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Taking a suggestion from a friend (thanks Macy!), we started out with some apple cider donuts that did not disappoint. The cider mill we stopped at displays the creation process for those cinnamony cidery clouds of happiness, and has piping hot cider to wash them down with. We both ate a couple *cough* three, before a drive up Smugglers Notch to Mt. Mansfield for a hike. After we got up near the top, the temperature dropped approximately 9,000 degrees. If any of you know me and cold—you know that that hike sure as heck didn't happen. I am a strong person, but once you add a little chilly weather and I want to sit in fetal position, cry, and hibernate for the rest of my life. Why I keep traveling to cold places in the fall, ... read more

I had major flashbacks to my UK trip this morning on the train from Grand Central to White Plains New York to pick up our rental car. Time for the best part of the trip! Our Mazda 5 looks like a mini-minivan, but gave us plenty of room for our luggage (...and lots of souvenirs). Within the first 30mins of our trip we had already found our first adventure—Sleepy Hollow! My family used to watch the cartoon version of Sleepy Hollow and I fell in love with that goofy Ichabod Crain. This was very necessary detour. Normally I have things very planned when I travel, but this trip was loosely mapped out and we have just decided things as we go. It's both stressful and exciting at the same time. The city is pretty small and ... read more

Well New York is—New York. I have been here before and felt like I'd got my fill for a lifetime, but here I am, back in the busy, smelly streets of the Big Apple. It's not that I don't like the city, I just prefer nice people and slower paces. I hate sitting in dim lit subways and using copious amounts of hand sanitizer every time I have to stand and use the hand rails. We came here for food and the shows, though, so I will focus on the positives. After a red eye from Salt Lake to JFK we were hungry and tired and hoping that we could drop our bags off at our hotel. (Side note—why do I keep subjecting myself to the torture of red eye flights?? I am always a zombie ... read more

Well, it happens to the best of them I suppose. We missed our alarm and woke up late, luckily we made the flight alright! We flew to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia for a long layover and had to go through customs and immigration even though we had a transfer flight to Phuket. It was really obnoxious but not gonna lie—I'm loving that Malaysia stamp in my passport. Got to Phuket pretty late but we were planning on just getting some dinner and pool time in before bed. The minibus that we hired to take us to our hotel kept a van full of people waiting in the heat for 30mins while they waited to fill one more seat which caused some early tension/frustration. When they drove out of the way to their main office so that we ... read more

Catching up on two days now, I'm terrible! I have gone into vacation mode and don't really want to do anything but recuperate from the extreme heat and humidity. We've been getting in some good pool time because it's the only time you can be outside and not nearly die from heat exhaustion. Sweat literally pours off of me in a constant stream, I have never experienced anything like it! Yesterday we left Vietnam and were pretty psyched for Cambodia. We flew Cambodia Air and arrived in 45mins or so. My luggage is getting heavier and heavier from all of the souvenirs I've been picking up, but I got some really sweet stuff. Spoons, of course, are the number one priority. Yes, I am one of THOSE people-- a souvenir spoon collector. My grandma collected them ... read more