Adventuriety
We arrived in Xi’an on our seventh day in China. Even if you have no interest in China you’ve probably heard of Xi’an. No? What about the Terra Cotta Warriors? I thought so. Even my kids knew about the Terra Cotta Warriors and listed them as a reason for visiting China. Obviously, Xi’an is very popular on the Chinese tourist circuit because of the Terra Cotta...
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Adventuriety
For me, being in China was like being on another planet, but a vaguely familiar planet. China is a very complicated place; a lot like an episode of Star Trek Voyager where past, present and future are all tangled together in some sort of Delta Quadrant wormhole. For those of you who are not Trekkies, suffice it to say that Beijing was our first taste...
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Adventuriety
I’m just going to start by saying that this blog drove me crazy and took forever to write and rewrite and rewrite. We chose Kyoto for five days because the overwhelming advice from both friends and guidebooks was to spend our time in Kyoto! There seems to be a consensus that Kyoto is the place to visit and when Japan is the topic, the questions range from, “Have...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Our last guided excursion was today and happily today was going to be the shortest amount of time in the car. We left the apartment around 8:00 am and headed north out of town. Our first stop was at Mitad del Mundo. We have been some places this year that are really interesting that I would not have ever thought I would see....
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Our second day in the Cusco area started early with a 7:30 am pickup for a full day of both archaeological sights as well as cultural stops and everything in between which is going to make for a long blog. Luis was our guide again and he was bound and determined to make up for our late start the day before. He told us, “I...
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Adventuriety
We stepped onto our fifth continent (counting North America) since beginning our journey in July late the night before, after two long days of travel; drive to Los Angeles the night before for an early morning flight, Los Angeles to Atlanta, a three hour layover and then a six hour flight to Lima, Peru. We spent the night at a hotel across the street from...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Oberammergau, Germany, has forever spoiled us in the cute little village department and we continuously seek its charm in small towns on our travels. We decided to spend four nights in Hokitika, a tiny beach enclave on the West Coast of New Zealand, and a name I cannot seem to spell, no matter how many times I type it and maybe that is because I cannot pronounce it correctly either....
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
None of us are die hard sports fans. Scott loves playing basketball, he played high school basketball and a year of college basketball and now he plays with the kids in the front yard. He likes watching sports on TV occasionally, he’s even been talking about eating potato chips and watching Monday Night Football when we get home. He usually knows what’s going on in...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Today was definitely a day for the books. It was like we fell down the rabbit hole early in the morning and didn’t emerge all day long until after a late dinner. We took a tour of Pompeii our first full day in Sorrento and our tour guide recommended the Path of the Gods or Sentiero degli Dei along the Amalfi Coast. Scott did a...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
We visited Pompeii today. I am learning a lot lately about all kinds of things, one of them being history, and the other is that sometimes a good tour guide makes all of the difference. When we planned our trip to Italy part of the draw was the historical smorgasbord. The kids are both studying World History, which I seemed to have missed in school,...
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