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Day 9 – Sunday, October 23 We got up at 6:45 so we could finish putting everything in the bags and leave the hotel by 7:15. We got a Lyft to South Station and were able to wait in the Metropolitan Lounge until closer to our departure time. This would be the longest leg of…
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Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe
Day 7 – Saturday, October 22 Another lie-in for Claire on Saturday, thankfully. Abby and I discussed the morning over a cup of tea. We decided to take a short walk along the Charles River, on the appropriately named Charles River Greenway. Then we had just enough time for another cup of tea before meeting another…
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In Arden, Woah-oh-oh, In Arden, WOAH-oh-oh-oh!
Day 7 – Friday, October 21 I was able to sleep in a little bit Friday morning since Mom and I weren’t meeting until later. Abby and I had some tea before I got dressed, then we had our much-anticipated bagel bacon butties. Abby made some improvised brown sauce to put on hers, but I stuck…
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Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers? From the Courtyard by Marriott
Day 6 – Thursday, October 20 For our first day in Boston, we were actually leaving Boston—in fact, the entire state of Massachusetts—completely. We got up at about 6:15 and got ready for a day of leaf-peeping. Our tour guide and driver, Bobby, was scheduled to pick us up at about 7:15, so we went downstairs…
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“Schenectady” is Both Fun to Say and to Spell
Day 5 – Wednesday, October 19 We were up early, early, early at 4:15. We had left a lot of things out to dry and needed to pack them up before leaving. So we did that and got ourselves ready to go. We had anticipated leaving the hotel around 5:30 or 5:45, but we were…
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Niagara Falls: Nature’s Eye Wash Station
Day 4 – Tuesday, October 18 We got up a little before 7:30, but didn’t really get moving until closer to 8:30. Our plan was to get some breakfast at the Starbucks in the hotel, plus some extra for Wednesday morning since we’d be leaving before they opened, and then get on our way. I had…
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You Hear the Best Gossip on the Train
Day 3 – Monday, October 17 We got up at 5:15. The train was scheduled to leave at 7:15 and we wanted to get there in plenty of time. We did stop at the Starbucks in the lobby so we could grab some breakfast to take with us. And we didn’t try to walk back…
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The Best Way to See the Met is in a Blur
Day 2 – Sunday, October 16 We woke up a little before 7:30 and got ourselves ready for the day. Since we’d walked the High Line on Saturday night, the plan was to get some breakfast and walk around Central Park before going to the Neue Galerie. We decided to walk down towards the park…
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Every Time I Say “New York, New York,” I Get Bernstein Stuck in My Head
Day 1 – Saturday, October 15 I spent Friday cleaning a lot before packing. I like to clean as much as I can before a trip because who wants to come home to a big pile of non-travel-related laundry or a crusty bathroom? Not me! But by dinnertime, most everything was done and I was…
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Biltmore and Bust!
June 25-26, 2022 A few weeks ago, Mom and I decided that we’d better get ourselves up to Asheville if we didn’t want to miss the immersive Monet & Friends exhibit, which is due to leave on July 10. We’d been talking about going back to Biltmore for the past couple of years, since the…
Strom Travel Diaries
A collection of photos and blogs from Claire and Elizabeth's travels
Strom Travel Diaries 