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One day in London

Couple in front of Tower Bridge

London is a city Rick and I love going to time and time again – and there’s always still something left on our bucket list when we leave. Last year, we visited London on our England, Scotland, and Ireland trip with Go Ahead and basically had two nights and one full day in the city.

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Top 10: Ghost tours

Seattle ghost tour

Happy Halloween! I absolutely love spooky season and all things haunted and have taken to booking ghost tours whenever and wherever we travel! And luckily Rick is down for all my ghostly explorations. I think a ghost tour is such a fun way to learn more about a city’s history and local hauntings. Some tours

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10 travel destinations we plan to revisit

We’ve been fortunate to travel to many iconic cities in the 10 years we’ve been together. From going on multi-country jaunts in Europe on a group tour to getting to these locations by cruise ship, we love checking out new travel destinations. But, given the nature of some our trips where we pack a lot

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24 hours in Liverpool

Last year around this time we were on our whirlwind two week trip across France, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland!  We did France on our own before joining our tour group for England, Scotland, and Ireland on a guided trip with Go Ahead Tours. And on our way to Ireland, we had a stopover in

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24 hours in Nara

On our spring trip to Japan, we stayed in Tokyo, the Mt. Fuji region, and Kyoto, and while in Kyoto we had a day trip to Nara! We didn’t exactly spend a full 24 hours there, but we did have a great day exploring the city before returning to Kyoto that night. We were excited

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24 hours in Kamakura

Kamakura, Japan Buddha

When we went to Japan in March on our trip with Go Ahead, we had the option of having a full free day in Tokyo or we could go on a guided day trip to Kamakura. We opted to go to Kamakura! While we would have loved to have more time in Tokyo, I’m hopeful

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Best photography locations in Kyoto

I’ll admit it. I have a problem. I’m a photo junkie. I cannot go on a vacation without taking hundreds of photos. So, Rick and I actually got new phones before our trip to Japan as we knew we’d be snapping a million pictures of the cherry blossoms and we both wanted those captures to

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Travel itinerary: Three days in Kyoto

We were lucky enough to have three great days in Kyoto on our Go Ahead Tours’ trip: Cherry Blossoms in Japan: Tokyo to Kyoto at the end of March. The weather in Kyoto was a lovely change from the rain and cold we were greeted with in Tokyo, and we were thrilled to see the

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Travel itinerary: Two days in Tokyo

We recently went to Japan on a guided tour with Go Ahead Tours and were able to visit Tokyo, the Mt. Fuji region, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. This was actually was one of our more slower-paced tours we’ve done with the travel company! Our tour was mostly concentrated in Tokyo and Kyoto, with three nights

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Review: Guinness Storehouse experience

Guinness Storehouse visit

One thing Rick and I knew we wanted to do as soon as our Dublin trip was finally happening was drink as much Guinness as possible and preferably have one of those pints at the Guinness Storehouse! Luckily for us, our tour guide organized a trip there and bought us tickets for a visit. I