Category: Travel
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Travelogues – History and Baseball Day 3 – Historical Coincidences
We timed our return flight for the afternoon so we could get in a little more sightseeing before we left. Obviously, we had a couple important places to see, a requisite for all history nerds. Thanks to the rental car, we did not have to find a place to store our bags while we toured.…
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Travelogues – Baseball and History Day 2
As we got up in the morning, Dad got an AirBnB message from our host with information about checkout. This perplexed Dad since we did not plan to leave until the next afternoon. He logged into his account and discovered that sure enough, he had booked it for just one night. That made me laugh,…
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Travelogues – Baseball and History Day 1
This day took me from a New York suburb in New Jersey down to Philadelphia and into a baseball park to watch a Phillies game. Not only did I have motor vehicle travel adventures but my flight adventures or lack of flight adventures also continued in a way that made my figurative wallet hurt. While…
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Travelogues – The In-Between
Prior to heading out to Europe, I talked to Dad about my itinerary and the things I planned to see. I also mentioned the tight turnaround between my trip, our week at the beach, and the start of the next school year. Dad lamented the loss of a potential quick trip to get in another…
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Travelogues – A Running Experience Part Two
After exiting the building and discovering CNN headquarters just across the street, we took a left and found ourselves amongst swarms of people surrounding the finish line. Those people would see the runners only once, at the finish, an exciting spot for sure but not the most efficient use of spectator positioning. Instead, we found…
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Travelogues – A Running Experience Part One
Several months ago, I learned that Atlanta, the big city just to the south, would host the Olympic Marathon trials. I knew immediately that I wanted to go down and spectate. Of course, if I could run my own marathon the next day, I would have to go down. Thus, my own Olympic marathon weekend…
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Travelogues – Grand European Adventure Day 22 – Gibraltar at the End of Things
Quick note: I mentioned before that I planned to put the travelogue series on hold. I think at that time, that was the correct decision. As has happened often during this uncertain time, things change; people change their mind. I changed mine and have decided to resume travelogues keeping in mind the severity of the…
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Travelogues – Grand European Adventure Day 21 – Córdoba at Last
Years ago I fell in love with Córdoba Cathedral. My 9th grade world history book had a small picture of the cathedral by the section discussing the Moorish influence on the Iberian peninsula and the Reconquista. I cannot explain why this picture imprinted on my heart and others did not. I can see pictures of…
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Travelogues – Grand European Adventure Day 20 – Saints, Walls, & Aqueducts
As someone who loves Spain as much as I say that I do, I know remarkably little of its history apart from the major events. Thus, the primary factor I considered when selecting trous was possible historic connections available as day trips from Madrid. Thus, I chose the Avila and Segovia tour for less than…
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Travelogues – Grand European Adventure Day 19 – Toledo Treasure
I chose the day trip to Toledo primarily because I wanted to use madrid as a home base and this tour, amongst only a handful of others, departed from there. Serendipity ended up giving me my second favorite guided tour (a near tie with the World War I battlefields tour) and took me to my…