As we woke up on the morning of the fourth day of our French trip, I was both apprehensive and excited. One of the main reasons why we came to Normandy was to tour the D-Day beaches. My internal history geek was waiting for this day in great anticipation. Before […]
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Oysters, Omelettes, and Baskets – The Homage to Small Town France
Ah … France. One of those countries we visit time after time and can never get bored. On the third day of our Normandy trip, we woke up in Bayeux and headed straight to a Saturday market. Visiting a Saturday market is one of those truly not-to-be-missed French experiences. Walking […]
Read MoreNormandy, France or How We Spent Nearly $4,000 in Four Days
In the summer of 2009, after I finished my second year of law school, we decided to visit France. I flew to Paris two days before Julia to get my “art museum” fix and managed to visit four art museums in those two days. Upon arrival, I immediately discovered that […]
Read MoreA Traveler’s Dilemma: The Human Zoo
In December of 2013, while traveling through northern Thailand, we had the option of visiting indigenous hill tribe villages. As we walked the streets of Chiang Mai, nearly every tourist agency and hotel touted trips to nearby ethnic minority villages by displaying pictures of smiling women in colorful traditional dresses […]
Read MorePart II: Buenos Aires – Through the Eyes of Locals
Read “Part I: Buenos Aires – Travel Like a Local, Travel with a Local” Buenos Aires met us with blooming jacaranda trees, their beautiful violet flowers adorning trees and littering sidewalks and lawns. It was a warm spring morning, as is traditional in the southern hemisphere in November, as […]
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