“Cut! Stop! There is a person on the set”. I raise my head and see actors in medieval dresses all around me, and someone from the production crew running toward me, waving his hands and desperately pointing to a sidewalk. “Oh, shit”. Walking in quiet contemplation and studying the cobblestone […]
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Acapulco. What a fantastic name for a city! The first time I heard of Acapulco was as a kid from a cheesy 1990s Russian pop song. And although I couldn’t place Acapulco on the map and didn’t even know that the city was in Mexico and not in some remote […]
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When Julia and I were planning our Brazil trip, we turned for advice to our friend Will. Will was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro and was a huge help in planning our trip. Upon learning that we were going to visit his homeland, Will offered to stay for […]
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As I repeatedly mentioned in previous posts, I love soccer and enjoy visiting soccer stadiums and games every chance I get on our trips. So, naturally, when we visited Brazil in December 2015, I was beyond excited about everything soccer-related in a country where my favorite sport is such a […]
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When we travel, we rarely have a “theme” in our trips. Usually, we just show up in a country or a region and explore everything it has to offer. However, in the summer of 2008, we drove through three southern U.S. states (Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana) exploring sites associated with […]
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