Author: angela7marino
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Amsterdam: Follow the Lights
Waking up officially on Netherlands time, we grab some free breakfast and head into the city for some museum tours and the Heineken experience. First stop is the Ann Frank House. I cannot explain how much of a mental, physical and emotional impact standing in that attic had. The fact that they spent 2 years…
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Amsterdam: Coffeeshops and Prostitutes
When your hobby is international travel you have to get savvy. Through Travel Zoo we found a great deal. For a cool $1000 you received the following; round trip tickets to Amsterdam and Prague from New York City, 5 hotel nights at 5 star properties that include breakfast. I don’t have to explain how much of…
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My America
As I take the elevator up to the 18th floor at work I look around. I am the only woman surrounded by 8 Hasidic Jewish men. Later when I pop out for lunch, I decide on Thai and walk up 9th ave. There are 3 I can choose from. Everyone of the employees is Thai and…
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Ireland: Dublin; Sláinte
With only two days remaining we board the train back to Dublin. We have a full line up ahead of us but luckily everything is pretty close and walking distance from the Jury’s Inn. Since we get in around 12pm we head to the main event: The Guinness Storehouse. After this we grabbed a quick…
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Saluti to the best chef
When you think of family what comes to mind? For me its Christmas in my great Aunt Tina’s basement. We would take every table in her house and arrange it so the 20 of us could sit. Wine would be poured and the cousins would be catching up. But the real action was always upstairs…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 