We skipped out on the Queen's Jubilee and spent the long bank holiday weekend in Istanbul. While I wanted to celebrate with the Queen, Gokhan and Merve were getting married! A year ago, we were in Istanbul when Gokhan decided to
Magda, Nisha, Dan, Kavi, Kudah and I spent the weekend in Bordeaux. Dan's sister, Hannah, is a wine consultant and was kind enough to host us. We arrived Friday early evening, and enjoyed a lovely french meal at a little wine
We (Yang, Michelle, Randy, Muju, Michelle, Jim, Armina, Kudah and I) spent the weekend in Barcelona. We had been a few years since we had visited, and this city definitely warranted another visit (and many more). Barcelona has amazing art, architecture and food (and
Kudah and I spent Easter weekend in Malaga and Gibraltar. Malaga couldn’t have been a better place to spend Easter – while there were parades every night, they city was still in full operation – restaurants were open, key sights
Atsuko, Halia, Trang and I decided to take a weekend getaway to Nice. The trip was centered around food, wine and sunshine. Overall, it was a lovely trip and a beautiful place to spend the weekend. We flew into Nice and made that
Since January, I have been traveling to Paris 2-4 times per month on business. While it is not a holiday, it seemed like I should start a living post on Paris and some of my recommended places to visit: Le Garde
Feb 2 - 5 After our LBS mid-year block week, a few of us jetted off to Marrakesh for a weekend of food, drink and parties. Unfortunately, the weather was unusually cold, which didn't allow for much time by the pool. Therefore,
We spent the last part of our holiday relaxing on Sri Lanka's beautiful coastline, and planted ourselves in Hikkaduwa, since we had heard it was a great place to spend New Year's Eve. From Hikkaduwa, we made a day trip to
We used Colombo as a point to breakup out journey from the north down to the beach. While to trip from Dumbulla to Anuradhapura only took a couple hours on the way up, the way back required driving during the
On our way from Anuradhapura to Colombo, we made a detour to Sigiriya to visit yet another UNESCO world heritage site, Sigiriya. Sigiriya, meaning "Lion's throat", in Sinhalese, is an ancient rock fortress where King Kashyapa built his palace. He had