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Maine is a really special beautiful place. It’s worth going further than Portland, exploring Bar Harbor, hiking in Acadia and checking out Bangor. The best part is that you can do it all in a long weekend. Plan ahead – Bar Harbor gets busy! Make your B&B reservations early and make sure to look at […]
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Western fun, great food, bats, what else could you want in a city weekend trip? I visited Austin, TX for the first time last weekend and saw its potential. We weren’t there for a festival and the students were out of town, so I feel like we got to see Austin raw. What Austin really […]
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During our two glorious weeks gallivanting through Switzerland, we spent a weekend in historic St. Gallen. Its main attraction — the library in the Abbey of St. Gallen — was something Neal was really looking forward to. It did not disappoint. But St. Gallen also acts as a great hub for other short trips exploring […]
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At the beginning of our two week trip in Switzerland, we spent a weekend in Lucerne (aka Luzern). Lucerne is just an hour’s train ride from Zurich, so it’s an easy first stop out of the city. It’s a small, yet bustling, town. The train station is right next to the heart of Lucerne and […]
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We have been searching for the perfect day trip from NYC that would remind us that the beautiful world of nature is not really as far away as it feels. Thank god we found it just an hour and a half north! Seriously, Breakneck Ridge Trail is the most fun I’ve had on a hike […]
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We recently visited Mexico City for a bachelor party and laid out everything we did here. In this post, we dive deeper into the sights we saw on our first day in Mexico City. Chapultepec Castle After eating a bunch of tacos and a short Uber ride from our hotel, we started exploring in an […]
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We recently spent a weekend in Mexico City for a bachelor party! It was a lot of fun and we saw quite a bit of the city. Here’s all of what we saw, ate and did with our weekend in Mexico City. On the plane ride there, we got the party started with a little […]
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Montreal is one of our favorite places. It is in the French province of Quebec in Canada, so they speak French and English (et je l’apprends). The city is sprawling and each neighborhood has its own culture with stuff to see/do/eat. Here are some of our favorite things to see, do and eat in Montreal. […]
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New York City has a vast array of offerings. If you’ve never been to NYC, you should come see the typical things that make NYC great: the Empire State Building, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, the 9/11 Memorial and Broadway. These are quintessential NYC activities and I strongly recommend each. […]
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Bennington, VT is a very small town and yet, the biggest town in southern Vermont. It’s an adorable town to spend the night in. If you find yourself there, here is a great list of what to see in a short time, as well as where to stay! What to do Visit the many covered […]
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