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Catamarans and Street Food

Today was a busy day…starting at 3:30am. Gotta love this internal clock that runs on Eastern Time. At least I had plenty of time to get to the beach for sunrise! It was serene, and no one else was out. I enjoyed taking a few photos and practicing with the camera. One bird was myContinue reading “Catamarans and Street Food”

It’s Been a While!

It’s been a while since my last post – over 2 years! We haven’t traveled much in the COVID era, and this is our first international trip since India. I’m out of practice in a lot of things travel, not the least editing this blog! Time to knock the rust off an continue my travelContinue reading “It’s Been a While!”

Houlgate, a Normandy beach town

Ben and I visited France in June of 2019. Our main reason for choosing France for our next adventure was the Women’s World Cup. We were hoping to also catch the French Open, but that was late May to early June. If only we were retired already… We left a lot of our trip planningContinue reading “Houlgate, a Normandy beach town”

Hofn, Iceland

Now that I’ve figured out how to blog for my travel journal, I thought it’d be nice to start collecting memories from past trips. I can say goodbye to the paper journal! Ben and I visited Iceland in June of 2018. It was a wonderful trip and the first where we didn’t have the entireContinue reading “Hofn, Iceland”

MO Solo

It’s Thursday; Ben has his conference today and tomorrow. I decided to venture out by myself. The air quality is worse than it’s been, see below. I did take a face mask but didn’t end up using it much. I wore it in the morning some, but it cleared up by the time I startedContinue reading “MO Solo”

Spa Day

We returned to Delhi Tuesday night and took the day off from sightseeing Wednesday. We hung around the hotel and Ben worked on his presentation. I worked out in the morning, the hotel’s gym is in the spa. It’s the first time I’ve taken clothes to change into at a hotel gym, I had toContinue reading “Spa Day”

Taj Mahal

We got up early Tuesday morning to see the Taj at sunrise. It’s also less busy then. With the ticket, you get a pair of shoe covers and a water. I hate that I’ve had to use so many plastic bottles this trip, but we’ve not seen many refill stations, none in hotels. With aContinue reading “Taj Mahal”

Heading home

Well, it was a great run, but Cody calls us. We had a 4am flight Saturday morning. With a 2 hour drive to the airport, we decided to stay up Friday night. For any that know Ben and me, that was extremely difficult! =) By the time we sat down in the airplane, I couldContinue reading “Heading home”

Day with the girls

Friday I spent some time with the other wives that came to India–Ellen, Eileen and Vivian. We saw Lodhi Gardens, the Gandhi museum, ate at a wonderful restaurant, and saw the Qutb Minar. We started at the gardens; it’s definitely a place schools bring classes, we saw plenty! This is a mosque used during theContinue reading “Day with the girls”

We saw elephants!

Elephants We visited an elephant sanctuary in Mathura which is about 30 minutes outside Agra. It is run by Wildlife SOS, an Indian non-profit. The organization has multiple missions. Here, they rescue elephants that are abused for human or entertainment uses, mainly in the circus or as riding or Temple elephants. Elephants are a sacredContinue reading “We saw elephants!”