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Semester at Sea: Spring Break in Mauritius

Published April 24, 2020 / / 5 Comments

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Before reading the itinerary for the Spring 2010 voyage of Semester at Sea, I had never even heard of Mauritius. Once I looked it up online, I quickly began looking forward to visiting this tropical paradise hidden away in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar! Since we only had a couple days in this tiny island nation and it was near the middle of our voyage many students were considering it a spring break in Mauritius.

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Black sand beach on Hawai'i

Semester at Sea: Aloha Hawai’i

Published November 14, 2018 / / 12 Comments

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Aloha Hawai'i! Hawai'i was the first land sighted in 9 days
Aloha, Hawai’i! This was the first land we’d seen in nine days!

Our first port of call after sailing out of Ensenada, Mexico was Hawai’i. It was back in the United States, but a new state for me (visiting all 50 is on my bucket list). We were scheduled to be docked at Hilo, Hawai’i for two days and Honolulu, Hawai’i for two days for a total of four days in the state.

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Teatro Nacional in San José, Costa Rica

Last Minute Trip to Costa Rica

Published September 26, 2018 / / 39 Comments

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To keep my wanderlust in check, we decided to make a last minute trip to Costa Rica to celebrate our second wedding anniversary and to take advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend. With only five days, we managed to see a quite a bit and fit in some bucket list adventures. Costa Rica had been on our travel radar for some time. So when a good deal on flights arose, we jumped on it. Since the flights were in and out of the capital, San José, we decided to look to the lesser visited Caribbean coast for some laid back vibes.

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Old Bahia Honda Rail Bridge

Honeymoon Road Trip Through the Florida Keys

Published September 12, 2018 / / 26 Comments

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Where to Honeymoon?

Poky Little Wanderer's wedding ceremony
We’re married!

After living on such a tight budget for over two years saving up for the wedding, we (okay, mostly me) were itching to take a big honeymoon trip. The last big trip we’d taken was to Punta Cana for my sister’s wedding and where we’d gotten engaged. However, we decided that we’d be too exhausted after the wedding to do a big trip justice. Instead, we opted to take a mini road trip through the Florida Keys. This ended up being a fantastic choice for us: tropical, relaxing, and carefree. 

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Poky Little Wanderer's engagement after her sister's wedding in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

A Wedding & An Engagement (In that Order) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Published September 5, 2018 / / 18 Comments

Post College

Life after college saw me moving in with my parents for a few months before deciding to move to Cheektowaga, a suburb of Buffalo, to live with my then-boyfriend. If you ignore the year-long break we took during college, we’d been dating since our senior year of high school. Yet I refuse to acknowledge that we were high school sweethearts (it’s too sweet and mushy for this sarcastic cynic). Continue reading

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