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Join us as we visit places around the world.
Badger
Mar 20, 20192 min read
Athens briefly
With my need to get two additional Aegean segments on my segment-run, I stayed at the Sofitel hotel right across the street from the...
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Badger
Mar 20, 20192 min read
Thessaloniki
With a few hours to kill, I made my way out of the terminal and got a taxi into Thessaloniki. The SKG airport is tiny with a few coffee...
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Badger
Mar 15, 20194 min read
Paris Food and Restaurants
With so much amazing food, I wanted to separate the great food and restaurants we visited (besides Michelin level restaurants which get...
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Badger
Mar 15, 20194 min read
Paris 2 - Versailles and Montmartre
We took the RER out to Versailles which is quick and easy. Upon leaving the train station we wandered to find lunch before touring. On...
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Badger
Mar 14, 20193 min read
Paris 1 - City and Louvre
After collecting our bags at CDG, we got an Uber and headed to Hotel Pont Royal in the St Germain area next to the 7th. The hotel has...
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Badger
Nov 17, 20184 min read
Shantou
We headed to the West Kowloon high speed train station in Hong Kong to start our journey to Shantou. For outbound we'd make a stop in...
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Badger
Nov 16, 20182 min read
Hong Kong briefly
We got our bags and took the airport express into the Kowloon station. We also headed to pickup our high speed train tickets to Shantou...
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Badger
Nov 14, 20183 min read
Seoul
After a pleasant flight on Asiana First Class, we deplaned and headed towards baggage claim. A pretty welcome to Incheon Airport...
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Badger
Aug 29, 20183 min read
Amsterdam
After landing, I got my bag and made my way to the taxi stand. On the way I passed this cool exhibit for kids teaching them about...
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Badger
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Stockholm
After grabbing my checked bag, I headed out to the curbside to grab a taxi rather than take the Arlanda Express. I was excited to see...
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Badger
Aug 23, 20184 min read
Gothenburg
A quick 20 minute ride from the airport had us in downtown Gothenburg and we checked into the Radisson Blu. The hotel is under major...
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Badger
Aug 17, 20184 min read
Touring a cinnamon farm and Galle
For my second full day, I wanted to see a traditional cinnamon farm and the coast up to Galle. I arranged a tour through the hotel and...
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Badger
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Spice Spoons shopping at the market
For the Spice Spoons cooking class, it started out at 8am with shopping at the local fish and produce markets with the chef. We hopped in...
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Badger
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Anantara Peace Haven Restaurants
I put all the dining from Anantara Peace Haven in a single post. For my first evening, I went to their Italian restaurant Il Mare. It's a...
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Badger
Aug 16, 20182 min read
Spice Spoons cooking class
After going to the local fish and produce markets with the chef in the morning (check out this post for that experience), at noon I came...
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Badger
Aug 15, 20186 min read
Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort
The car ride from Colombo to Tangalle was luckily nowhere near as adventurous as I was expecting. The new highway was great, well paved...
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Badger
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Colombo
Having landed close to midnight, I made my way through customs quickly and found the hotel car waiting for me right outside. Of course...
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Badger
May 6, 20182 min read
Las Vegas for a conference and Michelin stars
With a conference starting on Sunday and running into the week, we figured we could start MsFlamingo's birthday celebrations by joining...
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Badger
Apr 22, 20184 min read
Copenhagen
As our final destination on our European tour, Copenhagen would give MsFlamingo a sampling of the Nordic culture. We arrived Saturday...
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Badger
Apr 21, 20182 min read
Barcelona 3 - Maritime museum and Castel
We had a great five days in Barcelona, in fact so much so that this section is divided into a couple sections: Part 1 - Yurbban Passage...
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Badger
Apr 17, 20183 min read
Barcelona 2 - Sagrada Familia, Parks, Museums
We had a great five days in Barcelona, in fact so much so that this section is divided into a couple sections: Part 1 - Yurbban Passage...
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Badger
Apr 15, 20183 min read
Barcelona 1 - Yurbban Passage, aquarium, city
We had a great five days in Barcelona, in fact so much so that this section is divided into a couple sections: Part 1 - Yurbban Passage...
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Badger
Apr 14, 20183 min read
Swiss Alps
For the weekend we headed to the Alps to tour, see St Moritz and spend the evening in Alvaneu. We started on the train with amazing views...
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Badger
Apr 13, 20183 min read
Bern
Continuing our awesome tour of Switzerland, we went to the capital Bern next. We got on the morning train and were there in a bit over...
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Badger
Apr 12, 20182 min read
Lucerne
After sleeping in, we hopped on the train to Lucerne and had beautiful views of the Alps along the way. Outside the Lucerne train station...
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Badger
Apr 11, 20182 min read
Zurich
After Budapest, our next stop was Switzerland to visit family and tour different parts of the country. We started in Zurich where our...
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Badger
Apr 10, 20185 min read
Budapest
I was very excited to show MsFlamingo around Budapest. I was very impressed on my last trip and thought it'd be a great starting point...
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Badger
Dec 11, 20172 min read
Back to Budapest…for a few days
With LHR and general EU travel massive backup due to some snow, the soonest I could fly out would be Weds. The positive side is it...
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Badger
Dec 8, 20173 min read
Bologna, Modena and Ferrari factory
Already being in Europe, I wanted to head down to Bologna and Modena to see a good friend from college who works and lives there. With my...
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Badger
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Zurich and Bern
Arriving from my fantastic stopover in Budapest, it was time to head to Zurich and Bern for meetings as well as visiting family. I'm...
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Badger
Nov 27, 20172 min read
Stopover in Budapest
With a less than 24-hour stopover in Budapest, I didn't know exactly what to expect. I hadn't done much research and figured it'd be a...
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Badger
Nov 5, 20171 min read
Four Seasons Maui
We had the great fortune of celebrating an event and spending two weeks at the Four Seasons Wailea in Maui. We had stayed there the year...
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Badger
Oct 1, 20174 min read
Shanghai
I had a week long business trip to Shanghai in the High Tech area which is about 40-minutes from the more fun and touristy area of the...
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Badger
Nov 5, 20142 min read
Barcelona for a conference and great food
Any chance I get to come to Barcelona, I jump right on it. For me, Spain is "my" European country even over France or Italy (by just a...
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