4 09, 2017

Museum Monday: The Hiddensee Treasure

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This amazing Viking treasure was revealed in 1873 after flooding on the German island of Hiddensee on the Baltic Sea. It is believed to have been created in the late Viking Age (10th century) possibly for the Danish King Harald Bluetooth. It was all pure gold and weighs about 600 grams. The center piece in the above photo is a fibula (brooch) and contains imagery of both Viking and Christian symbols. Scandinavian metalsmiths were renowned for their skill, and the detail of twisting gold represents snakes or dragons. Imagery on the pendants combined an eagle or owl head almost forming a Thor-like hammer

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2 09, 2017

Souvenir Saturday: Trilobite

By |September 2nd, 2017|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

When I was little I collected fossils. One that I've always wanted was a trilobite, and when I was on a work trip to Vegas last year I found a going out of business gem and mineral shop and got a good deal on this little one. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

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29 08, 2017

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

By |August 29th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |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

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28 08, 2017

Travel Missteps: Dollywood

By |August 28th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Have you ever been to a theme park and witnessed a malfunction or accident? Have you ever seen 3 in one day? I have. I don't really know how we ended up at Dollywood. We had traveled cross country for my sister's Odyssey of the Mind competition in Tennessee and on the way back decided to take it slow. I was allowed to pick the hotel we stopped at, and I picked one with a mini water park near Pigeon Forge. This is also near where Dollywood, Dolly Parton's theme park is, and so my parents suggested we go for

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24 08, 2017

More Solid Travel Products!

By |August 24th, 2017|Categories: Product Review, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Last time we spoke about Lush's solid shampoo, solid conditioner, and solid toothpaste. This week I want to share the other solid products I travel with to avoid traveling with liquids. Solid Sunscreen My all time favorite solid product discovery is solid sunscreen. I HATE sunscreen. I hate having to put it on, the feel of it on my skin. I hate it in general. And because of my fair skin, I need a lot of it. But Neutrogena's Solid Sunscreen is my lifesaver. I used this in Egypt and didn't get burn at all. I now use this as

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21 08, 2017

Museum Monday: Museum Aficionados of Reddit

By |August 21st, 2017|Categories: Museums, Resources, Travel|Tags: , |0 Comments

I love museums. Part of it stemmed from the fact that I didn't go to museums a lot as a child (or at least not as much as I would have liked!) And part of it was because for a period of time, I really really wanted to become a museum curator. But alas, one of those childhood dreams didn't come true. Instead, I like to visit as many museums as I can.  However, there aren't a lot of variety of museums in Colorado, so I often look at virtual collections. The easiest way to "curate" your own collection is

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19 08, 2017

Souvenir Saturday: Butterbeer Mugs

By |August 19th, 2017|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

At Universal Orlando, there are actually two types of Butterbeer mugs you can get. The original version (shown on the right) is found in the Hogsmeade section and is more of a stein shape. But if you head over to the Fountain of Fair Fortune at Diagon Alley, you'll find this mug with an elevated and curved shape. At either area you can get traditional Butterbeer, or my favorite the frozen kind! Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

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14 08, 2017

Travel Missteps: Ojo Rosa (Pink Eye)

By |August 14th, 2017|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

I was already pretty miserable at this point in my Costa Rica/Panama trip. A few days before I had popped my eardrums badly, and was having hard with balance and hearing. The day after that I caught a nasty cold from keeping my room's AC down too low. So between the popping of my ears, the runny nose, and the drainage in my throat causing me to cough a lot, I didn't notice that my eyes are giving up on me too. To be fair, I wasn't using them all that much that day. The 5+ hour travel day from

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