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the most scenic cab ride ever
The cab ride from Cuzco to Ollantaytambo was full of drama not only due to the fact that we had no wiggle room to make our train, but that the scenery just got better and better as we wound our way into the Sacred Valley. As we left Cuzco, the entire city was spread...
ahh, foreign travel
So, remember that post from last week called "nothing ever goes completely perfectly"? Well, you could say that this would also apply to our recent trip to Peru. If not for good cab drivers, a sympathetic gate agent and the grace of God, this post could be very...
celebrating our anniversary
Hola! We are back from our whirlwind vacation to Lima and Machu Picchu in Peru just in time to celebrate our eight year wedding anniversary! It all started with a trip to Hawaii eight years ago... (Big Island, Hawaii - September 20, 2001 - OMG, how young do we look?)...
the reception, part 2
Ok, so what left... hmmm. There were some introductions and funny dances... The cake was cut and fed to the other party in a polite manner as captured by my brother's iPhone which I don't think he put down for the entire weekend. I gave a nice toast (barefoot) and did...
the reception, part 1
After the ceremony, the limo took as to a few scenic points in Chicago for photos. Once we arrived at the Medinah Country Club, Eric jumped in with his camera and snapped a few shots of the formal poses on the front lawn. I gladly kicked off my shoes for this part!...
the ceremony
So even after all the craziness that led up to the ceremony last weekend, the actual wedding went off without a hitch. Thankfully, I didn't once trip on the stairs leading up to the altar any of the many times I had to straighten out Lauren's dress and veil. Eric...
nothing ever goes completely perfectly
I am sure everyone involved has their own timelime about the following events but here's mine... 6:40am - everything is ready to go, Lauren's dress is in the car so I sit down to finish my cup of coffee 6:52am - I pull out of the garage and turn on the GPS 7:04am -...
the rehearsal
We had only a half hour scheduled for the rehearsal on Friday night and the priest was very efficient in giving everyone their jobs while occasionally injecting jokes into the barrage of information. the happy couple - Michael and Lauren We practiced walking down the...
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)