2015 - Lili on the Loose

8 10, 2015

Making a Dream Trip to Egypt a Reality

By Lili|October 8th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Planning, Upcoming Travel|Tags: 2006, 2015, Africa, Chicago, Chicago Field Museum, Dream of Egypt, Egypt, Field Museum, Illinois, Indiana Jones, Karnak, Middle East, Travel Thursday, Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass|0 Comments

I have always dreamt of Egypt ever since I was a little girl. I loved ancient history (and Indiana Jones) and wanted to see the temples and monuments in person. It was fascinated how they complex and old they were. And they were so beautiful from the photos! I would watch the history channel and just eat up anything related to ancient Egypt. Source But it was always this far off exotic place that I hadn't really thought of actually going to. Not until I heard a character in Anne of Green Gables shout this: "I want to travel.

27 08, 2015

Travel Thursday postponed this week due to Miami

By Lili|August 27th, 2015|Categories: Currently Traveling, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2015, beach, Florida, Freedom Tower, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Heat, night, North America, ocean, sand, South Beach, Telemundo, Travel Thursday|0 Comments

Hello all! Sorry I didn't get a chance to write this week's Travel Thursday post as I was in Miami last week for work! So instead I will share two of my favorite Instagrams from my trip! South Beach Sun Freedom Tower Downtown

4 06, 2015

Review: Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto Canada

By Lili|June 4th, 2015|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel, Travel Review|Tags: 2015, aquarium, Canada, North America, Ripley's Aquarium, shark, Toronto, Travel Thursday, work trip, Yea! Sports|0 Comments

On a cold evening in February, after a long day of work, I found myself wandering the downtown area of Toronto. I had needed to take a break and get some air before coming back and finishing up a project for work. But most everything was closed except for bars & clubs. So instead I wandered towards the tall glowing spire of the CN Tower. Usually I do a lot of planning for a trip, but this trip was just for work and I had only found out about it a few days earlier. So my knowledge of what to do in

25 05, 2015

Travel Missteps: Not So Yummy Assumption

By Lili|May 25th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2015, Canada, Donuts, food, HIMYM, How I Met Your Mother, North America, Ontario, Tim Hortons, Timbits, Toronto, TV Show, Yea! Sports|0 Comments

When I had a quick, last minute trip to Toronto for work I didn't have much time to plan. Especially when I was going during a massive conference week and nearly all hotel rooms were booked. So I looked up a few touristy activities and timing but nothing else. That likely wasn't the smartest idea. I didn't know that my chosen hotel was in the Financial district of downtown, and that nearly all cheap restaurants and stores closed down over the weekend. I also didn't know my chosen hotel was more like a dorm, and it wasn't recommended to drink

26 03, 2015

Egypt Trip Itinerary

By Lili|March 26th, 2015|Categories: Itinerary, Travel, Upcoming Travel|Tags: 2015, Abu Simbel, Abu Sir, activities, Africa, Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo, Cruise, Dahshur, Dashur, Denver, Dream of Egypt, Edfu, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Europe, Frankfurt, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Germany, Giza, itinerary, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Memphis, Middle East, Munich, museum, Nile, North America, Pyramids, Saqqara, Sharm, Sharm el Sheikh, Temple, tour, USA, Wadi Natrum|0 Comments

Within the next few months I will be embarking on my dream trip of a lifetime - EGYPT! I've been wanting to do this trip forever and actually had the money saved up to go in 2011, but the revolution put a kink in my plans. I was skittish, not wanting to go during that trouble period. But I realize now, things will never be stable...at least not for another decade or so. And so I must take a leap of faith, stop waiting, and just go! So for the last few months I've been planning this trip. Below is

8 03, 2015

The Sounds that Travel with Us

By Lili|March 8th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, All in the family Italy 2005/2006, Asia, at the heart of it Ireland 2009, Backpacking it in England and Scotland, Belize, BuzzFeed, California, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, Christmas in Germany, christmas music, Costa Rica, drinking song, England, Europe, Germany, Good Food in San Francisco, Guatemala, House of Cards, Ireland, Italy, Japan, ke$ha, kesha, Las Vegas, Linkin Park, Mattafix, Mayan Encounter 2013, memories, Mexico, Nevada, North America, paradise, Robert Post, Sailor Moon, San Diego, San Francisco, Scotland, Sister Cities Japan 2004, song, songs, sound, sounds, St. John, St. John 2010, Toronto, USA, USVI, wild rover, Yea! Sports|0 Comments

BuzzFeed recently had an article about the sounds from Italy that will fill you with Wanderlust. And it reminded me of all the sounds I associate with certain trips. Here are some of my top highlights that will instantly take me back in time: Toronto: Theme from House of Cards Google Play and Amazon had the first episode of House of Cars for free. I figured, sure why not, lets see what the hype is all about. I watched the first episode on my flights out...and got hooked. At night I'd watch House of Card before falling asleep. San Diego:

2 03, 2015

Currently Traveling: Toronto

By Lili|March 2nd, 2015|Categories: Currently Traveling, Travel|Tags: 2015, aquarium, Canada, Hockey, jellyfish, NHL, North America, purple, Toronto, work, Yea! Sports|0 Comments

Hello! Sorry Travel Missteps is cancelled this week. I'm actually traveling last minute to Toronto Canada for work. I was able to visit the wonderful aquarium last night! Jellyfish #nofilter @ Ripley's Aquarium

31 12, 2014

2014 The Year of Changes – Part 3: Travel

By Lili|December 31st, 2014|Categories: Travel, Year in Review|Tags: 2014, 2015, 4th of July, Boston, Boulder, California, changes, Denver, fall, fall leaves, graveyard, Halloween, historical, Massachusetts, museum, San Diego, saving, St. John, USVI, Wayin, work, year in review|0 Comments

This is Part 3 of my 2014 Year in Review. Travel With most of my time and energy for the year being tied up in job hunting, job getting, job starting, putting things into storage, moving, house hunting, and moving again - I didn’t travel much this year and ended up not going on my trip to St. John, USVI. USVI got the axe mainly because I wanted to save money for my new home, and because the trip had originally been scheduled for my first week at Wayin. So instead I focused on experiencing more of downtown Denver. I