Travel
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Day at Dover Castle
Last week Kenz’s Dad was in town from California for a 6 day visit. His Dad originally booked tickets to visit London with Kenz’s Mum back in April, but his plans foiled as…
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Where in the World is Chisinau?
I spent the last week in Moldova working on a project on behalf of UK DfID. Moldova? What? Where’s that? The truth is very few people know where Moldova is, and why would…
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J’dore Paris
My sister and I both found ourselves with a few extra vacation days to use before the end of the holiday cycle, and a long weekend without our husbands, as my brother-in-law had…
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The Montenegrin Riviera: Kotor & Budva
In addition to a day-trip to Mostar, we also took an excursion to Croatia’s southern neighbor and newly independent nation, Montenegro. The two-hour drive along the sapphire blue Adriatic Coast from Dubrovnik to…
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The Bridge of Reconciliation – Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sometimes I travel somewhere because the place holds an obsessive grasp on my memory and my imagination. Images from television news reports or sound bites overhead on the radio may have imbedded themselves…
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A Week of Sun and Sea in Dubrovnik
Having never been to the Balkans and looking for some sun before the long winter hibernation, Kenz and I booked a late summer getaway to Dubrovnik on the Adriatic Sea. Also looking to…
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Hej from Sweden!
The scene felt strangely familiar, even slightly cinematic in a distinctly “Bergmanian” way. Transported by ferry through the Stockholm archipelago, we shared the late morning journey to the island of Vaxholm with a…
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On the Cornish Seaside…
We couldn’t pick a better weekend for an escape to the Cornish coast given how hectic work has been the last few weeks. For those who need a lesson in geography, Cornwall is…
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In Liverpool…
This week I found myself in the northern English city of Liverpool on a work assignment. I am ashamed to admit that I haven’t explored much of England beyond Bath, Birmingham, and Oxford,…
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A Quick Trip to Lyon, France
I recently had the opportunity to visit Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region of France for work last week. It was a busy trip, but I was able to squeeze in some sights along…
