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📸 The Great Travel Camera Debate
Here is the situation I find myself in every single time we travel: I own a Nikon D800, a Leica Q3, a Sony RX-10, and an iPhone 17 Pro Max. That is, objectively, too many…
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📚 Destination Bookshelf: What I Read Before Our Trip to Japan, Seoul & Shanghai
Before we take a trip, I always try to do some reading that connects with our upcoming destination(s). I gravitate toward my favorite genre – historical fiction. For me, historical fiction helps make history more…
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🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇨🇳 Four is Death & Other Advice I’ve Received on Japan, South Korea, and China
I travel a lot, and I feel like I’ve accumulated enough passport stamps and stressful experiences to be reasonably competent at it. That said, in a few days, Ken and I are heading to Asia…
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📸 Photo Essays: Make-up Edition
A little bit of housekeeping this week: I realized I forgot to post my photo essays from our Danube River cruise trip. Well, that’s not completely true. I posted my Turkey, Hungary, and Croatia photo…
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PSA: Please Label Your Dead People
Why unlabeled family photographs are a genealogist’s nightmare – and what to do about it. I’m interrupting your regularly scheduled travel and drinks programming for a post from my other hobby: genealogy. And yes, I…
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Balkan Wine: The Jan Brady of the Wine World
If I’m thinking about wine, the Balkans isn’t the first region that comes to mind. Heck, it’s not even the 33rd. And yet – Balkan winemaking has roots stretching back more than 6,000 years. Older…
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Introducing: The Weekly Twist
If you’ve subscribed to my blog for any amount of time, you know I have things to say. A lot of things. Possibly too many things, depending on who you ask. Ken would probably say…
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🌍 River Cruise Wrap-up, Part II: The Challenges and Rewards of Traveling in Eastern Europe
Last year we traveled through nine Eastern European countries – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the spring, followed by Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania on our recent Danube River cruise. And the one…
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🚢 River Cruise Wrap-Up: The Pros and Cons of River Cruising
I learned a new acronym yesterday: BLUF. It stands for Bottom Line Up Front. I like it. So, BLUF: Would I go on another river cruise? No. Not unless I bring my own squad. Then,…
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🇺🇸 Some Good Trouble: A Quick Trip to Nashville
Made a quick trip to Nashville last week to meet our good friends – and get in good trouble. The first thing I put in my suitcase was my cowboy boots. I loooooove cowboy boots.…
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🇷🇴 Bucharest: A Herd Free Last Day
I booked an extra day in Bucharest, so we’ve broken free of the herd – on our own today! Switching Hotels We’re switching hotels this morning. Not sure when/if I’ll be in Bucharest again, and…
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🇷🇴 Disembarkation Day: Bucharest and the Ghosts of Ceaușescu
Good morning from Romania! Disembarkation day. Everyone off the ship, and onto the herd buses by 0745 for the 1-1/2 hour drive to Bucharest. Beautiful sunrise as we left the ship. The Herd Tour d’Jour…