Mon dieu… Nice, France. Quelle beauté! Our love of France deepens with each day we spend here. We arrived one week ago, planting ourselves for a one-month stay to experience the Cote d’Azur. Such an idyllic location stuns with its colors and invites us outside every day for long walks on the Promenade des Anglais. We’ve explored the antiques market,
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When we arrived in Doha for the World Cup last November, it was with few expectations of what the week would hold. I had intended to blog daily with updates about the matches, the city, the feeling of being back out in the world again, very far away. What I hadn’t expected was to be overwhelmed by the magnitude of
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We land in Doha on Sunday evening as the sun sets in a dusty orange glow. Transfer to the hotel complex is seamless, and Ansar (Sri Lanka) helps us navigate the Souq Waqif to our room at Al Jasra. Our first football match is the next morning at Al Janoub stadium, south of Doha. Cameroon and Serbia battle it out
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Surprise! Pack your bag and get yourself to the virtual jet. We’re off to the World Cup and more! It has been months… 11 long months… since I last posted. In the time that has passed, three people in my immediate family have had major surgery (myself included). I’ve chosen to disengage, step away from social media and truly give
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Merry Christmas! From Lake Tahoe, I wish you and yours a day of love, near or far, together or apart, present or in memory. It’s been months since my last post, which was the culmination of blogging every day for one year through the ups and downs of the pandemic. I stepped away after that last post on April 6th
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April 6th, 2021 The day has come. Today’s post is number 365! The magic carpet has landed for refueling. I never expected I would still be writing daily posts one year after the pandemic started. I began the journey expecting we’d all be traveling again by the end of summer… then the holidays… then spring… and here we are, with
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April 5th, 2021 Hold on! The magic carpet is blasting through virtual space, making one more stop in Indonesia for a quick island escape. I originally shared this post nearly six years ago in 2015. I’ve added a few new photos to pump it up. Hope you brought your flip-flops! See you tomorrow, Kelly P.S. The current rate at Telunas
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April 4th, 2021 To those who are celebrating, Happy Easter! Today I’m sharing a handful of photos of spirit houses. Primarily found in Asia, spirit houses come in many forms, large and small. Often shaped like a house and always placed in an auspicious location, a spirit house is a place to make offerings and appease the spirit of a
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