This request was utterly ridiculous in our minds after traveling for over 24 hours, so Ann tells him ok, we’re going. We then proceed to run up the stairs toward our friends apartment with all of our luggage, and try as hard as we can …

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Whether you are celebrating a forthcoming wedding, an anniversary, or just want to spend some time alone together, it can be difficult to decide where to go. Here are some of the top romantic getaways to make the decision a little …

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It’s also the first time that I bagged summits as a backpacker too. The Lakes are easy to reach by train from London with the outbound journey time of 3 hours 20 minutes making it better than going by car. However the homeward bound …

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We always travel by plane and automobile, but wanted to do something different this holiday, so we used the trains system to travel from city to city and country to country. While it had been over 20

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1. Yesterday I went to take my MP back into the Leica Service center in Ginza, this time with cruddy prints to show them just what was wrong. And they fixed it for free. NICE. While that was happening I went to Lemonsha down the street, …

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· Book ahead with budget airlines and hotel · From Schiphol (the main passenger airport), you should get the train, at the Schiphol Rail Link, headed into the city. · Upon arriving in the city, there are available taxis that could bring …

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I know a boy who left a party in Brooklyn, got on the train and rode it back and forth between the boroughs of New York all night, dozing fitfully until he finally woke to his Manhattan destination.

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Things to see and do in Florence, Italy [Firenze, Italia] The Duomo: massive Basilica in the center of the city, 6 euro to climb the tower – amazing view of the city from 4 or 5 different levels all the way to the roof, definitely worth …

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Walking under the train tracks you start to doubt the area but turn a corner into a tiny alley and you come face to face with something straight out of a movie. Elegant tendrils of ivy cover most of the old stone walls of this Ireland …

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We woke up at 7am or so. I should say actually that Josh woke up blake and I at 7am or so. Blake and I begged to stay asleep for a few minutes and then realized that we were going to miss seeing the run, and that’s something we wouldn’t …

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Three weeks ago we met up with some friends, Tony & Caroline, in Rome for a week of traveling . The plan was to spend a week in Italy and then they would come back to our flat in France for a week of relaxing at the beach. …

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One of the most passionate, vibrant and colourful annual ferias is held in Malaga for nine days every August, and takes place this year between the 16th and 24th August. This fabulous Andalucian feria was originally held to celebrate …

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It would be advisable to travel during the off-peak season. Airfare and hotel rates are significantly lower during spring and fall, and winter most especially. The best part about traveling off-peak is that you won’t have to deal with …

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… and enthusiastic individual to be the Guide to the Business Travel site on About.com! What sort of information do we want the new Guide to provide? Well, we’re… Source:Think You Have What It Takes to Be the Business Travel Guide ?

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The dancers were incredibly beautiful and graceful. Are you going to Kauai soon? If so, Pepe is kindly offering Traveling Mamas readers a 10% discount - just tell them you read about the train ride on Traveling Mamas. Thanks, Pepe!

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Trains have a magic all their own, especially foreign ones! Here in Andalucía we are in a rail enthusiast’s heaven, from the old trains running on their original wide gauge rail tracks to the ‘up to the minute’ streamlined new AVE …

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Left for the backpacking trip early on Saturday morning. Did a short hike to a pond for lunch and then packed up all of our gear for 2 miles up the Signal Trail to Mt Carrigain. We stopped to scout for a place to set up our tents (they …

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Backpacking on Carrigain Mtn

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Being on vacation is nice, if you have some entertainment. Today was my 4th day of vacation and to be honest, I already miss work. I am not used to do nothing all day, have no agenda and just live for the moment. …

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I am a female in my mid 30’s traveling solo to Peru in July and August and wanted to see if anyone was interested in spending 2 days at Refugio Amazonas and 2 days at Tambopata Research Center in the Amazon. I am concerned about hiking …

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Reaching speeds near 300 kilometers an hour (slightly slower than a Formula 1 car) and a rail network that spans 2459 kilometers, Japan’s Shinkansen is the world’s leading high-speed inter-city train service. Japan’s “bullet train,” is …

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Travel Tip: One of the ways we counteracted the high fuel prices was bringing along an ice chest filled with water, juice boxes, snacks (a big bag of trail mix, cut carrots, apples, etc.) and supplies for lunch. …

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I usually just wait until the end of the day to blog, but I have a 4 hour train ride to Vienna today and I chugged 2 cups of coffee before I left, so I thought I would spend a few minutes doing some mid-day writing. …

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As promised earlier, we did have a celebrity sighting during our trip to Europe. Now this particular celebrity may not be known to many other people besides “Rick-nicks,” Rick Steves is the authority on European travel, with multiple …

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