Spooky New Orleans: Cemetery Tours

I love cemeteries and whenever we see cemeteries when we travel, we always stop to explore.  New Orleans’ cemeteries are famous for their history, beauty, and uniqueness.  We joined two New Orleans cemetery tours to learn why New Orleans’ cemeteries are so unique.Our first New Orleans cemetery tour was a combined tour that visited both the 1833 Lafayette Cemetery...

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10 Things to Do in Dublin Ireland

Guinness moustache selfie at the Guinness Storehouse.Ireland is one of those destinations for which there seems to always be airfare deals.  Years ago, when we were lucky if we were able to make one international trip a year, we almost had to go a year without.  But then we found a crazy airfare deal to Dublin, and all of a sudden we were heading to Ireland for the...

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Fun Things to Do in Crete

A Greek island vacation usually means enjoying small island life, hanging out on the beach, taking a walk through a village, and perhaps renting a scooter for a day.  But Crete is a bit different from the small islands of the Cyclades.  Crete is big!  Crete is Greece’s largest island and is almost the size of Hawaii’s Big Island, taking about five hours to...

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10 Awesome Irish Castles for an Ireland Road Trip

It’s funny the things we’ll do when we travel that we’d never do at home.  During our Ireland road trip, one of these things was on our list of must-dos when visiting one of many Irish castles.  Romeo thinks it’s gross to share a glass of milk, even if the other person is his wife of 11 years and companion of 16 years.  Yet he will lay on his back over a gaping...

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