After departing Lucerne, we headed to our last location, Lugano. Lugano is in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, close to the Swiss-Italian border and on the shores of Lake Lugano. Exploring Lugano We arrived in Lugano in the morning so instead of going to the hotel (since it was too early to check-in), the bus …
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Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): Lucerne
Our next stay would be in Lucerne but on the way over, we made a brief stop in the city of Bern. Exploring Bern When we got to Bern, we stopped near the Bärengraben, or Bear Pit, to use the bathrooms and also to take some photos of the city from above. Our local tour guide …
Swiss Escape (A Globus Tour): Zurich
I left on a Saturday (dark and early) for my 6 AM flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia where I would be connecting onward to Zurich. (Thank you American Airlines for constantly moving my flight earlier until it was as early as could be...) My mother, who would be traveling with me, flew to Philadelphia …
Eating & Drinking Our Way through NYC (Day One)
Last year in 2020, Jetblue had a giveaway where you could nominate a healthcare worker to win two roundtrip flights. One of my friends, a public health nurse, that I nominated won a pair and with the tickets expiring at the end of 2021, we were brainstorming where to go and decided on New York …
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Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Vienna, Austria
On the morning of the third day, I finished packing and left my suitcase outside my door for it to be collected and placed on the bus. Your tour director gives you a luggage tag to attach to your bag to make it easy for it to be collected and placed on the correct bus. …
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Central Europe (A Globus Tour): Budapest, Hungary
When I arrived at my hotel in Budapest, my tour group already finished their introductory meeting and was headed into the hotel restaurant so I missed all their introductions and review of the itinerary and optional excursions. Luckily, my parents had arrived in the morning so they got all the information otherwise I would have …
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Weekend Trip to San Diego
Back around Black Friday last year, Delta was having a sale on flights from LA to San Diego and since my favorite Italian restaurant is in San Diego (and I just really like San Diego in general) I decided to a round-trip ticket for February. This is of course a very short flight. I believe …
New Orleans: Renaissance New Orleans Pere Marquette Hotel
One of my good friends recently finished medical school and is moving out of state for her residency so we wanted to plan a short trip as a sort of last hurrah. We had a few destinations in mind: New Orleans, Nashville, Seattle and Portland. We also knew it would probably be only a 3-day …
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Maui: Wailea Beach Resort – Marriott
Last week, I took a 4 day trip to the Hawaiian Island of Maui to attend a friend's wedding. Since their wedding was in the Wailea area of Maui, my friends and I decided to stay at the Wailea Beach Resort - Marriott. The resort is right on the water next to both Wailea Beach …
Seoul: L7 Myeongdong
After an early morning flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Gimpo Airport in Seoul, I checked into L7 Myeongdong. This is actually my second stay at the L7 Myeongdong located in the Myeongdong area of Seoul (probably obvious from the hotel name). On previous trips I have stayed in Gangnam but found myself spending …
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