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Great Destinations

December 5, 2011 by Kristy 23 Comments

Today’s post isn’t running-related at all.  It’s all about traveling!

Matt and I got our first taste of traveling on our honeymoon and since then we have not been able to stop thinking, researching, dreaming, and booking more trips.  It’s funny since prior to our honeymoon, we both barely been outside the US.  We didn’t step on a plane until college and grew up vacationing at the Jersey Shore (Wildwood for me, Ocean City for him).  Since gallivanting around Europe in 2009, we can’t seem to get enough.

We decided to honeymoon in Europe because why the hell not?  Since we both never been there, we couldn’t decide on just 1 country to visit so we went with the European cruise.  The cruise itself was not our thing (old people doing the hokey pokey and macarena – no thanks), but getting to see so many European cities in 2 weeks was fantastic.

stickers = group tour. another not-so-fun side of cruising.

A year later we went to Australia (sidenote:  our trips always fall post-marathon – no idea why 😉  We went to Australia 5 days after the Steamtown Marathon in October 2010).  Words can’t describe Australia.  I’ll show pictures instead.

sydney opera house
canyoning in the blue mountains
our first surf lesson ever...in bondi beach!
we found nemo in the great barrier reef

This past May we went to Ireland (again, post-NJ Marathon).  So many pubs, so little time.

NEXT UP….Kauai in May and Paris/London in June!!!

We have been thinking about Hawaii for some time now and May would be a perfect time to go (post-Boston, of course!).  Paris and London we could not pass up.  Matt’s brother-in-law teaches a summer course in Paris and will be there throughout June in an apartment.  All we needed to do was pay for airfare.  See how we couldn’t pass it up?!?!  And Matt came up with the idea to tack London on (it’s only a 2 1/2 hour train ride from Paris to London).  So yes, we are very excited!

My question for you…if you could plan a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go (and why)?  I love hearing people’s response to this question!  

Friday Favorites

April 1, 2011 by Kristy 19 Comments

Hooray for a rest day!  And hooray for another one tomorrow.  I’m going to an easy yoga class at lunchtime (the mm hmm lady – she’s growing on me).  We are headed to DC tomorrow and staying until Monday…with Mr. Hawk in tow.  We found a pet-friendly hotel.  Hawk is very excited. Race day weather still looks awesome.  I can’t wait!

It’s your favorite day of the week…time for Friday Favorites…the travel edition!

Matt and I caught the travel bug during our honeymoon.  We went on a Mediterranean cruise and saw a bunch of cities in Europe.  We didn’t care much for the cruise itself, but we loved getting a little sample of Europe and now we have a list of places we would love to go back to.  The following year, we went to Australia.  It was unbelievable.  We spent time in Sydney, Port Douglas (Great Barrier Reef area), and Melbourne.  Next up…

IRELAND!

For real!  Matt and I just booked our flights this week!  We always wanted to go there and found amazingly cheap flights too good to pass up.  So we’ll be Ireland-bound in May 🙂

If you’ve been to Ireland, please let me know your “must sees”.  I would love to hear your suggestions!

I included pictures of our favorite places in Europe and Australia.  It was hard to narrow it down since we pretty much enjoyed everything.

EUROPE

Before boarding the cruise ship, we stayed overnight in Barcelona. Our hotel was right on the beach.
Drinks in the El Born district - Barcelona. Notice Matt's drink compared to mine 🙂
Amalfi Coast of Italy - absolutely breathtaking!
Santorini, Greece. I could go on and on about this place...
Santorini
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik - spot the orange yoga mat? Heaven!
Venice, Italy

AUSTRALIA

Sydney - when I first saw the Opera House, I was speechless.
Canyoning/abseiling in the Blue Mountains (outside Sydney)
Surf lessons on Bondi Beach
Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef
Great Ocean Drive - south of Melbourne
Pit stop along the Great Ocean Road

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