A couple years ago, we traveled with friends to California wine country with visits to Napa, Sonoma, and Healdsburg. Recently, we traveled with the same group to the Willamette Valley, Oregon wine country! Our home base was Dundee, Oregon and we spent two days visiting nearby wineries. Here’s a look…Continue reading Two Days in Oregon Wine Country
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We Won the Paris 2024 Olympics Ticket Lottery! (Well, Sort Of…)
Back in January, we shared our post on how to enter the lottery for Paris 2024 Olympics tickets. This was our second attempt, as we were unsuccessful at our first attempt at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. As you can imagine, we were pretty excited when we received the below email…Continue reading We Won the Paris 2024 Olympics Ticket Lottery! (Well, Sort Of…)
One Day in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
If you’re heading to Hawaii’s Big Island, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the one thing you absolutely cannot miss. If you love national parks as much as we do, you’re certain to be impressed by the diversity of landscape: from dry, dark lava fields to lush, green rainforest. Here’s our…Continue reading One Day in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
How to Get Olympics Tickets… Take 2!
A few years ago we shared our (unsuccessful) experience attempting to get Olympics tickets for Tokyo. In hindsight, with COVID, we would not have been able to attend anyway but we were so disappointed to lose the lottery because Japan and the Olympics are both on our ultimate travel bucket…Continue reading How to Get Olympics Tickets… Take 2!
Best Things to Do in Split, Croatia
Our weeklong Croatian trip with Sail Croatia ended in the waterfront city of Split. We spent our last day of the sailing trip in Split and then WC and I stayed two extra nights in an apartment rental. Below are our suggestions of the best things to do in Split…Continue reading Best Things to Do in Split, Croatia
