We just returned from an amazing week in Costa Rica! Our good friend Stacey had wanted to make a trip to the rainforest, so we decided to tag along and I’m so so glad we did. It was a fabulous week full of good food, rainforest adventures, and lots of pool time! We used Latitudes to book our itinerary and our first stop was the organic coffee plantation Finca Rosa Blanca.

Finca Rosa Blanca has individual apartment-type rooms, we had two …

Peru is so high on my travel list (not top 5 but close!), and the mystical Machu Picchu is definitely the reason.  A good friend actually spent the week hiking the Inca Trail in May, but I think I would be one of the visitors that chooses the Inca RAIL over the Inca Trail, just like Phil Van Nostrand of phillipvn.com.  The amazing images of his trip to Machu Picchu are really making me jealous right now and making me …

Aside from having *super* crappy weather, my sister and I SO enjoyed our time in Budapest and Vienna! Budapest is an amazing city, full of gorgeous architecture, great food, and really helpful and kind people. Our home base was the Corinthia Hotel Budapest and we absolutely loved it there, especially the pool and jacuzzis after a long day of sightseeing. The main attractions in Budapest are the Parliament building (second largest in Europe), St Stephen’s Basilica, the …

I’m going a bit out of order here as I have yet to post pictures from my 10th college reunion (TENTH! Sigh, I’m getting old.), which happened between Dubai and San Francisco, but our little jaunt to the left coast over Easter weekend is still fresh on my mind so I thought I’d share a few pics! We mainly went out there because the Braves were playing the Giants that weekend, so we saw games on Saturday and Sunday …

We had the best time in Dubai visiting EAD Living’s own Amy I!  Amy and her husband have been living there for a few months now, and so I thought what better excuse to visit a new, awesome country than to go visit a friend?  So off to went to Dubai, which was somewhere I had wanted to go since I saw that episode of the Amazing Race (anyone else remember that one?  Seriously, you won’t go down a water …

Ciao from Italia!

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Well, actually… Ciao from my living room where I’m wishing I was back in Italia, wandering the streets of Firenze with a double scoop of gelato {1 scoop Nutella, 1 scoop rum, please} or sipping prosecco on a piazza in Roma.  You see, the Evs and I just returned from a 9 day jaunt through Tuscany and Rome… from the trails of Cinque Terre to the Ponte Vecchio, and through the hills …

I’m off to Dubai for the next 10 days to visit Amy I! 

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Furbaby Friday will be back next week, but in honor of all of the furbabies, here is Charlie – I was so sad when he left to be boarded this morning!

Happy Spring Break!
Ami

This was our second married Christmas and our second year splitting the holiday between the east coast and the west coast — my parents live in central Pennsylvania, and Nick’s parents live in southern California. I’m not sure that I’ll ever get used to palm trees and sunshine and sandals in December, but I’ll admit that it was nice to escape the bitter cold winter of the east coast.

We visited La Jolla and Oceanside. We walked along the water …

For the last 7 years, I flew from coast to coast with frequency. I lived in Los Angeles. My family lived in Virginia Beach.  I got on a plane and a few hours later like magic I was at my destination. I never bothered to consider nor appreciate the vast country that lies in-between. When I decided to return to Virginia, I knew that I wanted to drive cross-country. Driving cross country has been on my bucket list for quite …

I have some epic news to share. Andy and I are moving to Dubai! His company is sending him to the Middle East to work, and I’m tagging along to play! We’ll be there for about 3 months in early 2011, and we’re ridiculously excited for the adventure of a lifetime.

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Since I don’t have any concrete plans yet over there (besides exploring the biggest mall in the world), I’m hoping to use my time to learn …