With only a long weekend to explore Belgium, I ended up limiting our day trips from Brussels to Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent. The latter ended up being one of my favorite getaways - and just a 40-minute train ride from our home base! The only real downside to this day trip was that some of …
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When Brian found out he needed to travel around Europe for two weeks to meet with colleagues and customers, I immediately asked if I could tag along. It quickly became clear that wasn't feasible - he was going to be in a new place nearly every day and out late at meetings. As his plans …
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During our few days on Oahu, we spent one afternoon exploring some of the historical sites in downtown Honolulu, namely the palace and surrounding area. We had a car and based on our itinerary, I'm glad we did. It gave us the flexibility to travel all over the island as well as downtown at our …
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We spent our initial days in Hamburg exploring the harbor area, visiting museums and enjoying the outdoors, but on Tuesday reality set in and Brian had to go to work, e.g. attend his work conference. While he headed toward the convention center, I headed toward the train station for my first day-trip to Schwerin, Germany. I've …
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Since we had limited time to make our upper loop around Ireland we missed most of Co. Donegal-- it just wasn't possible for us to see and do everything. We did, however, enjoy our drive from Derry to Donegal city, where we spent the night and next morning exploring the town and visiting Donegal Castle. …
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Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
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