Category: Travel
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A Weekend in Paso Robles
When you think of California wine, you often go to Napa or Sonoma. And given it’s proximity to the Bay Area, it’s the one we always visited when we lived there. But that has finally changed. This past weekend we drove up to Paso Robles with our dog Remy and spent a hot but relaxing…
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Wine Bars in Japan
A few weeks ago I took my dad on a trip to Japan to watch the Rugby World Cup, specifically 4 of the South African matches. We sadly lost the opening game against New Zealand, but luckily it all ended very well with South Africa winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup! Happy days! We spent…
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Food of Italy
I love food! Everything we ate in Italy was amazing but I will only be talking about the ones that Jarques and I found completely mesmerizing. As I sit and write this post, I find my mind drifting back to those restaurants and tearing up wishing I could pop by there for a quick bite.…
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Exploring the wines of Tuscany
Over the past two weeks, my wife and I traveled through a few parts of Italy. We decided to break up our trip between Rome, Florence and San Gimignano, with most of our time spent in SG to take day trips to different parts within Tuscany. Our time in Rome felt pretty productive given the…
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12hrs in Paris
We recently took a trip to South Africa for a week to visit my sister and meet my nephew. It was a lovely trip as we stayed at a game reserve called Mabula. A good time for us to relax, disconnect and charge our batteries. If you’re looking for a place to stay and see…
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Thank you Vietnam
Usually I plan our vacations but I was overwhelmed with work and studying earlier this year and asked Jarques to do it. He did it so well I think he should plan all our trips from now on! ❤ Here’s a summary of our adventure! The Flight There Time to fly! I was excited for…
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Vietnam, a beautiful country
A few years ago my wife and I made a two week trip to Thailand. We originally wanted to one week in Thailand, and another week in Vietnam. But we decided that we can easily fill two weeks worth of exploring, eating, and sightseeing in Thailand. Our time to visit this region and finally explore…
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How we travel
After a recent trip to Japan with two close friends, my wife and I realized that we travel somewhat differently. Not that either of us did something better, nor is there a right and wrong here, but it was different. Prior to this trip, the four of us got together to do some planning. Tickets…
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