The first real vacation (other than our honeymoon) my husband and I took together was in December of 2008. Before that we were saving to buy a house and just traveled on business or with our parents. We decided to do a Vegas-based road trip the week before Christmas, flying home Christmas Eve to drive…
Month: March 2013
OLD BLOG – Rustic Playa – Cave Bar, Flintstones Breakfast and a Spectacular Vacant Ruin
As I mentioned in my intro, Chad and I are not really “beach people.” We’d rather spend our vacations exploring cool stuff than relaxing the day away with a cold drink in hand (though evenings are good for the cold drink segment). However, for Chad’s folks’ 35th wedding anniversary, they wanted to do a family…
OLD BLOG – Why New Orleans in August Isn’t That Bad
Ten years ago this August, Chad and I had our honeymoon in New Orleans. You might think New Orleans in August is unbearably hot and humid, and the reason we had such a wonderful trip was because we were young and in love. While that is partially true, I think there is a lot to…
OLD BLOG – Sleeping on the Move
My husband and I are big fans of Rick Steves’ travel guides. Steves is a big proponent of maximizing your travel time by “sleeping on the move,” meaning taking an overnight train or boat between destinations so that you spend your waking hours at the places you want to see. On our 2011 trip to…
OLD BLOG – Roman Chinese Food is Great
Or, A Funny Coincidence By the time we got to Rome we’d been in Italy for a week, and as much as I love Italian food, there’s only so much pasta I can eat. On our 3rd day in Rome, we took a train out to the ruins at Ostia Antica. A large, young American…