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The Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu: Part 1

The morning after exploring the Sacred Valley we met our handler for the day, Caesar, in the hotel lobby at 8am. We walked across the street to meet our driver, Victor, and we were off to the train station to catch our train to Machu Picchu, the Hiram Bingham. As I mentioned in my firstContinueContinue reading “The Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu: Part 1”

Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Cusco Part Two-sco!

We had a great first day in Cusco (read part 1 here) without any symptoms of altitude sickness (Cusco is at an elevation of 11,000 feet) yet. When we awoke, I had a whisper of a headache but I took a few ibuprofen and downed several bottles of water before we headed to the hotelContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Cusco Part Two-sco!”

Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Second Stop, Cusco!

We woke up early in order to meet Anna in the hotel lobby. She would escort us to our airport gate where we would fly from Lima to Cusco. Since it had become clear to Phil and I that our fancy trip was even more fancy than we’d thought it would be (read the prologueContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Second Stop, Cusco!”

Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: First Stop: Lima!

We began our adventure by flying from Raleigh to Miami and onto Lima (read my trip prologue here). We were sent our final itinerary by the Belmond representative weeks earlier, so we knew what we had planned and when. A driver was to meet us at the airport and take us to our first stop;ContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: First Stop: Lima!”

Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: A Prologue

Phil and I have been talking about going to Machu Picchu for at least 15 years. We never put a plan in motion to get there, it was always kind of a “we’ll do that one day and it will be cool but not right now” situation. It’s not that going to Peru is suchContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: A Prologue”

Prague Blog Part 3

After our 4+ hour tour the day before, we were all ready for a day that was a bit less structured. After having a light breakfast at the apartment and some clothes shopping on Wenceslas Square, a wide pedestrian street with many stores and restaurants (reminding me of Calle Corrida, the street we lived onContinueContinue reading “Prague Blog Part 3”

Prague Blog Part 2

Refreshed with 12 hours of sleep, we were ready to enjoy our first full day in Prague with our friends. After breakfast at the apartment with los dos Dianas we were off to meet up with our local tour guide. Phil and I have learned from our travels that we tend to enjoy group toursContinueContinue reading “Prague Blog Part 2”

Iceland and the Final Days of Our Grand Adventure, Part 2

Welp. Here we are. The end of this particular story. It has only taken me a little over six months to finish writing about it. Telling the last of the story means the story is over and damn, it was such a good story. There are many more stories to come, I have no doubt.ContinueContinue reading “Iceland and the Final Days of Our Grand Adventure, Part 2”

Iceland and the Final Days of Our Grand Adventure: Part 1

After a four hour flight from Munich, we arrived in Iceland. Iceland was the icing on the cake of our travels (see what I did there?) When discussing when and where we would fly home from, we discovered that flight prices dramatically drop from August to September and that if we took Icelandic Air, weContinueContinue reading “Iceland and the Final Days of Our Grand Adventure: Part 1”