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Summer Trip to Italy

Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Andrew

Our favorite part of our honeymoon trip to Europe in 2018 was the four-day hike we took through the Swiss alps. Ever since then we’ve been wanting to go back and do a similar trip in the Italian alps – the Dolomites. This winter, we were able to reserve a six-day backpacking trip at the […]

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Southern Europe Trip

Posted on July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 by Andrew

We wanted to go somewhere warm after enduring our first cold winter in a long time, so we started planning a trip to Portugal, Spain, and Greece for the spring. We reached out to our friends Mike and Steph who were excited to join us on the Spain and Greece section in May! This was […]

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Home for the Holidays

Posted on February 1, 2022July 15, 2022 by Andrew

This was our first winter on the East coast in a long time and we enjoyed being able to avoid the airport and simply drive to visit family. We went to Richmond to visit Andrew’s family for Thanksgiving, and we traveled to Philadelphia to visit Emily’s family for Christmas.

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Fall Travelers and Travels

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Andrew

Summer ended sooner than we would have liked, but not without a few final visitors. As we enjoyed our first real Fall season after years of living in LA we set out on a few adventures to visit family and friends.

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Cross Country Road Trip

Posted on March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 by Andrew

After months of planning we finally made the move. We packed everything into a POD, sold Andrew’s car, and spent a week driving cross country from Los Angeles to Roanoke. Saying goodbye to all of our friends in LA has been difficult but after a week on the road we are happy to finally be […]

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