Author Archives: Janette

The Southernmost Point: Key West, FL

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Janette

Everyone has day-dreamed about living on an island at one time or another.  I’m no exception.  The thought of being far away from the main land and using an electric golf cart or bicycle as a primary mode of transportation … Continue reading →

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Viva el Peru

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Janette

” Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”                              -Rabindranath Tagore I love firsts! This was my first trip to South America, and  my first trip solo.  I’m talking about … Continue reading →

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Wonderful Washington…DC

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Janette

Although I have been to DC before, I’ve not been there in at least a decade, so there were many places on my list of things to see. There were also many things I’d forgotten about, since 10 years ago … Continue reading →

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The Big Easy

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Janette

That’s right, New Orleans, Louisiana! Some charity work was long over due for myself, so my friend Ashley and I hopped some planes to New Orleans and got to work. We were working and staying with “Hands on New Orleans,” … Continue reading →

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The Land of 10,000 Lakes…Minnesota

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Janette

Ahhh, the midwest…a place not many people think to go on vacation, and a place I’ve only flown over, never to. I had the chance to go with a friend from work whose family was from that area, and over … Continue reading →

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Costa Rica

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Janette

Costa Rica’s economy is based on tourism, so that translates to easily organizing whatever you want…and I got to see many things in the week I was there. Two short hours from Miami is San Jose, capital city of Costa … Continue reading →

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Icy Iceland

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Janette

The land of ice. Cold…snowy…white…everything I pictured, yet so much more.  And being only 5 hours from Boston, I couldn’t miss experiencing the tundra. Although plans of viewing the aurora borealis were thwarted, I still got to experience a country unlike any … Continue reading →

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Marvelous Mexico

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Janette

Considering that I’m thrifty and not a 5-star hotel kind of girl, I wanted to go somewhere where a small amount of money could take me far.  My research settled on Merida, the capital city of the Yucatan peninsula in … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Janette

The orient has always been an area of interest for me and in early 2009, I got to reap the benefits of a two-year-long preparation.  After endless research and much anticipation, I embarked on a two-week excursion across central Japan.  … Continue reading →

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Aloha from Hawaii

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Janette

Far, far away, in the middle of the Pacific ocean, there is a place so isolated that one would naturally call it paradise.  A set of islands like stones casually tossed into a lake, Hawaii is breathtaking from the air, … Continue reading →

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