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Together since 1999, we have shared a passion for traveling and seeing the world since day one. We have been so fortunate to visit the countries that we have. Each experience has changed our lives in a little way. We have developed such an appreciation for culture, art, food, language, and beauty. We look forward to many more years of travel!

¨Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.¨ -Mark Twain

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By boogs61
March 29th 2009

The Paris Portraits Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

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Celebrating 10 years of our love....in the city that we both first fell in love with, Paris. Bruno Cohen (studiobrunocohen.com) was the photographer, specializing in lifestyle photography. He not only is charming and wonderful, but his eye and talent are remarkable. If you visit his website his wedding photos will make any married woman want to do it all over again simply to have photos like his..... He truly captured us together, us individually, and the city we love so much. Thank you Bruno [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 27th 2009

Our last day in Prague and a visit to Kutna Hora Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Malá Strana

skulls from the black plague

Our last and final day in Prague. We decided to take a tour to Kutna Hora which is about 70 miles from Prague. It is one of the oldest towns and used to be a huge silver mining town at one time with a population greater than Prague’s. Now it is a small town of 20,000. Probably the main reason that people go there is to see the Ossuary. Kutna Hora lost thousands of people to the Black Plague and the cemetery ran out of room. They excavated 40,000 graves and invited some famous artist guy (sorry don’t remember the name) [View Full Entry]

This is what you walk into at the Bone Church

That looks like the bone church but not exactly sure

By boogs61
March 26th 2009

Day two in Prague Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Malá Strana

Charles bridge and Prague Castle at night
BRRRRR

It was another early start to the day after another late evening. I hope these travel blogs are making sense as most of them have been written between 12-1am! As soon as I put my feet on the ground this morning they asked me when I was going to be done with this walking 7+miles a day thing? LOL We started our day at St. Nicholas church on the way to the Prague castle. The trek there is all up hill and stairs and we were really feeling all of our muscles today. St. Nicholas was nice, but all of their [View Full Entry]

Just pretty, reminds us of Venice but with a street instead of water

By boogs61
March 25th 2009

Czech us out, we're in Prague Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Malá Strana

From Charles bridge with Prague castle in the background

This morning we were off to Prague with a 7:20am flight meaning our taxi from Paris pick-up time was 5:30am. An early wake-up call! It was only an 1.5 hour flight to Prague. We were able to check into our hotel right away and since we were both feeling pretty darn tired; we took a nice nap. It was much needed and refreshing. Now honestly, I will tell you on the drive to the hotel, our walk to the metro, and our first few streets of walking after we got off the metro, were not giving me the “I love this [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 24th 2009

Au Revoir Paris Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Notre Dame

We were on a mission this morning to finally climb the steps of Notre Dame and take pictures from the top. They only let 20 people up at a time, so the wait was 2 hours the other afternoon when we visited. We planned to get there right at opening today and found the line to already be around 30-40 people long. Not too bad…about a 30 minute wait, BUT the issue was it was cold this morning and the wind gusts felt hurricane-like. With the wind chill, I am imagining it was in the teens, so we were freezing. [View Full Entry]

great view of the city with the Siene River and all of its bridges

By boogs61
March 24th 2009

Jour Trois Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Sacre Coeur

We slept in this morning and started our day off with the best shower we’ve ever had in Europe..yeah!!! Normally you are stuck with a handheld sprayer that hooks on at the bottom of the tub. This hotel (go Best Western!) has a hook for the sprayer up high like an American shower-it’s virtually a real shower. Breakfast was at Angelina’s across from Jardin de Tuileries. They are known for having the best hot chocolate in Paris. Words cannot even describe how yummy it was…no comparison to that powdered mix we call hot chocolate. Actually, can we even call ours hot [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 23rd 2009

Back to Paris Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Pantheon

It’s been 3 long years since we last left the US and Paris is just the city to break that dry spell. Especially since Paris is so very special to us both. Our arrival started like most overnight flight trips do…you feel like you want to die the first hour after you land. You think there is no way that you are going to make it through the day…but then just like magic you arrive at your hotel and you feel better! Our trip in was humorous as always! The cab driver did not seem familiar with the hotel address and [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 23rd 2009

Jour deux en Paris Europe » France » Île-de-France » Paris

Ste Etienne
Great church, much different than most.

Day 2 Paris started off early with breakfast at the hotel. This is where I must mention again my love for European coffee. There is something about the addition of hot frothy milk that makes it just taste better, or maybe things just taste better in Paris? Once upon a time we planned to come to France and elope…those plans changed, but our desire to have photos taken here never did. So, after 10 years of being together we decided to hire a photographer and have photos taken in the city we love so much. Bruno Cohen was his name and [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 21st 2006

Petra by Night Middle East » Jordan » South » Petra

Magical!

With this blog, we say goodbye. We ended our journey with the most wonderful “treat” ever…Petra by Night. It is only done three nights per week and we were lucky enough to be able to do this before heading back to Amman to fly home. They light the entire As Siq and Treasury with over 1500 candles. You make the journey down the As Siq in complete silence so that you can reflect on the beauty and astonishing sights around you. The sky was so clear and the stars were out…it was truly magical! Once you arrive at the Treasury, you [View Full Entry]

By boogs61
March 20th 2006

The Lowest Place on Earth Middle East » Jordan » North » Amman

The Dead Sea

So this is it, our last day. I say it with some sadness of course, but also there is a readiness to go back to the normalcy of home. We had originally planned on doing Petra for two days, but really one long day is all that is needed. We covered everything even with our two hour hike. We decided to go see the Dead Sea, so we popped into a travel agency last night and arranged transportation (it’s 3 hours away) for a wopping $65. Our driver picked us up at 7:30am and he was super nice. He didn’t seem [View Full Entry]

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