this question, he pulled me into a hug. No, I said. There was no way…
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France: Trip Highlights
On our second day in Paris, before our tour started, Michael and I visited the Army Museum and Napoleon’s Tomb. As we later learned, Napoleon’s “little Napoleon” is not buried with him. It has a history all it’s own and is rumored to currently reside in New Jersey. A women inherited it when her father…
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France’s Food
I went to France under the naive impression that all of the food would be amazing. That’s a great deal to live up to, but I thought the culinary capitol of the world could easily handle the weight of this opinion. During our first few days in Paris, both Michael and I were a tad…
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Remembering D-Day
Near the end of our France tour, we spent an entire day visiting various D-Day locations and beaches. We had a wonderful British ex-military guide that brought June 6, 1944 into vivid detail, and yet managed to focus on the positive and keep most of the day light. Our first stop was the small town…
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