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The Rugged Coastline and Historical Interior of Basilicata
Ah, Italy. Even with the long list of places we haven’t been, when an old friend announced he was getting married in Italy, it didn’t take us long to decide we’d make the trip. And if we’re going to go all the way over to our favorite country, it wouldn’t just be for a weekend.…
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Final Stops in Eastern Europe: Kosovo & Macedonia
We had heard such nice things about Macedonia — and in particular a guest house outside the southern town of Bitola — from our friend Chip that we had to go see it for ourselves. We had no idea what to expect in Macedonia; perhaps our only faint reference point besides Chip’s endorsement was the Macedonian Salad,…
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Albania: A Diamond in the Rough
The hands-down highlight of our trip is a country that we knew next to nothing about before looking at a map and seeing a blurb in a NYT list of 52 places to visit in 2014, so we should probably give you some quick background before diving into the fun stuff. This New Jersey-sized country…
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36 Hours in Tiny Montenegro
Our time being tight as it was, we limited our stay in Montenegro to 36 quick hours. With unlimited time, we would have loved to explore the canyons and mountains of the interior, but in order to make our way south, we opted for just a quick stop in the country’s undisputed highlight: the Bay…
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A Whirlwind Tour of Croatia
You just can’t plan everything right. We went into our trip knowing that Croatia would be the country most firmly on the tourist circuit, with all the crowded streets, disintegrated local identities, and price-gouging that always comes with. We also knew the common wisdom of “the only way to see Croatia is by sailboat”, but…
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Budapest: All the Charm at Half the Price
This Eastern European capital city has been on my list for a long, long time, and despite it being only a 3-hour train ride from Vienna (where I visit family often), I had still somehow never made it there. Budapest– which was formerly two cities, Buda and Pest — reminded me a lot of Vienna…
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Adorable Asheville
I can’t rave enough about this awesome town at the base of the Smoky Mountains in the northwestern corner of North Carolina. It’s been six months since we’ve been and I still smile when I think of our time there. Play Every Day in West Asheville We’d been wanting to check out Asheville for a…
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A look back at 2013
2013: The year of the unwritten blog post. I don’t know where the year went, but here we are, in glorious 2014, and I realize, thinking back, that we actually kinda got around this past year. Nothing like 2011-2012, but hey, you can’t always have the (travel) year of your life. I’m not complaining, but…
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Celebrating Love in East Hampton
This fall has afforded me some great East Coast and Midwest travel (thanks, dysfunctional government, for those 16 days off!). My first fall trip was to East Hampton, Long Island, where a group of extremely fun gals and one lucky guy spent a long weekend in September celebrating the upcoming nuptials of one of my…
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To Rome With Love
Dreaming of Rome on this lovely evening… Its adorable piazzas Its secret bread rooms (this door was open so we peeked in; it was two doors down from our apartment building, and made our room smell like freshly baked loaves every day!) Ella’s Street Art Murals everywhere Its street performers … And of course,…
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