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Getting Good Cuban Food in Tampa
More Details: Getting Good Cuban Food in TampaTampa, Florida may not be at the top of your destination list but being close to great beaches and other attractions such as Busch Gardens – and close enough to Orlando – it may be a place you will visit some day. And if you do, do NOT miss out on the great hole-in-the-wall Cuban food…
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Quote of the Week: Travel and Open-Mindedness
More Details: Quote of the Week: Travel and Open-Mindedness“One’s destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller
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Photo of the Week – A Beer Goes to Rome
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Beer Goes to RomeI came to Rome in a barrel. Ready to see the eternal city. It was dark all the way. I was in good company. Then we felt a tapping sound. Just twice. Then it went quiet. A day later, I felt pulled away. I saw light!!! I decided to sit and bask in the light. …
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Rome Is to Be Enjoyed – 2 Sites That I Did
More Details: Rome Is to Be Enjoyed – 2 Sites That I DidRome has an endless amount of sights to see, places to visit, and walks to take – it is near impossible, lest you are a travel guide company, to document all that there is to see and almost just as impossible to cover all the ground. At least not when part of your goals for the…
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Up Close with Dali in St. Petersburg
More Details: Up Close with Dali in St. PetersburgSalvador Dali, one of the most interesting painters of the 20th century was, let’s say, a tad eccentric – but a genius nevertheless. The new Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL does a great job of presenting of how Salvador Dali evolved his style in a way that a layperson like me can grasp and enjoy. Guided…
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A Foodie Tour in the Testaccio Neighborhood in Rome
More Details: A Foodie Tour in the Testaccio Neighborhood in RomeIn Rome, once again, we enjoyed Italian cuisine (carbonara, mi amore!), wine, gelato, architecture, history, and watching people (tourists and locals alike). It seems like those are reason ENOUGH to go to Roma! Nothing like Rome to appreciate cultural diversity and food delights! When I travel with friends, I don’t just travel with anyone. I…
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Photos of the Week – Action in Munich’s Airport
More Details: Photos of the Week – Action in Munich’s AirportIn my recent trip from Rome to Dubrovnik, I had to connect through the excellent Munich airport. I had chosen a 3+ hr layover so I wouldn’t be worried about a tight connection. It was the right airport choice for a 3 hr layover! Munich, as other airports in Europe, has a lot more going on…
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Finding a Gem in Chicago – The Palmer House
More Details: Finding a Gem in Chicago – The Palmer HouseI discovered a hidden gem in Chicago: The Palmer House! After the neat architecture boat tour of the city that my fellow travel bloggers and I did in our tweeetup, and after walking through Millenium Park admiring the Cloud Gate, the water statues (whatever they are called), etc., one of our local tweetuppers suggested that…
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Picture of the Week – Awesome People Facing Sunset in Copenhagen
More Details: Picture of the Week – Awesome People Facing Sunset in CopenhagenYou cannot tell this sunset is happening in Copenhagen. But it is. This is from our hotel (the Marriott, an awesome property in the chain!) facing the Tivoli Gardens on a beautiful mid-June sunset. And these two are some of the most important special people in the world to me: my nephew and my niece. …
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Traveling for Good – A Trek in Romania
More Details: Traveling for Good – A Trek in RomaniaI have pondered may a-times how lucky I am that I can travel to places around the world mostly for personal reasons and sometimes even for business. I, like many others, are blessed with the opportunities possible in this day and age to make long distance travel possible. In 14 hrs I can be in…
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Doing Rome with a Plan
More Details: Doing Rome with a PlanWhen my friends and I decided upon a trip to Italy focused on Rome, I was really pumped to go back, see some familiar places and get to check off some that, though very important, I had failed to visit in my 2 prior trips to Rome (to my credit, they had been like 3-day…
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Photo of the Week – A Macaron Purple with Envy
More Details: Photo of the Week – A Macaron Purple with EnvyPink macaron has Angelina Jolie lips. The purple macaron has macaron-envy. The pink macaron sticks its tongue out. Instigator. The wine glass stays out of it – so Switzerland. From the Sofitel Water Tower in Chicago during the Windy City Tweetup.