February, 2016 - Lili on the Loose

6 02, 2016

Shopping via Boat in Esna, Egypt

By Lili|February 6th, 2016|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, boat, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Esna, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Middle East, Nile Cruise, shopping, table cloth|0 Comments

As the first small boat made its way towards our cruise ship, bumping up against the bow, people gasped. "Oh no! They crashed into us! Are they okay!" People asked while craning over the railing to get a better look. And then a second boat crashed up against us, and a third, and a forth. They just kept coming. As more and more small boats tied up against us, it became clear what they were doing. They unfurled towels, scarves, large table clothes, shouting at us to look. And then, they rolled it up, and chucked it clear up to

5 02, 2016

Winter Berries at Rothenburg ob der Tauber

By Lili|February 5th, 2016|Categories: Nature & Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: 2011, Berries, Christmas in Germany 2011, Europe, Germany, Photo Friday, rothenburg ob der tauber, winter|0 Comments

Walking the old Medieval Walls of Rothenburg right after Christmas was cold, but beautiful. Looking down I saw this beautiful tree with winter berries. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

4 02, 2016

How to fix Google Analytics SEO Queries Showing No Results

By Lili|February 4th, 2016|Categories: Blogging|Tags: blank, Blog, Canonical, domain, error, Google, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, preferred domain, Queries, Search Engine Optimization, search traffic, SEO, traffic|0 Comments

Travel Blogging is a tough. There are thousands of already established travel bloggers out there, and daily hundreds more join the fold. That is why Search Engine Optimization is key for any blogger. So imagine my surprise when last November the "Queries" section of Google Analytics suddenly went blank. I figured it had to do with me blocking Russian spam bots from showing up in my results so I'd have truer analytics. But I didn't want to delete all of those filters, so I just lived with having no SEO Queries and no Landing Page results. But every time I checked I

3 02, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 2 – Sick in Frankfurt

By Lili|February 3rd, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, airport, Apfelwein, Apple Wine, Dream of Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, Europe, fall, Fall Colors, fall leaves, Frankfurt, Frankfurt in a Day, Germany, Hamburger, hotel, Langen, sick|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Friday October 23, 2015 Egypt: Day 2 - Sick in Frankfurt I arrived in Frankfurt a little after 11 AM. Feeling very sick, my dream of wandering the city was slowly dying. I exited, and found myself in Z Terminal. I knew that the bag holding station was outside Terminal A. But more importantly I knew there was supposed to be an attached hotel at Terminal A. I figured instead of paying to leave my bags at the bag check,

2 02, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 1 – Leaving Home

By Lili|February 2nd, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Chophouse, Colorado, DEN, Denver, DIA, Dream of Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, Ingress, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Movie, North America, security, SSSS, Super Shuttle, TSA, Uber|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Thursday October 22, 2015 Egypt: Day 1 - Leaving Home (Denver, CO) For a moment I enjoyed being alone and listen to the heavy rain on the window. It had been hard to sleep the night before with Tessa gone. (I had dropped my dog off the night before to my parents house and had also left them copies of my itinerary so they wouldn't be worried.) It had been already packed for almost a week, but my flight

1 02, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Early Morning Dilemma

By Lili|February 1st, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2015, Canada, North America, Ontario, Tim Hortons, time difference, Toronto, work, Yea! Sports|0 Comments

Time Changes can be killer. Especially if you do not have any time to get use to it. I was in Toronto for a weekend to assist a client activation. On the day of the event, the call time to the studio was 5:50 AM. To ensure I had enough time to get up, get ready, wake up, have breakfast and walk the 30 minutes to the studio I set my alarm for 4:30 AM. But this seemed so cruel. Because I was now 2 time zones ahead, 4:30AM seemed like 2:30 AM to me. So it was going to