After experiencing the windy city, Matt and I decided we had enough time to head back down south to visit the beautiful states of Kentucky and Tennessee. I had been to Kentucky before for the Derby, and I really wanted to show Matt Churchill Downs and some more of horse country (aka HEAVEN for me!) We drove only about 4 hours to Louisville and had no idea what we were going to do once we got there. It was a Saturday night so we knew something had to be going on. Matt was on his handy-dandy iPhone looking up things to [View Full Entry]

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Now I’m sure many of you are saying to yourselves right now “Wow, Matt and Kati sure have been having a great trip going through cities like Miami, New Orleans, New York City. I wonder why they want to spoil the whole thing by going to Cleveland?” A very fair question and I have a perfectly legitimate answer. I haven’t seen my mother’s side of the family in over 10 years. The last time I saw my uncles and cousins I was probably 10 and now the only things we know about each other is through facebook and I haven’t seen [View Full Entry]

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After saying goodbye to the Samatulski family, we were headed towards Boston, but me being the big time gambler that I am had to stop at at Mohegan Sun, which was described as the best Hotel and Casino in the area. This structure stood in the middle of a large field all by itself and it was freakin huge. It had 3 different casinos, 20 restaurants, a shopping mall, bars, clubs and whatever else you wanted to do. You could stay a week in this place and be just fine doing so. We have had a pretty good budget for the [View Full Entry]

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The next part of our adventure takes us to the east coast, so after some time in the lower states, we decided we would take advantage of our country’s historical greatness by visiting the Colonial Triangle in Virginia. We headed up to Virginia after leaving from Charleston. This is a beautiful drive; lots of thick trees and lushness. The colonial triangle in Virginia consists of Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg; three of the original colonies of the U.S. We headed to Jamestown first where we were able to catch a walking tour that a very charismatic colonial tour guide was giving. He [View Full Entry]

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Hey Ya’ll! We dun drove true da souf and r bout to meet up wit da yanks. This is a lot of the spoken word we have heard in the south thus far. It has been pretty hilarious. So just so you know that we are really behind on the blogging and it has been our fault partly, but also we havn’t been able to get on the internet in like 2 weeks so there is a lot to write about. So grab a drink, some cheese and crackers and enjoy the story and adventure that lies ahead. We will [View Full Entry]

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So a very fortunate turn of events happened on the plane rides back to Miami from Costa Rica. Matt and I were sitting on the plane trying to figure out what to do when we landed, and kept hearing a dance beat coming from this guy’s headphones behind us. A light bulb went off above Matt’s head and he realized that the Winter Music Conference was going on in Miami when we landed! This music conference is one of the world’s largest electronic/dance music events, and we had originally been getting back to the states about 3 days before the event [View Full Entry]

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Well we HAD to take a little detour and go to Costa Rica, mostly because my parents MADE me spend some family time with them. GOSH. I hope you can sense the sarcasm in my writing because we were stoked to head off to Costa Rica and spend some time in ‘The Good Life.” There is just so much to talk about, especially since we ended up staying for 10 days, therefore I’m going to give you the main highlights. We left the airport from Miami around 6 a.m. and arrived in Houston for our layover. I had a message on [View Full Entry]

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Hey Ya’ll, it’s Matt. I’ll be writing about Sarasota and Miami and Kati is going to take care of Costa Rica. It has been a couple weeks since we have spoken but we have a ton to write about. So grab a drink of choice and a snack and enjoy our vacation with us! We left you at Destin, Florida. After leaving Destin, we headed down the scenic route through Florida along the coast towards Sarasota where some old friends of my Mom’s (Barb and David) were waiting to take us in for a few days. We had only planned [View Full Entry]

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Well I hate to do it, but I have to start out this blog with some bad news. Matt and I have gotten in a really big fight and decided that after Costa Rica we’re just going to come home. We will have plenty of time to travel, were still young. SNAP! Just joshin, we’re still having a terrific time ☺ Ok seriously I’ll start writing now… We had our trip planned all the way up to New Orleans, so we had to decide whether to stay along the gulf coast or go up into Alabama to see Birmingham. We decided [View Full Entry]

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(Warning: we have a lot to write about, we had that good of a time) Following the fun times we had in Baton Rouge, Kati and I were excited to head down south to see the big easy, New Orleans! The drive was short from BR, only about an hour or so. We rolled into Nawlins around 7 and went straight to the French Quarter for dinner. It was like nothing we had ever seen. The feeling and sites are hard to describe, but when you came into the area, you heard jazz bands playing down the street, the smell [View Full Entry]

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