Dear Alaska, What a beautiful state you are! I had the pleasure of joining another National Geographic/Lindblad trip with my mom’s side of the family. Thank you, Dan and Ronnie (Grandpa and Grandma), for inviting me on this incredible journey. We were fortunate with the weather throughout the eight-day trip—with only one rainy day and…
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Trip of a Lifetime The Galapagos. An archipelago located off the coast of Ecuador that is situated on the equator. I was lucky enough to be invited by my grandparents to join them and my extended family on this National Geographic/Lindblad expedition. Thank you Ronnie and Dan (grandma and grandpa) for inviting me on one…
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Masks were worn and social distancing was done when possible. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to post this blog post. Some may say we were smart, stupid, or reckless traveling during the pandemic. By traveling we were putting ourselves and others at risk of catching COVID-19. In January 2020, we decided we wanted to…
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I am not one to usually go for guided tours, but we felt like we’d get more out of the trip with a knowledgeable guide. We booked a 10-day tour (8 full days with 2 travel days) through Guide to Iceland. You can also book optional activities to do (for additional costs) throughout the 8…
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In December, I decided that I wanted to travel somewhere for my last spring break. I looked up where the cheapest flight would take me that was outside the country, and that place was Ireland. I invited my mom to come with me, making it our first mother-daughter trip outside the country. We had decided…
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I’m back again. I had the opportunity to go to Yellowstone National Park on an all-expenses-paid day trip. My roommate Katie works for a company called Delaware North, which owns lots of different companies around the country, and one of them is Yellowstone Vacations. Katie and I had planned on going to Yellowstone on January 15th,…
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DAY 1 We arrived in Amsterdam in the early afternoon. Our Airbnb host picked us up from the airport and drove us to his Airbnb. It was a little outside of the city center, but there were many tram and bus stops near it. Once we got settled in, we went to this Turkish restaurant.…
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DAY 1 We arrived in Prague in the early afternoon and caught a taxi to our Airbnb. We then decided to go to lunch at Café Louvre, which was quite delicious. Afterwards, we ventured to Old Town and Charles Bridge and up towards Prague Castle. We stopped in at this Christmas store where I got…
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(Warning: Lots of pictures of temples, donkey’s, food, and amazing views!) FLORENCE I can’t believe this semester is already over. It went by extremely fast. My last night with my roommates we went out to Yellowbar for the last time. We then tried Eby’s, which is this cute little place with a guy that looks…
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SATURDAY Leigh and I had to catch our bus that was leaving at 5:45am to Lake Como. We traveled to the west side of the lake and took a ferry to the Bellagio, a little town on the peninsula that looked out at the intersection of all three lakes. It was incredibly beautiful, unfortunately, it…
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