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We started our second day in Rome pretty early despite having snoozed our alarms on both of our phones several times. We were all excited and ready for an early visit to the Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel, which I noted from…
The Amalfi coast has been a dream destination of mine since we made a list of possible things to do on our honeymoon a few years ago. To get there, we needed to fly either to Rome or Naples, and…
After our stop for lunch and coffee, we were pumped to head out again and see more of Seoul. Before that, we had to stop and pick up a Japanese couple who joined our tour for the afternoon. Then we…
On our second and last day in Seoul we spent most of our day on a cultural tour of some of the spots that are in UNESCO’s World Heritage list. But not before we woke up bright and early to…
We got to Seoul early in the morning and took a cab to the JW Marriott, where we were staying for free thanks to my year of staying in Marriott hotels as a consultant. The hotel was in an area…
After our second, short Jeju Olle trail hike, we headed over to the Spirited Garden, which is a big bonsai garden, and one of the most popular attractions on Jeju. This was also where we had lunch. Spirited Garden The…
After a crazy day running around Jeju, we were looking forward to the leisurely bus tour we were going to be on on our third day. It ended up NOT being leisurely at all, and there was a lot…
After seeing Loveland, we decided to hit Dongmun market, a traditional market near our hotel that the concierge had suggested to us earlier. We took a cab there since it really wasn’t worth it to figure out public transportation because…
I had half-jokingly mentioned Loveland, which is a park/museum of erotic art when we were first starting to plan our visit to Jeju, and at first Mike wasn’t interested so I had shelved that idea pretty early on. But as…
I usually make 1 post per day as a rule, but this vacation was such an active one I’m forced to separate my entries per activity. Except for that first day in Jeju where we fell asleep for 5 hours…
Guest Photographer: Mshel Reyna (Mesa restaurant photos from our previous trip) Our vacation did not start out well. Our flight coming from New York was delayed so we had to rush through Hong Kong to get to our next flight,…
Guest photographers: Mshel Reyna and Lia Maliwat Shangri-la Boracay Our third day in Boracay was half-spent saying goodbye to Shangri-la, since we were moving to a hotel on the main beach that afternoon. It started with a very nice buffet…
