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We’re on a Houseboat!

What would you do if you won the lottery? We play the lottery game frequently and right up there with a yacht (and crew of course) to sail the world  and a beach treehouse in Thailand, a houseboat in Amsterdam is...

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Photo Essay: Istanbul

One of the best vacations we ever took was to Istanbul in 2011. This trip was before our move to the UK, when we were firmly entrenched in the rat race that IS New York City, and this ten day getaway was a substantial...

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Overrated London Activities

Over the next few months, we will have visitors of several sorts, including cousins, aunts, uncles and friends. The emails have begun as we dole out advice about what to do, how to do it, and which London hotel is in...

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Becoming Obsessed with Airliners

I cannot remember when it happened, or why, but at some point I developed a keen interest in airliners.  It started slow, but I began to rather randomly follow the commercial airline business, reading some blogs and...

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Photo Profile: Amelia Island Ritz Carlton

This is where we almost got married. It was a tight race between this beautiful ocean property and the more intimate location where we ended up getting hitched.  But the Amelia Island Ritz Carlton remains one of our...

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A Premium Experience on Virgin Atlantic

Sometimes you just need to treat yourself.  Traveling can be stressful and my journey back to my parents’ abode on Amelia Island, Florida was scheduled to be a fourteen hour trek, including a layover in JFK....