Browsing Tag: family travel

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Oddyssea | Half Moon Bay

We love to explore our world both at home and far away. It’s important to us that our kids grow up and appreciate the beauty that is around us daily as well as globally.  On weekends when we are in town, we make a concerted effort to get outdoors and get to know the greater […]

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Santa Barbara | California

Santa Barbara is one of those places in California that I was sad to say I knew very little about.  Born and raised in California, I’ve never lived anywhere else. (Well, except for a short stint in the early ’90s following Pearl Jam to Seattle, that’s another post altogether!) But essentially, I have only lived […]

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Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal by Rob Howe writer at The Zanzibar Chest, is the final installment of our guest travel contributor series this month.  I wanted to include Lisbon on this travel wish list for 2016 because it made such an impression on me during my first visit many years ago.  Portugal is mistakenly overlooked by many tourists […]

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Washington D.C. | Guest Post

I first visited Washington, D.C. as a sophomore in high school.  I spent the summer traveling the U.S. with 95 other teens and our courageous chaperones.  This adventure may have been the inspiration for a lifelong love of travel.  I remember seeing The National Mall for the first time like it were yesterday. Now, with children […]

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Seville, Spain | Andalusia

I wish I had the chance to study in Seville, Spain during my college years.  I first learned Spanish when I was 12 years old.  It was one of my majors as an undergrad in college before becoming a bilingual education teacher.  I spent many years studying not only the language but the history and cultures of Spanish […]

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Happy New Year 2016!

Happy New Year! Err, Happy February 1st! It’s been a rough start to the new year and I cannot believe it is already February. Can we all agree that time needs to slow the heck down? It’s been a bit of an unproductive January which is typically quite contrary to my style. January has always seemed […]