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This summer I celebrated my recent nuptials with four of my closest girlfriends on the island of São Miguel, the largest of the Portuguese Azores islands. It was actually a delayed bachelorette party. Except I was already married and the Azores are definitely no Las Vegas. Nevertheless, it was a perfect destination because it was […]
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JC and I finally made our dream wedding in Peru come true this year after almost 3 years of planning. It was everything we had hoped and wished it could be and more. But it wasn’t always easy planning a wedding from afar, especially with all the uncertainty caused by Corona. Working with wedding suppliers […]
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JC and I just returned from our dream honeymoon in Kenya a couple of weeks ago. To say it was amazing would be an understatement. In total, we spent 14 days in Kenya, 12 of which on safari. We saw all of the ‘big five’ multiple times and more. In the Masai Mara, we saw […]
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For the last three COVID summers, we have chosen Greece as our summer vacation destination with our little family. Greece has been a longtime favorite of ours since we got engaged in Kardamyli. After having our daughter, Isabella, it was the first vacation we took as a new family when Isabella was only 3 months […]
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This past March JC and I made our way over to Barcelona for the long International Women’s Day weekend. JC was actually already in Barcelona for work, so Isabella and I made the flight from Berlin by ourselves. We had a great time enjoying the warmer weather and eating at some of our favorite restaurants, […]
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This past Christmas was our second Christmas with our daughter, Isabella, and the first Christmas during Corona in which travel both within and outside of Germany was allowed. We decided to try for a white Christmas this year and spend the holiday in the most ‘Christmasy’ place of all: Bavaria. Germany really does Christmas like […]
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In October, JC and I flew to Lima, Peru for the first time since the pandemic and Isabella finally met JC’s Peruvian family for the first time. October is technically spring in Peru (opposite hemisphere). However, the closer you go to the equator, the warmer it gets. For that reason, we decided to take a […]
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This July we chose to make our summer vacation (and work-cation) in Crete, Greece. We absolutely love Greece; last year we flew to Thessaloniki twice and we even got in engaged in Kardamyli, Greece. Beautiful beaches, amazing seafood and friendly locals all make Greece a spectacular vacation destination. Greece is also incredibly baby-friendly: this was […]
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Travel has been difficult this past year due to COVID. We were fortunate enough that we were able to travel to Boston to visit my family at the end of May and celebrate Isabella’s first birthday. However, we were desperate to have a true ‘beach break’ this summer. We also wanted to take advantage of […]
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The last week of May we flew to Boston to visit my parents and celebrate Isabella’s first birthday. Even though the borders are still closed between Europe and the US, Americans, such as myself and my daughter, are able to enter the US without problem. JC was also able to come because he is my […]
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