I am in between travels right now, so I thought I would start a new feature looking back on past trips and sharing my favorite things about some of the cities or regions I have visited over the years. First up is Rome – one of my favorite large cities and probably one of the […]
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I love animals, so when I travel, I naturally gravitate toward snapping pictures of the furry creatures I encounter along the way. Here are a few of my favorites:
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This is Part 2 in a two-part series on combining travel with genealogy – specifically Norwegian genealogy. Check out Part 1, Finding My Roots in Norway. Combining a love of travel with a curiosity about your family tree can be incredibly rewarding. It can also be incredibly frustrating, a journey that may be full of
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This is Part 1 of a two-part series about combining travel with genealogy. Check out Part 2, A Beginner’s Guide to Tracing Your Roots Overseas. When I was sixteen years old, my dad, stepmom, brother and I drove nearly seven hours from Shoreview, Minnesota to Bismarck, North Dakota for a family reunion. I remember two
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I sent my beloved passport off last week, stuffing it into a nice bubble envelope together with my passport renewal application and a check for $110. Not only was it set to expire this June (which technically already bars me from traveling to some countries that require you to have a passport good for more
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What scares you? What makes you feel sick to your stomach? Break into a sweat? Stumble over your words? Shake in your boots? We all have fears. Even the most outwardly confident, secure, calm, cool and collected person has something that brings out a feeling of dread in them. Most of the things that scare
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As we finished a late dinner at a cave-like restaurant in the center of Lisbon, we asked the owner to recommend a bar for a night cap. Even though we were exhausted from an early morning flight and a full day of sightseeing, it was Saturday night. We had to check out the local night
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“The stuff on the news is nothing, Egypt the way we know it is over…it is a full scale revolution and the people will wake up to a different country tomorrow…if they ever go to sleep.” I read this statement on Facebook a few days ago, on the second day of protests in Cairo and
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I am a huge tennis fan. HUGE. I wrote a poem in the 9th grade about my dream of seeing Andre Agassi play at Wimbledon. And I’m happy to report that I did manage to see Agassi play before he retired. And I did make it to Wimbledon. Just not at the same time. My
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As a teenager growing up in Minnesota, we got hit with a 3-day blizzard, known to this day as the Halloween Blizzard of ’91. Rather than hole up inside, a friend and I bundled up in our bulky snow pants, scarves and ski goggles and trudged for blocks through a couple feet of snow. Just
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