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Under the Pyramid
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In The Pipeline: Paris Planning Round Up

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A Story about the Louvre Museum

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london, thames river cruise, cousins take europe
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Snapshots of London with Kids

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Snapshots of Engelberg, Switzerland, Europe
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A Story about the Man in Seat 68

A Story about the Man in Seat 68 If Kings Cross is the heaven of train stations, clean even when it is not serving as the setting for Harry Potter’s interlude between death and life, then Gare de Lyon is hell. Deceptively gorgeous from the outside, the inside is filthy and chaotic, more keenly felt …

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A Story about Westminster Abbey

A Story about Westminster Abbey She stood at the end of a row of empty seats, searching the arriving crowd with anticipation. She would wave when she saw them, familiar faces in the crowd of mostly tourists come to hear the Eucharist sung in one of the most glorious, most celebrated cathedrals in the world. …

Montmartre, Sacre Coeur, Paris, Go with Oh Apartment
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A Walk in Montmartre {Paris} (21/48)

When Mary Polly and I were in Paris in June, we rode bikes from our apartment in Marais to Montmartre early in the morning, so we could spend our last morning in Paris walking the hill that overlooks the city. Sitting on the steps of Le Sacre-Coeur was on Mary Polly’s Paris Wish List, so …

From the London Eye, England, Ten Days in the UK
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Snapshots of London

I am back in London this week so I thought it would be fun to share just a few of my favorite photos from my last trip to London with Mary Polly. Our big splurge was riding The London Eye (super pricey at 20 pounds per person), but we got some very fun shots from …

Snapshots of Paris, Go with Oh Apartment, #IGTravelThursday
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Snapshots of Paris

So, Mary Polly and I went to Paris for two days and nights with our dear friends, Sarabeth and Elizabeth. They were stopping over on their way to Kenya, so we jumped at the chance to stopover with them. To Paris! Because Paris is always a good idea. We were positively giddy to be in …

Snapshots of Durham, England, Durham Cathedral, Romanesque Architecture
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Snapshots of Durham, England

Snapshots of Durham, England for Instagram Travel Thursday Whenever someone mentions Durham in a room full of people in the UK, at least one person makes a reverent oohing sound. Ahh, Durham. Yes, you must see Durham. So when we heard that Taido was slated to speak at a conference at Durham University, the rest …

Snapshots of London, Bicycles in London
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Snapshots of London

A few weeks ago I arrived in rainy London on a rainy Friday in order to attend a dinner for a blogging project I am very excited about. (More to come on this.) After a cup of tea with Tina at a darling farm store near the airport, I took the train to Victoria and …

Greek Theater, Taormina, Snapshots of Sicily, Italy
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Snapshots of Sicily

Last week for Instagram Travel Thursday I shared Snapshots of Venice, which was the second to last city Mary Polly and I visited on our Mediterranean Cruise. Today I’m sharing… Snapshots of Sicily It was over a year ago that we visited our final port of call, the island of Sicily. Until this week, I …

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Vaporetto #1 in Venice, Italy

I am sharing photos of Venice for Instagram Travel Thursday this week! All of these images were taken from the front seat of Vaporetto #1, which is a water bus that runs along The Grand Canal. I’m not sure any place gets the kind of reaction that Venice does on Instagram. Instantly recognizable, the floating …

Glencoe, Scotland, Ten Days in the UK by Car
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Loch Ness Hunter

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Christmas Market, Princes Street, Snapshots of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Snapshots Of Edinburgh

Snapshots of Edinburgh, Scotland For Instagram Travel Thursday this week, I am sharing images of Edinburgh. Mary Polly and I went to Scotland’s capital city a couple of weekends ago to go on a Haggis Tour to Loch Ness for a day. We stayed right off the Royal Mile with Smart City Hostels and spent …

Chapel of St. Lesmo, Glen Tanar, Scotland
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Chapel of St. Lesmo

Whenever I come across an old chapel on one of our walks in the country, I want to stop for a while. Sometimes I lag behind my family while I circle a church, and if I really want to get behind, I walk all the way inside. The Chapel of St. Lesmo is usually closed …

London Eye
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Snapshots of London

Going to London for just a few days is like choosing to have only a piece of pie at Thanksgiving Dinner. On one hand, it feels ridiculous to have such a small sampling of a massive table of culinary delights. But on the other hand, if you can only have a taste, you might as …

Scottish Coastal Trail, Scotalnd Lighthouse, Day Trips In Aberdeenshire, Chinos In Scotland
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Scottish Coastal Trail + Lighthouses

On one of our recent school holidays, we drove a bit of the Scottish Coastal Trail, a historical  Heading north from Aberdeen, we thought we could make a few unplanned stops, end up somewhere fun for lunch and then slowly make our way back home in time for a late dinner. We stopped first when …

Hiking In Scotland With Kids, Bennachie in October, Back O Bennachie
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Hiking In Scotland: Bennachie

We’ve made a couple of trips now to hike in an area called Bennachie that is only about a 30 minute drive from Aberdeen. The countryside around our city is referred to as Aberdeenshire, so we are quite fond of saying, Let’s head out to the shire today! or Come on y’all, we’re going to …

Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Cumbria, Buttermere YHA
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Besotted With Buttermere

A Family Hostel Stay At The Buttermere YHA It’s always a bit of a puzzle to figure out accommodation for a family of six. If we stay in a hotel, we need two rooms, since our kids are growing like weeds and cannot be bundled together as easily anymore. Getting two hotel rooms for several …