Happy Halloween, fair readers. On this chilly and damp holiday of frights, I’m thinking about the hands-down spookiest place Adam and I have yet been – the Catacombs of Paris. [Read more...]
All Creeped Out in the Catacombs of Paris
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Tel Aviv: The City That Never (Ever) Stops – Pt. 2
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Tayelet Promenade - Photo by Noam Garmiza
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Tel Aviv: The City That Never (Ever) Stops – Pt. 1
Aside from eating like it’s the End of Days and braving obnoxious shopkeepers, there’s plenty of leisure to be found in Tel Aviv, now celebrating its centennial and a tourism boost.
Stroll by the sea, lose yourselves in a botanical garden, immerse yourselves in culture, lounge on a sunswept beach, dance until dawn…and lower your hotel expectations.
Tel Aviv: The City That Never (Ever) Stops – Pt. 1
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Photo by Aaron Bornstein
In the past ten years, Israel has been increasingly publicized as a center of terrorist violence. As a result, its attractions may not be on every couple’s romantic travel wish-list.
However, with its Mediterranean location, reputation for gorgeous food and nonstop nightlife and its rating as #4 in Condé Nast Traveller’s Top 5 Cities in Africa/Middle East…
I figure Tel Aviv warrants a closer look.
A Dream Trip to Peru & Ecuador: Quito
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Quito, Ecuador - Photo by Eric Chan
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A Dream Trip to Peru & Ecuador: The Galapagos
*A few Junes ago, my parents took their dream trip to Peru & Ecuador through a U.S. tour company, Adventure Life.
My parents both strongly recommend Quito, Ecuador as a place to really get South America; the first UNESCO World Heritage site ever named, the country’s capital still has the best-preserved, least-altered city center on the continent.
They also have just what ails you when a travel crisis threatens to melt your spirit into a ball of goo.
A Dream Trip To Peru & Ecuador: The Galapagos
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A Dream Trip to Peru & Ecuador: Machu Picchu
A Dream Trip to Peru & Ecuador: Cusco
*A few Junes ago, my parents took their dream trip to Peru & Ecuador through a U.S. tour company, Adventure Life.
Kicker Rock, San Cristobal, Galapagos Photo by Suzan Wynne
The third leg of my parents’ dream vacation to Peru and Ecuador was a cruise to the Galapagos Islands… aka Ground Zero for Evolution…aka Yes, Please.
