Travel
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A Quick Week in Saxony
This week I had the opportunity to visit Dresden on a work assignment for a few days. I chose to fly into Berlin, hire a car and drive the two hours on the…
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31 Places to Go in 2010
The New York Times published a feature on “31 Places to Go in 2010” with Sri Lanka taking the top prize as the #1 destination this year. Exciting! We’ve been to six places…
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Brgggggh…from Helsinki
A few months before his unexpected death in 2006, R.W. Apple Jr., the globe-trotter and political journalist for the NY Times, wrote a glowing article of Finnish capital, Helsinki. Of course, he wrote…
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Здравствуйте (Hello) from St. Petersburg!
Continuing our Russian adventure from Moscow, we boarded an overnight train from Leningrad Station to St. Petersburg in a four-berth coupe shared with two other strangers, both were Russian. There is common stereotype…
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Stranger(s) in Москва
Moscow…For many its name conjures images of the seat of power for the former Soviet Union and is a city synonymous with revolution, Lenin, the KGB, and the Cold War. For almost half…
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Christmas Market Crawling in Berlin
Berlin is the fourth major German city I’ve travelled to after Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich and from my perspective, the most different from its counterparts. This was Lily’s second visit to Berlin, but…
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Autumn Weekend on Lake Geneva
When people ask what’s the best part of living in London, my reply is one of two things 1) London is an exhilarating city and/or 2) travel — it’s quick, easy, and affordable.…
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Under the Tuscan Sun: Firenze
We headed to Florence for the next part of our Italian adventure. I’ve been to different regions of Italy in the past including Lake Como, Veneto, and Rome but never to Tuscany which…
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“La Serenissima”: Venezia
As I mentioned in the previous post, we’ve had the pleasure of hosting many friends last month including my good friend from San Francisco who sat for the California Bar in July (fingers…
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Edinburgh (pronounced ED-in-bra)
Kenz and I went up to Edinburgh for a ’36 hour city-break trip’ and it was fantastic. The Scottish capital encapsulates everything that Scotland has to offer: stunning architecture, amazing topography, excellent seafood…
