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Photo of the Week – Poetry in Motion in Romania
More Details: Photo of the Week – Poetry in Motion in RomaniaNear the School of Medicine, in Iasi (pronounced yash), Romania, I learned what poetry in motion could mean… Call me. MAYBE. More about my trip to Romania? Check out the hike I did! Or “static poetry” here. Or how the trip evolved from the hike to a few more things!
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Photo of the Week – Sydney Harbor from the Sydney Bridge
More Details: Photo of the Week – Sydney Harbor from the Sydney BridgeI loved the opportunity that arose unexpectedly a couple of years ago to make the long trip to Australia and New Zealand. It is not often I take more than 2 weeks off work at a time so having a month to go Down Under was pretty special – and yet not enough time by…
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The Jewel of the Adriatic – Dubrovnik, Croatia!
More Details: The Jewel of the Adriatic – Dubrovnik, Croatia!Dubrovnik is a gem in the Adriatic with its history, architecture, tiled roofs and the deep blue sea around it.
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Trekking with a Purpose – the Best of Both Worlds
More Details: Trekking with a Purpose – the Best of Both WorldsMy trip to Romania and Moldova was triggered and centered around a hike in Romania organized by Trekking for Kids to support a local orphanage. If it were not for this organization, I may have waited much longer to get to Romania and, more than likely, never hiked the beautiful trails along the Carpathian Mountains. …
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Photo of the Week – Lovers in Dubrovnik
More Details: Photo of the Week – Lovers in DubrovnikI have yet to write about my days in Dubrovnik earlier this year, or about the story behind its tiled roofs but I had to go ahead and share how those tiled roofs are made for lovers… love birds, that is.
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Photo Essay of the Center of Moldova’s Capital: Chisinau
More Details: Photo Essay of the Center of Moldova’s Capital: ChisinauHaving added Moldova to my Romania trip itinerary , Chisinau (pronounced KISH-now), its capital, had to be central to the visit as it is the main town in this country of approximately 3.6 million people (Chisinau itself has around 750,000 inhabitants). The city, which was founded in the 1430s, has a complex history since it…
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A Big Ego Needs A Big Building: the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest
More Details: A Big Ego Needs A Big Building: the Palace of Parliament in BucharestFor me, visiting any city in the world means seeking to know its unique character, exploring the different types of neighborhoods, visiting some of the key sites (monuments, museums, grand boulevards, riversides, etc.), sampling its food, and watching life go by when time allows it. Paris has the Eiffel Tower, the Latin Quarter, and the…
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Melodies and Travel Memories
More Details: Melodies and Travel MemoriesLeah, from leahtravels.com wrote a post about melodies and the travel memories they bring. It is a great idea for a post and I will be tagging 7 others as she tagged me in her writeup. As a kid, we did not do family vacations as we did not have the means and we lived…
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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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The Spark That Triggered My Wanderlust
More Details: The Spark That Triggered My WanderlustI have been blessed with the opportunity to travel by work and through my own means. The zeal for discovery began when I was about 7-8 years old and I started collecting stamps. Seeing stamps from many places that were so far away in distance and in reachability (pre- airline deregulation days!), created in me…