Tag: love
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Iceland Part I
I love Iceland. It is one of the most beautiful countries. And every day Conde Naste and Travel and Leisure send me articles about beautiful places in the world and Iceland seems to always make the list. I’ve recently come home from an 8 night journey in Iceland and I must say, I am going back…
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Stockholm History Museum
Stockholm’s history museum is free and open to the public. I specifically went to check out their section on Viking history. For not having a separate Viking museum at my time of visit (expected to open 04/29/2017) their Viking collection was pretty extensive. I enjoyed getting lost in there for a couple of hours looking…
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A New Year, A New City
I like to start my new year off in a city I have never been before. Last year I allowed myself to be talked out of going away and I stayed very local and well 2020 was a disaster. I wouldn’t say that was an omen but despite the pandemic I will definitely be getting…
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From My Family To Yours…
As a Catholic I will say Merry Christmas. But to those that do not share my faith, Happy Holidays. I hope that that 2021 is a better year for all of us. May you Stay Safe, Stay Home, Stay Healthy, and enjoy a Zoom or Google Hangouts Party with your loved ones outside of your…
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Merriman Christmas House in Torrington, CT
Torrington is a small often overlooked town about 30 miles west of Hartford, CT. But one family, the Merriman have been transforming their house into a wondrous Christmas display for the last 35 years (As of 2016). You may have seen Christmas light displays before, but I don’t it’s hard to come by something quite like…
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Two Roads Brewery – Stratford, CT, USA
I am lucky enough to have my home based quite close to many craft breweries. As I get more info the craft beer scene it is nice to take a tour of some of these breweries. What’s great about Two Roads for people from from say NYC is that they can hop a train right from…
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A Live UFC event: Part I: The Backstory
NOTE: Part I is not a travel blog post but a set up for part 2’s blog post which will be a travel one. It gives you a bit of backstory and history to me and why I traveled to UFC 199. I have been a fan of the sport of mixed martial arts for…
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A Day in Amsterdam
I took a day trip to Amsterdam with dreams of seeing the Van Gogh museum, the Resistance Museum, and The Anne Frank House so with much to do I figured the 24 hour Amsterdam city card would be helpful. I was dreadfully wrong. You can buy tickets for The Van Gogh museum online but then…
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Eventide – Portland, Maine
What’s the big deal with eventide? I tried the clam chowder it was more like clam soup and kind of tasted like I was drinking ocean water. The lobster stew was pretty good, had a nice broth to it, but not something I’d rush back there for. And the lobster roll? Well it was good.…
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Salem, MA
In Honor of Halloween With Halloween coming up at the end of the week, I thought we could talk a bit about Salem. Salem, MA is a New England fall favorite destination. It is close by the water so it can be really chilly, but what better place to be around Halloween then the location…