Tag: travel
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Things To Do During Grinchmas-Universal Orlando
Visitors cheer as The Blues Brothers belt out holiday tunes. They oooh and ahhh as the giantGingerbread Man balloon floats down the street in New York City. People sip warm Butterbeer as they listen to Celestine Warbeck croon, My Baby Gave me a Hippogriff for Christmas. They pass garlands and wreaths decorated with brilliant baubles…
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Breakfast with The Grinch-Universal Orlando
Breakfast with The Grinch at Universal Orlando is whimsical chaos. The Grinch walks this way, he walks that way, playfully teasing our group. He rings the bell at the top of my Christmas tree headband and calls me “curly” throughout the interaction. Continuously cracking jokes, he orders us to pose for a picture. Our interaction…
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Toronto Blue Jays Ballpark-Rogers Centre – Toronto-Canada
As we circle the concourses at the Toronto Blue Jays Ballpark, I’m panicked. Specifically, I’m panicked over helmet ice cream. Helmet ice cream is a staple at most stadiums and is important to our ballpark goals, but today, at Rogers Centre, it is elusive. Canada is a hockey country. I’ve heard that there is a…
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Taking an Old Quebec Walking Tour-Quebec City
*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. All eyes are on us as our group moves through the streets of Old Quebec City. Jacques, our Cicerone Tours, Old Quebec Walking Tour guide’s garb attracts attention. He is dressed in historic attire as he regales us…
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Spending a Full Day at Volcanoes National Park – Hawaii
Cue the Jaws theme. It’s playing in my head as we approach the Nahuku Lava Tube. The group ahead of us exits the tube, but a family of 12 barrels down the path behind us. As their boisterous cries get closer, we realize we have about ten minutes with the lava tube to ourselves. We…
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Spending a Half Day at Volcanoes National Park-Hawaii
Hawaii is vast. With six islands to explore and boundless activities, it’s impossible to see it all in one trip. For ambitious National Park stampers, getting a stamp at Hawaii’s Largest National Park is an important goal. But what do you do if you want to see the park but are short on time? Spend…
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Staying at The Volcano House Hotel-Volcanoes National Park-Hawaii
Rolling out of bed is a luxury. It’s the best part about staying at the Volcano House hotel in Volcanoes National Park. After donning a t-shirt and hiking pants, I meander down the staircase. It’s early morning, and although the lobby is packed with day visitors from 9 am to 5 pm, at this hour,…
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Dinner on the Napa Valley Wine Train-California
Rows of lush green vines pass the Napa Wine Train. Our gaze is broken by the vibrant purple-red liquid, streaming into our empty glasses. After several days of hiking paths in Redwoods National Park, sipping wine in a restored 1915 Pullman car is an indulgence. Napa Valley wasn’t a part of our original Northern California…
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The Peanuts Museum-Santa Rosa-California
The stranger stands next to me at The Peanuts Museum. We are staring at the piece of art. Laughing out loud at the same time, we simultaneously say,“It’s still funny.”This art is timeless. This humor is timeless. Hopefully, this museum will be timeless. The small city of Santa Rosa, California, embraces what it is known…