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20 04, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 7, Part 2 – Treasures of the Egyptian Museum

By Lili|April 20th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Cairo, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, Egyptian Museum, G Adventures, Giza, Great Pyramids, Great Pyramids of Giza, Middle East, night train, Pyramid, train|2 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Wednesday October 28, 2015 Egypt: Day 7, Part 2 – Treasures of the Egyptian Museum I napped and relaxed as we headed back to Cairo. As we got closer, you could see the Great Pyramids off in the distance. I was a bit amused by this. In Colorado we joke about the people who never go into the mountains. You can see them everywhere in the front range. They are so ever present that we do directions using them.

19 04, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 7, Part 1 – Coptic Monastery at Wadi Natrun

By Lili|April 19th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Alexandria, Coptic, Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox monastery, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, flood, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Middle East, Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Natrun, Saint Pishoy, saints, Wadi El Natrun|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Wednesday October 28, 2015 Egypt: Day 7, Part 1 – Coptic Monastery at Wadi Natrun I woke up early, at 4:30 and had breakfast. As we exited Alexandria, the roads were flooded by a night rainstorm. Apparently it was unusual, and people called for the governor to resign for failing to maintain the storm sewers properly. Mikel had stressed that we each get food the day before as we had a long drive and a lot to fit in.

18 04, 2016

Review: Chocolate Exhibit at DMNS

By Lili|April 18th, 2016|Categories: Museums, Travel, Travel Review|Tags: chocolate, Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, North America, Review, USA|0 Comments

I was excited to see Denver Museum of Nature and Science's take on a Chocolate Exhibit as I had visit the Choco Museum in Antigua, Guatemala and had learned how to make chocolate there. Chocolate: the Exhibition is running now through May 8th and is included with your DMNS admission or membership. When you first walk in, you'll see lifesize models of the tree and pods. Many facts are displayed in both English and Spanish about the tree and how it grows. (I was amused to hear a little kid go "EWWE, Chocolate likes death!" When he read that rotting

16 04, 2016

Souvenir Saturday: Las Vegas Snow Globe

By Lili|April 16th, 2016|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2011, collection, Girl’s Weekend, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, snow globe, USA|1 Comment

I like this snow globe from Las Vegas, as it has all the major "sights" from Luxor, NY NY, Paris, and more. The base brings back the Vegas motif with cards, chips, dice, and coins. Read about the History of Snow Globes or view a Buying Guide to find the perfect Snow Globe on your next vacation. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

15 04, 2016

Niederwalddenkmal in the Fog

By Lili|April 15th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2011, Christmas in Germany 2011, Europe, fog, gazebo, Germany, Hesse, Niederwald landscape park, Niederwalddenkmal, park, Photo Friday, Rhine, Rhine Valley, Rüdesheim, Rüdesheim am Rhein|0 Comments

Niederwalddenkmal is a monument in the Rhine Valley dedicated to the unification of Germany. It boasts of a beautiful walking park and great views of the valley. On the day I went, it was a quiet foggy landscape where you couldn't see the monument at all! So here is the gazebo in the park, the only thing beyond a few trees that i could see. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

14 04, 2016

How To Fix Random Broken Images in WordPress

By Lili|April 14th, 2016|Categories: Blogging|Tags: BlueHost, broken image, broken link checker, htaccess, plugin, wordpress|9 Comments

Source I have been struggling with the most annoying problem for the last few months. I'd find that images on my blog would randomly be broken. Sometimes on a refresh it would be fine, and then BAM, no more image. I would try re-saving the image, re-saving the post, and sometimes it would work...and sometimes it would break something else. What was so frustrating was that I knew that the images were still there on my server. I knew that the image locations and URLs hadn't changed. So why were the images randomly becoming broken on my Wordpress

13 04, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 6, Part 4 – Sick at the Library of Alexandria

By Lili|April 13th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Alexandria, Antikythera Mechanism, books, dog, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Greece, Greek, Library, Library of Alexandria, manuscript, manuscript museum, Middle East, mosaic, museum, re-hydration powder, 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. Tuesday October 27, 2015 Egypt: Day 6, Part 4 – Sick at the Library of Alexandria As the dark clouds swirled overhead, but offered no more rain, we made our way to the Library of Alexandria. It was slow going through the streets and we were quite hungry. Every fruit stall we passed many of my fellow travelers lamented that they wanted "real fruit" not the faux sugary substances we were finding in the morning buffets. Mikel promised us

12 04, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 6, Part 3 – Alexandria’s Antiquities

By Lili|April 12th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Alexandria, Anubis, Apis Bull, catacombs, catacombs of kom el shoqafa, Daughter Library, Diocletian, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, Egyptian, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Great Library of Alexandria, Greek, Isis, kom el shoqfa, Library of Alexandria, Middle East, Pompey's Pillar, roman, Roman Emperor, Sarapeion, Sarapis|1 Comment

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Tuesday October 27, 2015 Egypt: Day 6, Part 3 – Alexandria's Antiquities We arrived to the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa. Knowing that cameras were not allowed we left most of our things on the bus, and after a quick bathroom break we had our bags checked and went through security. This place is known as the "Mound of Shards" for its many broken party shards and for most of the recent history was viewed as a dumping grounds

11 04, 2016

Travel Missteps: Part of the Family

By Lili|April 11th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2002, Backpacking it in England and Scotland, England, Family, Punks, Restaurant, The Shambles, UK, United Kingdom, York, York Minster|1 Comment

As I mentioned perviously, my first trip abroad we didn’t have a watch, and so our eating schedules were off. We’d eat breakfast at noon, and then get hungry for dinner around midnight. On our second trip abroad, this time to England & Scotland we made sure to plan mealtimes better. After spending the day wandering York and taking in sights, like The Shambles and York Minster, we were hungry. So we happened upon a small homey restaurant near dinnertime we stepped in and took a seat. The owners, a cute old couple, were regaling friends with stories and laughter.

8 04, 2016

Precious Cargo Chihuly

By Lili|April 8th, 2016|Categories: Art, Attractions & Sights, Local, Travel|Tags: 2014, boat, Botanical Garden, chihuly, Colorado, Denver, Denver Botanical Gardens, glass, North America, Photo Friday, USA, water|0 Comments

So many colorful glass spheres at the Denver Botanical Garden's Chihuly exhibit. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

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