I hate to even admit this, but I could not have pointed out Croatia on a map prior to our cruise. It was our first port after a day at sea, and the weather was gorgeous for our day-trip into the walled city of Dubrovnik. I didn't know what to expect except that others had …
Category: Europe
Literary Travels: Vive la France
It must have been some residual subconscious that has me reading stories from/about/taking place in France-- it seems our recent trip there was an aeon ago and not just a couple months. I won't go into lengthy reviews of my recent literary pursuits--but I did enjoy them and they were very different from one another. …
Travel for His Work: France
It feels like we were in Europe eons ago (read: eight days ago). This post got a bit delayed, but better late than never! The second half of the fiance's work trip took us to France where he had additional work meetings as he and fellow company colleagues met with customers at the 2013 International …
Travel for His Work: Switzerland
I can't believe we were just in Switzerland last week--it's incredible how fast time flies, especially when your 10-day vacation spits you out right where you left off in real life. Wedding planning, work, summer activities, oh my! The fiance had a free day in Geneva the day before I arrived, and he had to …
International Travel on a Budget
I had the unexpected pleasure of a pre-honeymoon jaunt to Europe, thanks to the fiance having to travel for work. He had customer visits in Russia and then I met him in Switzerland, where he was completing trainings for a Europe-based branch of his company. We both headed to Paris where I ran around on a …
Study Abroad: How Setting Expectations and A Little Kindness Can Go a Long Way
A month or so ago a colleague and I were speaking with a graduate student from Iran about how she ended up studying and conducting research at a couple of universities in the mid-west. She was the most wonderful, bubbly, likable person I've met in some time, but our conversation took a bit of a …
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Travel for (His) Work: France and Switzerland
I've had some wonderful experiences traveling for my work, especially the last couple years as the fiance has been able to tag along. It's not all sunshine and roses. As I've mentioned, there is not much glamour when you travel for work and also commit the bulk of the trip to working--but there are the …
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