I run into the awful habit of not being caught up on my blogposts before flying away to my next fun trip, so in these next few days I’m going to finish uploading all our honeymoon pictures & posts before attending a wedding in Florida (+ going to Disney!) next weekend. I’m not quite sure…
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The Garden Route, South Africa
Dear reader, It’s Saturday morning in Boston, on March 2nd, and it’s blizzarding outside. Currently I’m regretting my choice of signing up for a FlyWheel class this morning, forcing me to trek out into the snow. So instead, I’m reliving sunnier times in SOUTH AFRICA. The Garden Route was the last leg of our South…
Franschhoek, South Africa
We’d planned on taking a day trip to wine country – mostly Stellenbosch – during our stay in Cape Town, but the friends we made in Kruger convinced us that we needed to stay at least a few days. So, we switched our itinerary and booked a stay at the Franschhoek Country House & Villas ,…
Cape Peninsula, South Africa
The Cape of Good Hope was a beautiful day trip from Cape Town, as the farthest point was only 1.5 hours away. This was a great sightseeing drive and apparently ranks with the most scenic drives in the world. We rented a car and planned on doing the Cape Peninsula our last day in the…
Cape Town, South Africa
According to a “Here’s where you should live based on your Myers-Briggs type” articles (quality journalism, aka guilty pleasure), I should live in Cape Town. And they’re probably completely right – Cape Town has it ALL: Great food, adventure sports, beaches, mountains/hiking, fascinating cityscape, etc. Not only is the city itself wonderful, it’s a great…
Kruger National Park
After a whirlwind 20 days, we are back from our honeymoon – exhausted but relaxed at the same time, and so grateful for a once-in-a-lifetime trip! We had high expectations for our trip, obviously, but those expectations were blown out of the water. South Africa + Mauritius had a bit of everything – safari, tropical…
Lake Placid/Upstate New York
And with that, 2018 is over. This was quite a momentous year, although it didn’t compare with the craziness of 2017. Select highlights: M and I officially got married in August, and then had our wedding celebration in October, and the second half of the year was focused on applying to business school. In December…
We’re Married!
All photos by Hyde Photography The second half of this year was slow on travel because…we were getting ready for our wedding! On August 18, 2018 we had our legal ceremony in Central Park, officiated by our friend KP & witnessed by a maid of honor and best man. It was a simple ceremony, done…
Punta Cana, The Dominican Republic
Punta Cana, October 2018 We got married recently! The first legal ceremony was on August 18, 2018, which we’ll celebrate as our anniversary going forward, but our official celebration and “traditional” wedding with vows, friends, and family was on October 5th. I’ll put up a separate blogpost on our wedding so that all the beautiful…
Door County, Wisconsin
Door County, Wisconsin I’d almost forgotten to write this blogpost, because our trip to Wisconsin felt like a normal weekend away with family. We took an extended Labor Day Weekend to visit M’s summer vacation spot when he was growing up. Most of M’s extended family still lives within a tiny radius of the Milwaukee…
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