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Continue reading →: The Mysteries of Loch NessBy Melissa There is a 50-minute boat tour of Loch Ness out of the cute little town of Fort Augustus. We were already heading there to walk around so decided to take the tour as a kind of “why not, we’re here” thing. It was super good. It was beautiful,…
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Continue reading →: The Edinburgh Military Tattoo“We’re going to the Military Tattoo”, she said. Like duh. Of course. “What the heck is a military tattoo?”, I either thought or said (or both). Fortunately, we have Google. What did we do before Google? Oh that’s right, we went and got the Encyclopedia Brittanica or got in the…
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Continue reading →: In Bed in BathWe landed in Bath on a Saturday evening. For once, I had nearly no activities planned. I tried to get tickets to visit the Roman Baths too late and could only land some on Monday, the day of our departure. We had dinner reservations at an Italian restaurant for Saturday…
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Continue reading →: The Beautiful ShowThis weekend, we wrapped up watching Ted Lasso. If you haven’t watched. Stop what you’re doing right now and watch, all three seasons, as there are spoilers in this post. I’ll admit, we came to the Lasso game late. There was so much to watch on Netflix and Amazon Prime…
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Continue reading →: The Less Travelled RoadI remember, vividly, touching down in Switzerland on our way back from Greece in 2015 and thinking, “ok, yeah I could keep going. I could get out of the plane and check out Switzerland for a while”. This dream of traveling the world was one that Melissa shared more with…
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Continue reading →: Karma and a Car KeyI’ll be right up front about this; I believe in karma. I believe that bad or mean people eventually (often at a frustratingly slow pace) get their comeuppance and good people, while sometimes following prey to bad people, circumstance or things, on balance, reap the rewards of being kind. Of…
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Continue reading →: The Luck of the AirtagWe recently returned to Europe. Last year, when we returned, we shipped some things back. We left (what we thought was) plenty of time to receive them before we departed for France and Italy. We were wrong. The package arrived at customs about three weeks or so before we were…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Cities“Be safe”, “Don’t walk around at night”, “Burlington’s changed”. These are things I heard from good friends when I booked our Airbnb near downtown Burlington for a week. Sweet little Burlington? Sure, it’s a city and you have to be careful in any city, but Burlington? When we arrived, it…
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Continue reading →: Honoring those who ServeOn this Memorial Day weekend, we want to take a moment to thank, honor and remember those who serve and those who have served: the active duty and veterans of our armed forces who sacrifice for our freedoms. We are also remembering Melissa’s dad who fought in World War II,…
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