Category: Trip Journal
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Trip Journal: First Day in Chile, Part 2
As I mentioned in Part 1 of our first day in Chile, our trip started out with a few bumps and bruises and some carsickness. But things most definitely got better. Our re-discovery of Hotel Oceanic brought a huge smile to my face. And soon, that smile grew even bigger. While the kids and I…
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Trip Journal: First Day in Chile, Part 1
Travel doesn’t always go the way you hope. There are bumps and bruises and other things along the way— but there are also many unexpected gifts to be found if you let yourself take the adventure. Our first day in Chile held all of those. After arrival and the lines of immigration and customs, my…
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Trip Journal: The Chile and Argentina Adventure Begins
This adventure actually began a few days ago. Here’s a look into the start. The photo is the view from my seat prior to landing in Santiago, Chile. We are now making our final descent into Santiago, Chile. Yesterday as I walked through the airport toward our gate, I chatted with my 13 year…
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Trip Journal: Finger Lakes- JELL-O & more from Buffalo to Watkins Glen
Yesterday we drove from Buffalo to Watkins Glen to begin our vacation in the Finger Lakes region of New York. What was supposed to be a straight drive of about 2 and a half hours changed a bit when we saw a billboard along the highway. It advertised a JELL-O museum in LeRoy, the birthplace…
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Trip Journal: New York’s Finger Lakes Travel Day
It is early in the morning and I’m in the hotel bathroom with the light on, trying not to stir anyone. We got in after midnight, so everyone should be pretty tired and sleep for a bit, but you just never know. For now, though, the kids are asleep. My husband has gone to get…
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Trip Journal: Snow Skiing in Dubai
Today we went skiing in the desert. Well, sort of. Actually, we went skiing in the mall. We arrived at the Mall of the Emirates near the Hotel Kempinski and walked through a hotel cafe on the the way to Ski Dubai. We caught a glimpse of the slope from the restaurant: Even though I…
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Trip Journal: Our Second Full Day in Dubai
Last night I stayed up with our hostess drinking champagne, eating cookies, watching Modern Family and chatting until 2:30 when our oldest woke up and had trouble getting back to sleep. We made him toast with Nutella and then decided to call it a night. This morning I was expecting to pay the price of…
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Trip Journal: Our First full day in Dubai
Arriving in Dubai was simple and amazingly hassle-free. The airport was spacious and going through passport control, collecting our luggage and getting on our way was amazingly simple. I expected to see people covered in abayas (women) and dishdashas (men) everywhere, but there were many more people dressed as we were. R, our friend for…
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Trip Journal: Dubai- The plane facts
I’ve already shared a bit about why we are going to Dubai and what the week was like getting ready. In case you are interested, I thought I’d share a bit about our flight. (I’ve got lots of free time to write and have already watched two movies, so why not?!) We got to the…
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Trip Journal: Traveling to Dubai
I am flying to Dubai. Can you believe that? I can barely believe it myself! I am on an airplane over Spain, my daughter (in her Hello Kitty slippers) and son wiggling and mostly asleep on one side of me, an aisle, my husband, other son and mother-in-law asleep on the other side of me.…
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Trip Journal: Getting ready for Dubai
** This post was written before our trip to Dubai. We have since returned home and are currently battling jet lag.** What a week it has been! This Friday we leave for Dubai and so much has jumped out at me this week. Fortunately, though, each mini crisis has been pretty easily resolved, or else…