Across Rome from where we are staying, is the small country of Vatican City. Two months ago I set a timer and frantically clicked through their official webpage in order to buy tickets to tour the Vatican museum and Sistine chapel. No tickets are issued for St. Peter’s Basilica, so we decided to head over […]
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As the third phase of our trip, for the past week the family has been staying in Barcelona, Spain, with friends of ours, the Casarez family. The first full day we were here, we went on a Spanish civil war themed tour of the city. Our guide knew lots about the war, and had many
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We loved our week in Barcelona. We found an AirBnb about 30 minutes outside the city for an amazing price and booked it with the knowledge that we would enjoy a train ride into the city center for the days we went in. Our town, Montmelo, is where the Formula One track is located. We
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We are moving on to Italy from Barcelona. Rather than shove ourselves and our gear onto a cramped plane, we decided to stretch our time and our legs by taking a 21 hour ferry across the Mediterranean. Our ferry is not quite what I am accustomed to courtesy of the WA State ferry system. This
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We had a wonderful week in Nice with all of the family. We spent hours exploring the market, playing at the park, eating socca and drinking fresh fruit juices. We took a walking tour of the city and learned some of the history along with a greater understanding about their close ties with Italian culture.
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We are spending a week in Nice, France. Beyond soaking up the sun after a few weeks of rain in Britain, we are here for the opera. Kathryn Lewek has the titular role in Lakmé at Opéra de Nice and we didn’t want to miss her performance. To the world she is a headline making
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Adam Smith, often called the father of capitalism, is probably best known for for his book, The Wealth of Nations. However, The Wealth of Nations was not his first work. His first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments in many ways laid the ground work for his later, more famous publication. We were recently in
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We recently rented a narrowboat to travel England and Wales via the canals. We traversed the canals for two weeks and I have some fun stories to tell about our time. For those who don’t know how the locks work, here is a short summary: We open the paddles (the things that let the water
As many of you know we are in the UK for a few weeks, and are currently in Scotland. To be more specific we are in the city of Glasgow, the second largest city in Scotland, after the capital, Edinburgh. We were in Glasgow for only a couple of days, but we did a bunch
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We recently went to the WB studio’s Harry Potter exhibit where they filmed and prepared all 8 movies. On the bus ride there (the bus was a double decker bus!) we watched thrilling scenes from the movies and some upcoming movie trailers on the in-bus television as well as hearing about WB studios!!! When we
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