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To Pariacoto…. tracing the footsteps of my father and mother

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Our next stop was Pariacoto, a very small town in the middle of nowhere Peru that none of my Peruvian cousins have ever even heard of and that no one would have any reason to go to but was very moving for me. This is where my dad was stationed with the Peace Corps in early 70’s and that is where he met my mom. If there was no Pariacoto it is likely there would be no Anthony so to me it’s quite a special place.

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Car Camping thru France: Finding Roman, Giant Dunes, & Running of the French Bulls

Monday, May 12th, 2008

We made our way down the W. coast of France in our little hatchback rental car; our first time driving on this trip, making pit stops along the way. We visited our friend Roman, hiked the largest sand dune in Europe, drank Sauternes to our heart’s content, and partied it up in Basque country at Les Fetes de Bayonne. [read on]

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Normandy: Food glorious food, Dday reminders and the beautiful little towns in Northern France

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Manu, Marie Elena, and Anthony Deauville

We spent a few weeks up in Normandy, France visiting Anthony´s cousin, Marie Elena, and her husband Manu and exploring this distinctly beautiful area of the country that is famous for many things including its beautiful coastal landscape, the fantastic food (i.e. cheese and dairy, cider and anything apple-related), and its role in WWII. [read on]

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The Avignon Festival, first stop in France

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Show flyers Street performers

We met up with our friends Dana and Jaime (along with their friends Dan and Sara) for a few fun-filled days in Avignon, a beautiful and charming walled city in Provence which is famous for the performing arts festival that is held there each summer. Needless to say, time amidst creative art forms, people of all kinds, with good friends and lots of fantastic wine made for a great time. [read on]

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Berlin – “Hey, we could live here one day.”

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Berlin Matthias and Andrea

Between celebrating birthdays, Shan getting bronchitis, a reunion with Anthony’s long lost Peruvian cousin, seeing Shan’s favorite Latin pop star in concert, hanging out with new friends and friends from home, and (of course!) the World Cup, our time in Berlin was jam-packed and flew by like a whirlwind but not without making a lasting impression on us.
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Hannover and the Hamburg Fishmarket

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Fischmarkt Hamburg Fishmarket

We had a great time partying in Hannover with our expat American friends Hugh and Erica, and fellow visitors Marwa, Jesse, and Zac who made it out to Germany from Michigan for the World Cup, and we even managed an all-nighter to make an early morning run to the famous Hamburg Fischmarkt, which was a site to see and experience.

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Munich: ‘Munchen’ on pork knuckles, reminders of Hitler, and Art Garfunkel

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Old and new architecture Go Deutschland!

We crashed in Munich with our friend Henning, whom we met in Vietnam and will be joining us in Peru to hike the Inca Trail this fall. We spent an awesome week there hanging out with Henning, taking in yet more World Cup craziness, checking out the city, and taking day trips outside the city which brought us to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, Berchtesgarten (home of Hitler´s infamous Eagle´s Nest), and across the border into Vienna for a visit to Salzburg. The last (but by far not the least) of the highlights of our time in Munich was seeing Anthony´s friend Marat who is the personal assistant to Art Garfunkel and got us free concert tickets and backstage passes and to meet the legend! [read on]

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Wurzburg, Ruddesheim, & Bacharach – Hidden beauties in Germany

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Bacharach Wurzburg

Between World Cup matches we made the point of seeing a lot of the countryside and visiting some small towns and villages in search of the quieter, more charming, peaceful, and serene side of Germany. Lucky for us that we had decided to rely on our Germany rail passes for getting around as our unlimited train access also gave us access to some of the most unbelievable and breathtaking countryside scenery that we have ever seen, much of which cannot be seen via driving. We fell in love with these small towns and villages that some consider the quintessential examples German culture and scenery, tucked away between rivers, moutains, and countryside.

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Deutschland 2006 – Shan’s First World Cup

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Nuremburg stadium S&A and our tix

Before Germany 2006, I had never been to a World Cup. I was backpacking in Europe in 1998 when the World Cup was in France and got a taste of the action watching a match in a beer garden in Salzburg and being in Amsterdam for the semi-finals when the Dutch played Brazil. At the time, I was impressed by the excitement and energy that the World Cup had over the continent and felt lucky to have had a taste, but I had no idea just how big of a phenomena the World Cup really is until I experienced it in Germany. [read on]

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Prague – a quick 2 day stop

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

View of the city Band on the bridge 

Another last minute addition to our trip. We flew from Split, Croatia to Prague because: 1) we found an unbelievably cheap fare of about $25 each on SkyEurope Airlines, 2) it got us closer to our next stop Germany for the World Cup, and 3) does anyone really need an excuse to spend a couple days in one of the world’s most heralded cities? [read on]

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