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scotland part II: arthur’s seat

While we were in Scotland, we spent one afternoon climbing beautiful Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.  Arthur’s Seat is the main hill in Holyrood Park, right next to Holyrood Palace, where Mary, Queen of Scots, lived and where Queen Elizabeth stays when she visits Scotland. Scotland was chilly and none of us had taken our jackets off…

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scotland part I

Scotland. Oh my, Scotland. Let’s go back, shall we? Will and I recently returned from a two-week vacation in the UK with my family and some family friends. We visited Scotland and England and packed the trip full of great views and historic sites. During the five days we were in Scotland we stayed in…

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dc with the locals

  A few weekends ago I visited some college roommates in DC.  After we graduated we spread out but a few from our group are living in DC.  Most of us hadn’t seen each other in a year so there was a lot of catching up and a lot of change in all of our post-grad…

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outer banks

A few weekends ago Will and I took a trip to the Outer Banks to celebrate our anniversary. We spent part of the car trip trying to name all of the counties we drove through in sequential order.  Nerds?  Maybe, but we thought it was fun :) When we woke up on Saturday morning the…

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colonial williamsburg

Over Easter weekend, our family took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg.  Throughout the years of visiting our grandmother in Williamsburg, we have well-traversed the garden mazes and shops of Merchant’s Square.  We have our favorite routes and stores (can’t miss the Peanut Shoppe!), but there is always something new going on. This time, the sheep were out!…

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