Category: Must-see places
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Bank holiday weekend road trips around Ireland
If there’s one thing that Ireland has plenty of compared to the US, it’s bank holiday weekends! With miles of gorgeous countryside just past the Dublin city limits, it’s easy to find ways to explore the country of Ireland and still make it home for Sunday roast dinner. My family and I have had so…
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Touring West Ireland
Last month my parents came in from Boston for a trip around the county and it was a jam-packed week! We did the standard Dublin sights: Dublin Castle, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Christchurch Cathedral, and The Book of Kells at Trinity College in the first few days. But what I was really looking forward to seeing…
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A tale of two Singapores
We just came back from a family vacation in Singapore. It was a quick trip, ostensibly just to see the zoo and to revisit a few of the places that we had enjoyed on our first trip to Singapore two and a half years ago. Our first vacation there was our first major trip in…
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A snapshot of Shanghai
Shanghai is both brand new and incredibly old-world at the same time. These are images culled from our time here in this amazing Chinese city.
An Ocean Away 