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Ubud Bali

We need some impartial opinions. It’s hard to say if Ubud Bali is really quite as lovely as we think, or if we were just viewing everything through the rose-tinted glasses handed out for...

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Big News from Bali

Tom and I are in Ubud, Bali staying in a beautiful villa surrounded by rice paddies, rivers and jungle. Our backyard looks out over a waterfall. It’s pretty amazing. Tom was very insistent that...

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Takin’ a break on Koh Phangan…

Man! Believe it or not all of this travelin’ stuff can get pretty tiring and as such we decided to take a little break on a little island called Koh Phangan. Koh Phangan is...

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From Farm to Table Thailand Cooking Class

I am in Hog Heaven. I have never before appreciated what it means to travel to the country of origin of a favorite cuisine. I keep telling Tom to be patient, he will most...

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Part of the herd at the elephant nature park

The evening we returned to our guesthouse in Chiang Mai Thailand after visiting the elephant nature park we ran into the young British backpacker we’d met that morning. We were all waiting outside of...

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So fresh and so clean, clean in Istanbul Turkey

Tom and I were told while we were still in Vienna about the hammams in Istanbul Turkey. The Ottoman empire placed a great emphasis on the cleanliness of body and soul. That emphasis combined...

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Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria

Often referred to as the “City of the Tsars“, Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria (or Велико Търново in Bulgarian) is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. I don’t think it is world-wide famous,...

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Snow Day! Bulgaria Winter Housesit

I have  learned some valuable things about about myself here during our winter housesit in Bulgaria. I most definitely enjoy a great many things about a true winter. I love eating snow, playing in...

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Magical Munich Airbnb Stay

So apparently Unicorns are real. I mean this was in the science and technology museum of Munich. No- not the mythology museum the science and technology museum. So there you have it. Irrefutable proof. This whole...

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Family Visit in Vienna Austria

Drum roll please! Metaphorical drum roll- I should be careful with what I write because if Christoph sees me requesting a drum roll he will have a classically trained percussionist at my door within minutes....

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Putting the BAR into Barcelona

The most representative photo for our stay in Barcelona is certainly not the most beautiful we have ever taken. It is not the quirky gingerbread houses and surrealist landscapes/buildings of Gaudi’s Parc Guell or...