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Post Cruise Adventure: Zurich to Paris

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I could have spent another two days in Zurich, easily. There was so much more to see (and so much more fondue to dunk crusty bread in). And truth be told, even though we’d been in Europe for more than two weeks, I still wasn’t ready for our time to end. But a whirlwind trip Read more

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Tips for Luxury Shopping in Paris

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I didn’t come to Paris expecting to buy a new Louis Vuitton handbag. My last Louis purchase was in Aruba two years ago. I planned that one. I planned for that one – I called the bank beforehand to authorize a large purchase in a foreign country, I scoured the locations page of the LV Read more

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The Great European Adventure, Day 18: Paris to Chicago

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Leaving Paris for Chicago was bad enough. A 4:30 am wakeup call so we could leave this beautiful place we’d spent weeks exploring? That’s just torturous. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:30 am to have enough time to check in for our flight, validate and process our VAT return, check our Read more

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The Great European Adventure, Day 17: The Final Day

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I’ve been so busy over the past two weeks. I wish I could say I was jetsetting to some exotic place (…or any place), or that I was spending every waking moment enjoying this warm extended fall we’re experiencing in Chicago, but the truth is not nearly as glamorous: I was at work. Between the Read more

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The Great European Adventure, Day 16: Paris

The Great European Adventure, Day 16: Parisfeatured

Mom has had some pretty awesome birthdays over the past eleven years. She’s always somewhere on her birthday. One year, we were in Disneyland. Another year, we were in the Bahamas. Last year, we were in St. Lucia on her birthday. She laughs it off, usually posting some (unintentional) humble brag on Facebook about having Read more

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