Boston!

Boston ~ Thanksgiving 2013   Everyone we talk to tells us we have to visit Boston. With Thanksgiving weekend and no plans, we thought why not! So we booked a holiday house through Homeaway.com and set about planning the itinerary. As we had not been up North before we wanted to see as much as possible, including a little side trip into Maine for some lobster! Our final itinerary looked like this:   Weds 27th – Drive to...

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Hawaii ~ August 2013!

7 days in a tropical paradise ~ HAWAII On the 7th August we took a flight over to Hawaii on route to Australia. We have friends over there so the plan was to stay with them and catch up as well as enjoy the beauty that is Hawaii! We had a fabulous 7 days and saw many wonderful things! The highlights for me was the drive up the North Coast, seeing green sea turtles in their natural habitat and some gorgeous island scenery. We also enjoyed...

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4th of July Celebrations in New York City!

With the girls in town for 4 weeks holidays, we decided it was the perfect opportunity to head up to new York for 5 nights. The timing was great given it would be over the 4th July weekend! It was extremely hot, especially given we were walking several miles a day, but we still enjoyed it! We watched the fireworks over the Hudson River, visited the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock, Brass Bull, 911 Memorial and so much more! We also hired...

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