Friday Postcard: Winter in Montmarte

Friday Postcard: Winter in Montmarte

Posted on 17. May, 2013 by .

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Mike is in Amsterdam this week and it’s quite chilly. “I’m being punished,” he said, “for skipping winter for so many years. Now I have endless Winter.” In honor of that sorry situation here’s a frosty photo from Sam at Indefinite Adventure: Despite my love/hate relationship with Paris, on a grey winter’s day the French [...]

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Upcoming Travel Plans: May/June Edition

Upcoming Travel Plans: May/June Edition

Posted on 16. May, 2013 by .

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I finally finished blogging about my last trip which means it’s time to get movingĀ again. This summer is kind of a weird one for me. On the one hand it’s prime traveling season and I’ll take most any excuse to get out of the DC humidity. On the other, I’m getting married, for realsies, in [...]

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Italy: The Best and Worst

Italy: The Best and Worst

Posted on 14. May, 2013 by .

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Wow, I have been writing about Italy forever, haven’t I? There is just so much to say and I could probably go on and on (particularly about food), but I think I’ve reached the end of my Italian musings for the time being. Which means it’s time for Best and Worst! Total Days: 15 Total [...]

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Things I Did Not Hate About Milan

Things I Did Not Hate About Milan

Posted on 12. May, 2013 by .

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Of all the places I’ve visited in Italy, Milan may be my least favorite. It’s a very generic European big city: expensive, generic and really, really smoggy. Now if Milan were a city in any other country, I might have liked it more better. Coming off of a two week high in Rome and Bologna [...]

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Friday Postcard: Deserted Beach

Friday Postcard: Deserted Beach

Posted on 10. May, 2013 by .

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Anyone else ready for it to be beach time yet? This gorgeous picture is from Kathryn of rtw Travel Guide. The photo is of “my “home” beach on the West Coast of the South Island, NZ (super rough sea and deserted beach).”  

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7 Things I Loved About Bologna (and Why I’ll be Back)

7 Things I Loved About Bologna (and Why I’ll be Back)

Posted on 09. May, 2013 by .

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Even though neither of us have even been to Bologna, Mike and I have long had it on our short list of places to seriously consider living in Europe (along with Rome of course). We had heard so many good things from friends who have visited and lived there. It did not disappoint, at all. [...]

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How I Flunked Out of Gelato University

How I Flunked Out of Gelato University

Posted on 07. May, 2013 by .

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In which I prove that too much gelato is in fact a bad thing… (I was shocked too). When the Emilia-Romagna Tourism folks invited us to spend a day at Gelato University I was, as you can imagine, beside myself. I had no idea what Gelato University actually was but I knew if it involved [...]

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Let’s Make Bruschetta!

Let’s Make Bruschetta!

Posted on 05. May, 2013 by .

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Yup, we’re going to do the cooking thing now. I don’t talk about it much on here, but in the past year or so I’ve gotten really into cooking. I’m still not very advanced but I do really enjoy the process (and the end results). I mostly focus on simple and healthy dishes (although I [...]

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