Birthday fun with family - Vienna
So my Dad just turned 75 and what better way to celebrate than bringing the family together for a vacation. His wish was to go somewhere outside to celebrate and since they travel a bunch, my folks focused on places…
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It’s that time again
We enjoyed our last fun day in Madrid and now are just boarding our last flight home to Seattle. So this was a more chill day. We started by getting coffee Pan y Peppilino’s cafe and then grabbing some delicious baked…
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Madrid exploring (oh and Toledo)
So I left off my last post on just getting to Madrid. We are fortunate enough to have a family friends daughter here on a study abroad program and so we had tons of local recommendations and a good first night tour…
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Pompeii, more Naples and Ciao Italia
After enjoying Sorrento, it was time for us to make our way back to Naples via Pompeii. We hopped on our train - fortunately with no rain and got off at the Pompeii Scavi station. Just across the station, was the…
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Some Naples, some Amalfi and a whole lot more
Now that we left Florence, our next destination was Naples. We caught a train that brought us to Naples and made it to our cute Airbnb close to the Plebiscito plaza. In a quaint area, we climbed four floors to get to a…
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Florence revisited
After 12 and a half years, I found myself back in Florence this week for a workshop. I was last here in 2013 for my honeymoon and was eager to see how much has changed. While a lot has, unlike other places, a lot was…
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Ston, scenic drives, Plitvice, Rovinj, and a wrap in Split
I left off my last post with us starting our drive from Dubrovnik. After bidding farewell to the beautiful city (and to Harneet's constant humming of the game of thrones theme in my ear), our first stop on our drive…
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Dubrovnik
Spent the last two days exploring Dubrovnik - yes the GoT Dubrovnik 🙄. This was the first place in Croatia that was actually filled with tourists. We managed to score an Airbnb right in Old Town. While we walked plenty…
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