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30 B4 30 #30: New Goals

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tullia F.

What new goals shall I set for myself now that I’m in my 30′s? Run a 10K? Publish an article? Finally unpack my office? Bring my Spanish fluency up to a passable level? The options are finite, but daunting.

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Mucha Bene (Czech Republic)

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Tullia F.

Prague has been on my travel wish list for nearly a decade, so we spent several days here.  Long enough to rest, see the highlights, and even wander around a random neighborhood or two. Our pension (a stripped down bed … Continue reading →

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Confected History (Austria)

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Tullia F.

We almost skipped Austria entirely, but since it was an easy train stop between Budapest and Prague, we made a quick stop in Vienna. Travel fatigue had set in, so I was not in the brightest mood during our two … Continue reading →

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Danube Days (Hungary)

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Tullia F.

Pater Ferox was a big proponent of our including Budapest (or, “Budah-Peshst” as he kept saying it, to show he was in the know) and shared hints from the time he visited in the 70′s (“Make sure you have enough … Continue reading →

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Wherein I do not make a pun involving the Balkans (Slovenia and Croatia)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Tullia F.

After sharing an overnight sleeper car with two lovely, polyglot young women (German, English, French, Bosnian), we arrived worse for the wear in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  The train station had a grim, Soviet air about it, but the center of town … Continue reading →

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Rich-oh-lah (A Trip through Swizterland)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Tullia F.

Imagine a beautiful, peaceful country full of mountains, green pastures, and bubbling brooks.  Sounds nice, right?  America’s got plenty of all of those things, but I would venture that nowhere in the world has them in quite the concentration as … Continue reading →

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We See London, We See France

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Tullia F.

Our flight to London was uneventful.  We connected through Newark and got a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline en route.  Even better, Newark airport has a branch of a Vino Volo, a winebar I first saw in the Oakland … Continue reading →

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U.S. Roadtrip – All the Rest

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tullia F.

Writing this a month afterward, I know I’ll be leaving out details, but perhaps the time will have distilled our experiences. Zion Canyon was smaller than I had remembered it – the soaring walls seemed to close us in.  Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Borderlands (San Diego to Detroit)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tullia F.

We only spent a couple of days in San Diego, and while I thought it was going to deserve more, two days seemed like enough.  We spent half a day at the San Diego zoo, which was bigger and fancier … Continue reading →

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(The) O(range) C(ounty)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tullia F.

Santa Barbara fell flat on our way down to visit our law school roommate M. in Newport Beach, mostly due to a huge Yelp fail on lunch recommendations.  We made good time through the slog of LA rush hour, probably … Continue reading →

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