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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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Mar 20, 20192 min read
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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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Mar 20, 20192 min read
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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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Mar 15, 20194 min read
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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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Mar 15, 20194 min read
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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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Mar 14, 20193 min read
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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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Nov 17, 20184 min read
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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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Nov 16, 20182 min read
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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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Nov 14, 20183 min read
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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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Aug 29, 20183 min read
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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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Aug 28, 20182 min read
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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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Aug 23, 20184 min read
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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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Aug 17, 20184 min read
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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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Aug 16, 20182 min read
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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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Aug 16, 20182 min read
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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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Aug 16, 20182 min read
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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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Aug 15, 20186 min read
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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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Aug 14, 20182 min read
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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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May 6, 20182 min read
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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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Apr 22, 20184 min read
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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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Apr 21, 20182 min read
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