Tag: vacation
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Delaware Wilmington Downtown & Riverfront
Despite being jet lagged from a returning flight from Munich, Germany, Thursday morning was another travel day. This time, for Wilmington, Delaware for a friend’s wedding at this posh men’s club dating back almost 200 years. I joked that I only agreed to attend as a date because I had really wanted to go to…
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Switzerland Day 4: Retrospection
The last full day in Montreux greeted us with another gloomy morning. However, the cloud eventually parted by early afternoon, offering a warm respite over the snowy Alps. I had a dream earlier that my boyfriend’s mother was asking us to go on a boat tour. I woke up telling him that. So it was…
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Switzerland Day 3: Old Montreux And Reunion at Monte Rosa
It was pouring rain as dawn slowly woke the town, gray clouds swirling the mountain top, the blue sea was green and dark, waves slightly rougher than the day before. Since rain came and went throughout the day, I tried not to make too many plans, allowing the weather to dictate what we would see…
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Extended My Last Two Vacation Days in Nice
5 January 2014 I have worked with a lot of foreign companies and have many foreign friends. They are quick to agree that the US have the worst vacation and sick day policies in the world. This concept of working harder and longer hours, which is exacerbated by the rise of start-ups, where one is…
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Quiet Capodanno and Buon Anno
31 December 2013 Capodanno, which is New Years Eve in Italy, was relative quiet. However, I woke up starving. For an Asian girl like me, I’m never fully satisfied after a meal that isn’t rice. I was getting slightly homesick for congee and dried beef, papaya salad and fried chicken. Instead, lunch had been a…
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Visiting Nonna (and Nonno’s) Courtship
29 December 2013 After a dream filled sleep, I woke up with a bucketful of writing inspiration. The rain clouds were rolling out and the sun was finally casting a spotlight over Bogliasco, its beauty vast and splendid. I have always found northern Italy to be one of the most beautiful regions of Italy.
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Summer Vacation: Day 2 Shelburne, Vermont
Ever since I moved out of my family home, I’ve never been able to sleep past 8AM. No matter what time I fall asleep, I automatically wake up. A part of me still thinks my mom is in the kitchen cooking breakfast still.
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Summer Vacation: Day 1 Burlington, Vermont
First vacation of the summer! Last year, my friend who I was a bridesmaid 2 summers ago gave birth to a beautiful baby. I finally made plans to see this little munchkin. Last I saw my friend was when she was at the early stage of pregnancy still at a condo. This time, she is…