Hey there…it’s been a while, I know, inconsistent. Honestly, it is difficult to write about traveling when you aren’t traveling regularly….Good news! that is getting ready to change. When Phil and I settled in North Carolina after returning from Spain, we knew it wouldn’t be our forever home. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fineContinue reading “Here We Go Again”
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Tokyo: The Food!
Now, let’s get to my favorite part of our trip. You know I love food and trying new foods. It’s one of the wonderful things about travel. Sure, it’s tasty and pleasurable, but it’s also exciting to try new flavors and textures that aren’t the norm in your region of the globe. If you readContinue reading “Tokyo: The Food!”
Tokyo Part 2: The Highlights
Well, here we are. Two months after my first Tokyo post and four months after our trip. What can I say? Stupid work. It gets in the way of living our dang lives. But also it funds our trips, so WhatYaGonnaDo? Knowing myself, and not wanting to delay posting about this trip, this post isContinue reading “Tokyo Part 2: The Highlights”
Oh, Tokyo!
Japan is a country we have wanted to visit for a long while. It seemed like a destination we would need at least two weeks (stupid, limited U.S. vacation time), because of the distance and all of its places we wanted to explore! As such, Japan was not a trip Phil and I had talkedContinue reading “Oh, Tokyo!”
Up, up, up: Climbing Mt. Machu Picchu and our final days in Peru
This was going to be the day! We were excited and a little nervous too. We woke up around 8am to have breakfast at the hotel before we made the climb up Machu Picchu Mountain. We ate rather lightly, wanting energy for the climb, but not wanting to be too full. We met our guide,Continue reading “Up, up, up: Climbing Mt. Machu Picchu and our final days in Peru”
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 firstContinue 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 hotelContinue 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 prologueContinue 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;Continue 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 suchContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: A Prologue”
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