Our second day in Vietnam was like a crash course in Vietnamese history. Our first stop was the Museum of Ethnology, where we learned that there are actually 52 different ethnic groups in Vietnam. The Viet people make up the largest group in the country. One of the most interesting facts that I learned was […]
Read more "Vietnam Day Two – Hanoi Bus Tour"It was so nice to meet up with our Creative Photo Academy group in the Seoul airport for the flight to Hanoi. We got into Hanoi at night and went straight to our hotel. After some good sleep, it was time to explore! Our first day in Vietnam was a rainy one, but honestly, I […]
Read more "Vietnam Day One – Hanoi Walking Tour"My fever broke around lunchtime on our third day in Seoul, so that was a relief! We revisited our list of things we wanted to see in Seoul to see what was a must-see and what we weren’t super attached to. We ended up narrowing it down to the Namsangol Hanok Village and N Seoul […]
Read more "Seoul Day Three – A Village and A Tower"Our second day in Seoul was where things started coming off the rails a bit. Either due to dehydration, jet lag, or a combination of both, I woke up with a sore throat. Not great. This was also the day that we had the most planned after taking it a little easier on our first […]
Read more "Seoul Day Two – A Palace, A Typhoon, A War Memorial, and A Cold"Our first day in Seoul was Mike’s birthday! Mike got to pick what we did and he picked so many fun things! We started the day by walking down the Cheonggyecheon Stream which was right next to our hotel. It was so peaceful to walk down the banks of the stream. It was also kind […]
Read more "Seoul Day One – A Stream, A Cat Cafe, and Shopping"Catalina Island is one of my favorite places and we went for my birthday this year! We did a couple things we hadn’t done before – we rented a golf cart in Avalon and did a two hour golf cart tour around Avalon. The sights were amazing and it was great to see things that […]
Read more "Catalina Island Birthday Celebration"After Mike and I went to see the foxes, we decided to go check out the wildflower bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It definitely did not disappoint! We saw some beautiful flowers and some great scenes! My favorite part was the moonrise we saw over the mountains. We also learned about a new desert […]
Read more "Anza-Borrego Desert State Park"Back in February, Mike and I went to the JAB Canid Education and Conservation Center (JABCECC) to meet and learn about foxes. This place was actually very close to the California Wolf Center that Mike and I visited a few years ago. However, much like the wolves, Mike and I didn’t realize how much we […]
Read more "JAB Canid Education and Conservation Center"When Mike and I went home for Christmas, my parents made plans to take us to Clifton Mill to see the Christmas lights. The Clifton Mill Christmas lights were actually featured on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight and they WON! They won $50,000 and after seeing the lights in person, that award was well […]
Read more "Christmas Lights in Ohio"Ever since going to the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, we’ve been wanting to check out both the Reagan and Nixon libraries here in SoCal. We still haven’t made it to Nixon’s library, but we did go to the Reagan library and…WOW. The library is in Simi Valley and the views from the library are […]
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