Travelogue - Lili on the Loose

1 09, 2022

Salem, MA Travelogue: Day 2 in The Witch City

By Lili|September 1st, 2022|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2021, filming location, Heritage Trail, Hocus Pocus, MA, Massachusetts, Memorial, Nathaniel Hawthrone, Salem, Salem Witch Museum, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, The House of the Seven Gables, Witch, Witch City, Witch Trials, Witches|0 Comments

Fall is almost upon us (although its 90 degrees in Colorado this week), and I'm reminicing on last year's October trip to Salem. I spent 2 days in early October in Salem, and everything I had heard about how busy and touristy Salem would be was true. But I went in knowing that there would be long lines and kitchy witchy stuff, so didn't mind. Day 2 The next day I checked out very early. I had them hold my small bag. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lili Armstrong (@liliontheloose) I then walked along

1 09, 2022

Salem, MA Travelogue: Day 1 in The Witch City

By Lili|September 1st, 2022|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2021, Bewitched, Cemetery, Charter Street Cemetery, filming location, Ghost Tour, Heritage Trail, Hocus Pocus, MA, Massachusetts, Memorial, Peabody Essex Museum, Proctor's Ledge Memorial, Salem, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, The Burying Point, Witch, Witch City, Witch House, Witch Trials, Witches|0 Comments

Fall is almost upon us (although its 90 degrees in Colorado this week), and I'm reminicing on last year's October trip to Salem. I spent 2 days in early October in Salem, and everything I had heard about how busy and touristy Salem would be was true. But I went in knowing that there would be long lines and kitchy witchy stuff, so didn't mind. Getting There: Salem and the road to get there is packed during October, and there is pretty much no parking for tourists in Salem. So I do not advise driving. Also 98% of what you'll

30 08, 2018

Egypt Travelogue: Day 12, Part 1 – Valley of the Kings

By Lili|August 30th, 2018|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, King Tut, KV11, KV6, KV62, KV8, KV9, Luxor, Luxor West Bank, Merneptah, Middle East, Mummy, Nile, Nile Cruise, Ramesses III, Ramesses IX, Ramesses V, Ramesses VI, Tomb, Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, West Bank|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Monday November 2, 2015 Egypt: Day 12, Part 1 – Valley of the Kings Once again, I awoke early to finish packing as we'd not be returning to the cruise ship, our bags instead would be taken onto our next hotel. I paid the last of my bill and then we all piled into a bus to take us to the Valley of the Kings. We crossed the Nile and past green fields and local houses and came out into

1 11, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll

By Lili|November 1st, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, Camel, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, earrings, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, Souk, Tea, Zahi Hawass|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 3 – Luxor Stroll In Aswan and Kom Ombo our cruise ship had been tied up in a row with another ship, so we actually left our lobby and entered directly into another ship's lobby before getting to a gangplank to go ashore. However, in Luxor, hundreds of ships were tied up along the shore, sometimes 10 deep. But this time they weren't fancy other cruise ships, but the decaying unused ones.

29 08, 2017

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping

By Lili|August 29th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, bargaining, boat, Cruise, cruise ship, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Egypt Travelogue, Esna, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, ghost, Ghost Ship, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, shopping, table cloth, Tea|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 2 – Unexpected Nile Shopping When we got back to the cruise ship, we had breakfast and talked about people's jobs. After this fortification, we had a group meeting to remind us of the time we should be near the Esna Lock. After a full morning, I decided to go back to the room and rest a bit. I found a towel elephant awaiting us! After resting for a while I thought

13 09, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu

By Lili|September 13th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, caleche, Dendera, Dream of Egypt, Edfu, Edfu Temple, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, falcon, G Adventures, Hathor, horse, horse carriage, Horus, Mammisi, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Nut, Osiris, Set, Temple, Temple of Edfu|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Sunday November 1, 2015 Egypt: Day 11, Part 1 – Early Morning in Edfu Photo by Tara We got up and met in the lobby of the ship. I recall drinking what was called orange juice, but was more related to Tang. (We'd have our actual breakfast after we got back.) We then headed out to take our horse carriage to Edfu Temple. Apparently, when the city and cruise ships tried to switch to buses, the locals rebelled

30 08, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 10, Part 3 – Halloween at Kom Ombo

By Lili|August 30th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, crocodile, Crocodile Museum, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Galabeya, galabeya party, Halloween, Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Nilometer, Sobek, Temple|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Saturday October 31, 2015 Egypt: Day 10, Part 3 – Halloween at Kom Ombo As Mikel gathered us in the lobby, he was adamant we don't shop going in or going out. That there was limited time, and the ship would leave at a specific time. We followed him, but then he stopped right before going up the steps. We all were eager to get started, but Mikel smartly let some of the pushier groups like the Chinese group with

29 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 10, Part 2 – Nile Cruise Sets Sail

By Lili|June 29th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Aswan, Cruise, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Kom Ombo, Kom Ombo Temple, Middle East, Nile, Nile Cruise, Perfume|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Saturday October 31, 2015 Egypt: Day 10, Part 2 – Nile Cruise Sets Sail After we made it past the sellers at the marina near Philae Temple we set off again. A few of us were dropped off at a Perfume store. We spent a while drinking tea and smelling all the various scents. I've never owned perfume so I don't know what I like (or am allergic too) and there are so many to smell that its hard to

28 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 10, Part 1 – Philae Temple

By Lili|June 28th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Agilika Island, Aswan, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Travelogue, G Adventures, Hadrian, Middle East, Philae, Philae Temple, Roman Emperor, Trajan, Trajan's Kiosk, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site|0 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Saturday October 31, 2015 Egypt: Day 10, Part 1 – Philae Temple It was another early day, and the food for breakfast wasn't that great. Now I'm not a breakfast person anyway, but even their potatoes were tasteless. Then it was time to board a bus to Philae Temple. When arrived we were once again accosted by numerous sellers. And this was before we even exited the bus! After Mikel got us tickets we had to run the gambit of numerous

21 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 9, Part 3 – Aswan at Night

By Lili|June 21st, 2016|Categories: Museums, Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2015, Africa, Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan, bargaining, Cathedral, Christian, church, Coptic, Coptic Church, Cross, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Lion, Middle East, Mummies, Mummy, Nubian Museum, Photo Essay, Ramses II, Shawabti, shopping, Temple, Temple of Gerf Hussein, UNESCO, Ushabti|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 30, 2015 Egypt: Day 9, Part 3 – Aswan at Night It wasn't that long of a walk to the Nubian Museum. When we went the museum actually opened in the morning, then closed around lunchtime, and then opened up again at 4PM and into the night. This is actually rare nowadays in Egypt, as most other sites and museums close around 4-5. Which is actually a bummer as I was still ready to site see around that