“Grenada, the island in the Caribbean, not Spain,” was how I kept answering inquiries about our next trip. The whole thing reminded me a bit of the “Georgia, the country, not the state” fiasco from a few years ago. And still, hardly anyone knew what I was talking about. Somehow, […]
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All the way back in 2009, we spent one day in Scotland, and I have wanted to go back ever since. This was an impromptu trip to the U.K. brought about by a random airline price mistake – $250 for a nonstop roundtrip from Chicago to London in the spring. […]
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On our first day in Beijing, we woke up at 5 am in our hotel room, jet-lagged from the long flight and starving. I tried to fall back asleep and wake up at a more reasonable hour, but the growling from my stomach was too loud to ignore. “Do you […]
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I was surrounded by people on all sides, pressing and pushing against me, the momentum of the crowd carrying me forward whether I wanted to or not. I could see Victor’s head bobbing up and down ahead of me, and I tried to keep an eye on him but couldn’t […]
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When we are traveling and have questions that no guidebook or a quick Google search can answer, we always look for a local to chat with. In Latin America or Southeast Asia, it’s easy, just find a friendly vendor, chat up our Airbnb host, or find a friendly expat in […]
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