I had no plans to travel alone. Traveling alone sounds tedious, lonesome, and possibly dangerous. Ever since Victor and I took our first road trip to California back in 2004, the thought of traveling alone never even crossed my mind. What I did want, and what I still want to this day, was […]
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Normandy: Not Just Another Day at the Beach
On the morning of the fourth day of our French trip, I was both apprehensive and excited. The main reason we came to Normandy was to tour the D-Day beaches. The history geek in me had been waiting for this day in great anticipation. Before the trip, I read what […]
Read MoreBaskets, Oysters, and Omeletes – A Day Wandering Through Normandy and Bretagne
We woke up in Bayeux and had a busy day ahead of us. The plan was to explore not only the sights in Normandy but also those in neighboring Bretagne. But first things first—breakfast at a Saturday market. Visiting a Saturday market is one of those truly not-to-be-missed French experiences. […]
Read MoreNormandy, France or How We Spent Nearly $4,000 in Four Days
In the summer of 2009, after I finished another year of law school, we traveled to France. I flew to Paris two days before Julia to get my “art museum” fix and managed to visit four museums in that time. But once in Paris, I immediately discovered that food prices […]
Read MoreThe Highway to Our Own Personal Hell (Wyoming)
Our road trip in 2004 had many memorable moments in California, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, but the one anecdote we always associate with this trip actually happened in the “drive-through” state of Wyoming, on a long stretch of a highway, deep at night. We were eight days deep into our […]
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