Dear John Chow,
I think it’s great that you’re having this contest, and while I would personally love to go I probably can’t get the time off, but I’m entering your contest anyway, and if you choose my entry I’m giving it to Merlene Paynter of Frugalous.com.
Why Merlene? Because she’s an awesome person, I know [...]
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By the time this posts we’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic.
The French being such kind and wonderful people have planned a general strike of the Bus & Rail services for our arrival.
We are honoured that they would take this occasion to honor us with our first French Labor Strike. We greatly [...]
I booked the trip to Paris this morning. My sister Cathy and I depart on May 21st and return on June 1st giving us 10 days to explore the city in more depth than on the previous trips. We’ll be staying in the Montparnasse area right on the border of the 14th & 6th arrondissements.
It’s [...]
I can’t go somewhere and not end up writing about the food, and the trip to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo is no exception. I had some really great food on this trip.
I didn’t take a lot of pictures of food this time, I know, bad me, bad *spank* but I’ve got some. My favorite place of [...]
Is something I didn’t think I would do, fear of heights and all that, but my Mexican Escape was all about firsts and trying new things, that is not what got me up in the air… It was the 2 margaritas before noon (what? vacation = no rules) and the third one shortly after [...]
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Hola from warm and humid Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico.
Upon arriving in Mexico City where I had to change planes, I was … well let me back up…. As we were coming in for a landing I saw all these pretty colors everywhere!!! All the building were painted in bold, vibrant colors. Me Likey! [...]
So I haven’t really been talking or writing much about my trip to Mexico, it’s on, and I leave tomorrow. I’m getting very excited as there are a number of things that are ‘Firsts’ for me planned.
First, it’s my first trip to ‘real’ Mexico, as opposed to going to Tiajuana or Ensenada as a day [...]
So while at the Feast of San Gennaro we decided to stop off and have some Sangria and share an appetizer at a restaurant. The temporary dining space on the street was packed, inside the restaurant was a little better, but there was also a back patio. I requested the patio so we could [...]
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