Travel RoundUp

1 - The world's tallest hotel is open for business! The 72 story JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai is ready to take your reservations!

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2 - This is a personal one for me; my great grandparent's house was serving as the Museum of Costumes in Dumfries, Scotland and unfortunately it has closed :( 

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3 - I found this really cool Travel Center where you can find all the baggage regulations for each airline, travel portals, rental cars, embassies lists, travel advisories, etc. Its a really good website to have access to.

4 - Next time you want to document your flight you better make sure to ask permission! This blogger was kicked off his flight for taking a picture of his seat!

5 - Check out this awesome parade! All of these amazing floats are made from flowers!

6 - Germany now has its own tropical oasis! … In the form of a theme park, check it out!

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Spring Break Destinations

Can you believe its March!!! Where does the time go? What does March mean for all those students and teachers?!?! SPRING BREAK!!!! Below are the top Spring Break Destinations according to Yahoo! When I was in grade school and high school I never really did anything for spring break. I was a pretty good kid in high school and didn't go out and party or drink so the whole, “party on the beach” wasn't really my thing. In 2008 I was able to go on my first spring break vacation, a cruise to Cozumel and Progresso where we got to see Chichen Itza, one of the modern seven wonders of the world.

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Lake Havasu, Ariz.
Cancún, Mexico
Nassau, Bahamas
Miami Beach, Fla.
South Padre Island, Texas
Venice Beach, Calif.
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Daytona Beach, Fla.
San Juan, P.R.

Original Yahoo! article found here.

I think that when my future kids are old enough we’ll take them on a super fun spring break to Hawaii!

Where are some places you have gone to for spring break?

Extreme Travelers: Path of the Ancient Humans

Paul Salopek is a 50-year-old journalist that has a long path ahead of him. Paul decided to take the long path of the ancient humans from Africa all the way to Tierra del Fuego, the southern tip of Chile. The route is 21,000 miles!!! Paul began his journey on January 10, 2013. And since then he has not left Africa yet.  You can see his status on his website and check out his twitter. He last updated his twitter on March 1, 2013 with the hashtag #Ethiopia. This path/journey is going to take Paul 7 years! All I can say is good luck and travel well my friend!

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Original Yahoo! article found here. 

ugh, as if!!!

So I don't listen to Justin Bieber nor do I understand what young girls see in him...but I suppose people once said that about me and my feelings for the Backstreet Boys...whatever. But I saw this latest picture of Justin and all I could think about was that line from Clueless, "So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair - ew - and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we're expected to swoon? I don't think so."
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and then I made this...

8 Places to See Before You Have Kids

Paris, France - Paris is the most visited city in the world with 45 million visitors each year. Paris is on my bucket list no doubt! But I think you could easily take a long weekend here and have family watch your kids. That is my tentative plan on visiting Paris, a nice romantic vacation away from the kids!

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New Zealand - New Zealand seems to offer so much, it has beautiful rugged mountains along with crystal waters. It is also on the bucket list but I think this one will be on there for a while, although it would be nice money doesn't grow on trees! Plus that flight is so long I think I would want to be over on that side of the world for a month before flying back.

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Disney World - Did it when I was a kid and looking at it as an adult it's just another theme park so I think I'll stick with the memories I have from when I was in 5^th grade! If you're into Disney stuff then by all means go! You don’t have go when school is out so you can go in the off season and save money!

Route 66 Road Trip - Eh, nothing I see on it seems super awesome…plus I was able to watch Karl Pilkington do Route 66 on Season 2 of Idiot Abroad!

Napa Valley, CA - I think Napa would be another nice romantic weekend away from the kids!

Macao - Located near Hong Kong ...its another place in a far off land that costs a pretty penny to get to…

Angkor Wat - Now this is on my MUST SEE list!!!!! OMG I want to go there so BAD!!!! I am trying to talk the hubby into a trip to Thailand and Cambodia before we have kids. (we will be relying on mileage points for the flight!)

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Transatlantic Cruise - Although this sounds like it might be fun, I think I would get bored spending SO MANY days at sea...I think its something like 18 days from Florida to Italy.

See original Yahoo! article here.

Where are some place that you think are worth visiting without kids? Any places you wish you had visited before you had kids?

Weekend Work

This past weekend was a busy one! We are in the process of looking for a new house...and that means getting our current home ready to sell. Over Christmas my brother came and helped us redo our baseboards. He did an AWESOME job! Thanks little bro! So ever since then I have had the wonderful task of painting it..ugh! This weekend my mom and dad came over and helped us finish the baseboards and take our "donate" pile off our hands.

And on the travel side of things tripadvisor started giving out some new badges, here is where I stand:
Hotel Specialist
Restaurant Expert
Attraction Connoisseur

Thanks tripadvisor!

Hope you all had a great weekend! And a good start to the week!

Under Bite: The Tail of Two Bulldogs

Here are some pics of my babies this week. Max is a friend of mine's bulldog that we babysit sometimes!

Lovely Lola

 

Crazy Coco

Unimpressed Max