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Weekly Twitter Updates
We are never moving again. We'll just have to buy up neighboring units until our condo is the size we want it! # We escaped the 100 degree weather in Southeast Asia only to come back to DC, where the heat index puts us at 110 for the forseeable future! # Dude picked up canned…
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Draught Beer in Hanoi: A Religion
We’d been tipped off to bia hoi well before we arrived in Hanoi by our friend Alexis, who spent two weeks there a couple years ago and loved the city, partially because of her time spent at various bia hoi joints. Bia hoi means “draught beer”, but unlike the food in Hanoi, it’s not something worth mentioning…
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Yum: Hanoi’s Addictive Street Food
Oh boy, where do I begin? Northern Vietnam had hands down my favorite cuisine of the 20+ countries we visited over the past year (note: I do not feel it would be fair to include Italy in the running for this title). While we’ve loved a lot of the Southeast Asian foods we’ve sampled, Vietnam’s…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
in #Vienna hanging with Claudia‘s other side of the family. 3 days of the post script to our RTW trip left (!) # Claudia's sticking to her one gelato per day rule (barely). It's a tough regimen, but so far so good. #nopainnogain #Italy # Got yelled at for trying to take a pic of…
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Hanoi’s Lively Streets
Hanoi simply buzzes with life. At almost any time of day, you can walk outside, watch various types of delicious street food being made (more on that later), find a place to sit down on a toddler-sized stool on the sidewalk to enjoy a coffee, lemon tea, or draught beer, purchase almost anything you can…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Been eating a whole lot of local foods here in #Tuscany wild boar cured meats & talleggio di bufala (cheese) are some of our favorites! # Sorry, yesterday's post, "Cat Ba Island: Taking the Plunge" should have been titled "Rock the Cat Ba". We regret the error. # Oh also, believe the hype: the tiramisu…
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Cat Ba Island: Taking the Plunge
With our time in Vietnam running a bit short, and having gotten our exposure to the countryside and mountains on our motorbiking trip, and to city life with a few days in Hanoi, we decided what was missing was some time on the coast, so we headed to Cat Ba Island, home to a large…
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Weekly Twitter Updates
Heading back to Italy today after a very difficult week at home. Thanks to everyone for your kind words & support. See you in 2 weeks, DC! #
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Weekly Twitter Updates
It is with great sadness& shock that we are heading home to DC tomorrow. Claudia's father is not doing well & we're going to be by his side. # Memo to tourists: stop taking pictures on your iPad. You look like a douchebag. # I uploaded a @YouTube video http://t.co/EqzUHUex Hanoi Mosaic with Traffic #…
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Motorbiking in Northeastern Vietnam
Before visiting Southeast Asia, we weren’t big motorbiking enthusiasts; in fact, Claudia’s motorbiking experience consisted entirely of a few anxiety-ridden hours in Europe many years ago, and mine consisted of crashing a small toy bike into a fence in Portland, Oregon in 2009. However, taking a multi-day motorbiking trip in the north of Vietnam is…
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