We planned our trip to St. Pete’s Beach in Florida a solid six months in advance. Five different women in four cities across three states – there was PTO to request, children’s schedules to coordinate, births to plan around – in short, it took a lot for me and four of my best friends from…
Tag: Vacation
Vietnam – Rock the CatBa (Island)
After our cruise, we spent several days on Catba Island. CatBa, like Hanoi, is very family friendly. There are TONS of families everywhere, many of whom are wearing matching top and bottom sets, usually featuring a fruit, USUALLY bananas. I can not adequately describe the joy I had witnessing full grown men and women wearing…
St. Augustine: Holy Seafood!
You know what’s great? Having a giggling, smiling, babbling six month old baby. You know what’s even better? Leaving that baby with your parents and going to Florida for a three-day weekend! For the President’s Day holiday, we hopped a flight to Orlando and made our way up the East Coast two hours to St….
Santorini – a Moussaka-filled Heaven on Earth
After Italy, my SIL and I parted ways and I met my man friend in Rome and hopped a late night flight to Santorini. This was my second time to the island – eight years earlier I had gone with college roommate and her boyfriend after college (international third wheel!) It was by far the best…
Greek Islands: Sunsets and Souvlaki
The second half of our Santorini trip was spent in Kamari beach. Our days were spent scooting around the island, lounging at the pool and hiking up to the old ruins. One night we walked along the beach, looking for dinner. Right off the main drag was abeautiful little restaurant that served cold beers, hot…
Walking the Cinque Terre
Once we had spent a few days in Rome, hopping a train to Cinque Terre was next on our Italian To Do list. After a brief struggle of trying to figure out the train table, we made it aboard and rode through the Italian countryside, the farms passing by our windows like a Renaissance museum in fast forward, eventually…
The Vagabond Stomach 