So we've been a bit off the grid on vacation in Bogotá for the past ten days. We first visited this city in 2012, back when we were travel babies (Colombia was the third country we visited). We fell …
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Five Things
It's my birthday week! So we've been celebrating all over town with coffee and pastries and cake and mezcal and tacos, and even an Oktoberfest feast at our local Spanish tapas restaurant (weird, I …
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Five Things
It's my last full week in ABQ before heading back to Oaxaca for a month. So we spent it trying to cram in as much fun with as many people as we possibly could. Cookouts, birthday parties, fireworks, …
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The View From Here: Vancouver, Washington
We're spending the week in Vancouver visiting my cousin, Mo, and her awesome family and friends. It's a time of reconnection. She is the only cousin I have on this side of the family (my 2 siblings …
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Living La Vida Local – It’s Not a Comeback, It’s a Throwback
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ” Lin Yutang
It’s a new year and time for a whole lot of new adventures. And we …
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Khmer New Year – Day 1
It is Khmer New Year here in Cambodia, a three day new year celebration held at the end of the harvest season in April.
Today, the first day, is known as Maha Songkran. Everyone left offerings for …
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Vignettes from a Greek Isle
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Eternal summer gilds them yet,
But all, …
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Tax Return Tuesdays: One Week in Bangkok
We always tell you that international travel is quite often a lot cheaper than you think it is. Every Tuesday in March we will put our money where our mouth is and recap how much a weeklong trip for 2 …
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Tax Return Tuesdays: Tensing Pen in Negril, Jamaica
We always tell you that international travel is quite often a lot cheaper than you think it is. Every Tuesday in March we will put our money where our mouth is and recap how much a weeklong trip for 2 …
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