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48 Hours in San Francisco

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When we left Monterey, we first made a stop at M's uncle's house. We hadn't met them in several years and spent the day with them. It was a great time catching up and boy does his aunt know how to cook. Yum! The next morning we were off to San Francisco. We were issued many warnings about the current state of San Francisco. The homelessness is on an all time high as is the opioid epidemic. We were told to be very careful. Car theft and break ins were also a concern so don't leave anything in your car, we were told numerous times. We had seen a lot of homelessness in San Diego as well.. and while it is awful being close to New York it was not something we had not seen before. But we made sure to take precautions.  We stayed at the Hyatt in the Union Square area. Which was the perfect location because it was within walking or trolley distance of everything we wanted to do on our first day. No car needed.  First stop Chinatown. San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest i

One Day in Lucerne, Switzerland

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Hello! Hope you are all having a nice summer and my fellow Americans' are enjoying a lovely 4th of July weekend.   As most of you know we were on vacation.. those who follow me on Instagram  know that we were in Switzerland. We had a wonderful time.. so absolutely beautiful.  We left on a Friday evening, I am a big fan of taking red eye flights. We try to get as much rest as we can on the plane, keep the first day light and make an early night out of it. It, to me, is better than wasting a day on travelling.  So we landed in Zurich bright and early Saturday morning. From the airport we walked to the train station next door, bought our Swiss Travel Passes and headed to Lucerne.  First a word about the Swiss Travel Pass . It's not for everyone but if you are doing a lot of travelling within the country then it might be just the thing for you. Before we left I calculated approximately how many trains, buses and cable cars we would have to take throughout the trip vs the cost and d

Travitude

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I've got a big case of travitude, so we are going to rectify that! Follow me on Instagram  to see where we are and what we're up to.               Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle             Society6     

A Day Spent in Athens

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We took an early morning flight out of Santorini and found ourselves back in Athens in our earlier hotel, Estia Boutique Apartments. It was not yet time for check in so we dropped off our things and headed off in search for breakfast.   We ate at Picky Cafe in the Psyri area. We had about a day and a half in Athens and not much of an itinerary, our to do list had the Acropolis on it and then our plan was just to wander around and explore the neighborhoods of Psyri, Monastiraki and Plaka and Ermou street. The Little Kook was an over the top Alice and Wonderland themed restaurant.  Because we had such an early start we were feeling a little tired.. so we stopped for some lunch at Cadillac Burgers. Their fries were ridiculously good.  Athens too was excruciatingly hot so we decided to take an afternoon break and headed back to our  hotel to check in and cool off. In the late afternoon we headed out again.. straight towards the Acropolis. The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel locat