Small observations, useful bits, questionable conclusions, and the things I wish someone had told me before I packed the wrong shoes.
These are the quick notes from the road: tips, tiny discoveries, favorite finds, odd details, and the occasional travel lesson learned the inconvenient way.
I know. I KNOW. I said we were going to the St. Louis Renaissance Faire, and then…radio silence. No photos. No updates. No adorable little “Look where Kim…
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Five years ago, the FHC Spotlight Players arrived at the St. Louis Renaissance Festival with original shows, handmade costumes, several carloads of props, and a crocheted spider named…
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In 2010, Tim and I went to Uganda with Wish International, the tiny nonprofit we helped run back when we apparently believed sleep, disposable income, and ordinary hobbies…
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There are dignified ways to spend your final day in Greece. You can take one last walk through the old city. Visit a museum you somehow missed. Sit…
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There is a point near the end of every really good trip when vacation stops being vacation and becomes The Long Goodbye. You know it’s coming. You start…
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Apparently We Hired Someone Who Knows Where We’re Going For today’s adventure, we once again turned to GetYourGuide, because Tim and I have demonstrated repeatedly that while we…
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Or: My Knees Have Filed a Formal Complaint We arrived in Agia Roumeli by ferry with everything an experienced international traveler needs to locate her hotel: a name.…
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I love trying local food when I travel. I firmly believe one of the best ways to understand a place is to eat what the people who live…
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Secluded Villages, Suspicious Amounts of Tourists & One Entirely Sensible Maritime Purchase Of course she does. If you know anything about me, you know my general philosophy toward…
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Mountain Villages, Roadside Herbs & an Educational Amount of Raki Honestly, they had me at lunch. Tim found our 7 Villages of Apokoronas tour through GetYourGuide, and I’m…
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