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Shiny Euros
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Cynthia @ The Dumon Chocolate Shop in Bruge 2005
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Cynthia e-mailed me this morning saying:
OK- I’ve suddenly been bitten by the travel bug. I can be talked out of it though. Go ahead and tell me why it wouldn’t be a great idea to fly to Brussels for Christmas!!!!!!
I couldn’t think of a single reason…
3 hours later we have our flight and hotel booked.
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Downtown Seattle
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One of my friends/co-workers who follows along here at baldheretic.com and read about the grand scheme suggested I take a look at Facebook for information on the upcoming trip. Turns out there are several groups dedicated to Valencia and Las Fallas.
Another resource! I have joined some groups and posted to the public forums.
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Previous trips have benefited from online resources like Tripadvisor to get insight into which hotels to reserve and sites like Expedia and Travelocity to secure plane tickets. We’ve even used city/state/country sponsored tourism sites to gather valuable information about our destinations.
This will be the first trip for us to use social networking as a means […]
Cynthia and I are going to Valencia, Spain next year for Las Fallas. As an experiment I am reaching out via Twitter and other social networking sites to see if I can make contact with technically and socially like-minded individuals in Valencia with the idea that I can glean more information about our destination from […]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to visit Asia. China, Japan, Korea…something. Cynthia has always wrinkled her nose and frowned at the idea so I wasn’t holding out much hope.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved the trips we have taken and I figured I’d be fine never going east.
Still, whenever […]
San Fernando Cathedral
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I’m starting to get the itch to travel overseas again. In thinking about where we might go I was pondering where we’ve been. One of the things I that I have really enjoyed in our past 3 trips has been seeing the art museums. This got me to thinking about what we’ve seen and what […]