My Biggest Travel Fiasco (or, the time I spent New Year’s Eve alone in Romania)

Budapest, Hungary The clock reads 7:32 a.m. The man in the front seat is antsy, nervously playing with the manual lock system on the minivan.  "Where are these people? Don't…

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Hiking in Sevilla's Cerro del Hierro National Park, right next to Kike's pueblo

If January Marks the Start…My 2011 Travel Round-up

Let me tell you a little story about peer pressure. When I was 11, my parents informed me that the dog had taken the news well. She faintly wagged her…

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The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta, right on the border. I love the jovial depictions of life and death of over 800 people.

I like cemeteries.

I felt very unfestive this year at Halloween. In years past, we've celebrated pumpkin decorating parties, had enormous Halloween fetes, and thrown big celebrations at school. The Novio usually has…

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