Travel

Tasmania 3.0

I met up with DH2 after his backpacking trip to find him hobbled from knee pain. We drove to the top of Mt Wellington instead of hiking it this year. Maria Island Maria is pronounced Mariah. We picked up our Tassie GF and drove through beautiful land to arrive at the ferry where we traveled

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Melbourne 2024 January

We arrived and checked into our favorite apartment complex. The accommodation was only on the 9th floor and the nearby buildings blocked out a proper sunset. We were still thrilled to be in the CBD with the world of flavors at our fingertips. Sadly, basement sushi was closed 🙁 but we found some new favorite

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Machu Picchu – Peru

Upon arriving from Ecuador, son disclosed that he had a sore throat so I had to get a new room. Booo. Thankfully, we had a tour for our time in Peru. An engaging and knowledgeable guide picked us up at the hotel and took us on a city tour which included some of the Inca

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Quito

December 21-25, 2023 After the Galapagos, we traveled to Quito where Son joined us for an adventure so we could all acclimatize to the altitude. We started our tour with a visit to Basílica del Voto Nacional, the largest neo-Gothic Catholic basilica in the Americas. The structure was beautiful and the views were stunning. On

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Galapagos

December 13-20, 2023 My “roman empire” is evolution. This is a topic that my mind thinks deeply about when I can’t sleep and when I am visiting a museum. As Darwin traveled on “The Beagle”, he began looking at his surroundings with a critical eye and began to question how and why life was the

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