Cyprus

We visited Cyprus over Thanksgiving this year as I had 4 days off in a row (which is something that rarely happens now!). We flew Aegean Airlines from Heathrow to Larnaca with a total of 4.5 hours total flying time. Before going, I had little knowledge of the country other than the short National Geographic…

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Iconic Singapore

I was passing time at Singapore’s Changi airport (not hard to do considering the wide variety of activities and shops there are to see and do) and came across icons of Singapore. If you’ve been or lived in the city-state before, see how many you can guess correctly! The other side of the boards will…

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Cornwall, England

I finally had a chance to visit my friend in Cornwall this April. Although it was only a few days, it was well worth the 5+ hour train journey from London, Paddington to the Southwest most corner of England. Known for it’s fishing villages in close proximity to each other with picturesque views from all angles,…

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Parks, Parks, Parks

If I had to sum up the past two weeks in one word, it would be – parks. To start off with we watched 4 seasons of the hilarious Parks and Rec series focusing on America’s Parks. As hilarious as the show is, it also gave me a newfound appreciation of our National Parks Service…

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Versailles

I had been wanting to go to Versailles and Giverny ever since my first trip to Paris in 2010. That combined with my recent novel of choice – Marie Antoinette’s biography, made the trip a must as soon as possible. In April we decided to do a weekend trip and because we were only there for a weekend, we decided to…

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Summer @ Crystal Mountain

For the fourth of July last year, we decided to go up to Crystal Mountain. My parents had done the trip a few years ago, and they had absolutely loved it. I had been looking forward to the day trip as I had been wanting to reconnect with Washington since I had moved back. We…

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Just for fun – Roy G. Biv in travel adventures

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “ROY G. BIV.” Since I’m in a throwback kind of mood these days, I decided to look through old photos for the theme and focus on one color for each photo. These are taken all over the world with a lot of memories attached to them!

Stockholm in 48 Hours

Stockholm was super hip, sleek, and designer at every turn and in the slightest details. And yet there was no sense of arrogance or superiority that usually comes with the words associated above. We did a weekend trip to Stockholm since I wanted to use up my miles on BA and did a fancy upgrade…

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