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Tips & Tricks for your Šibenik, Croatia Travel
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel, Croatia Travel / January 9, 2016I am incredibly bummed that my visit to Šibenik, Croatia was so short. It is a wonderful city and really deserved more time than I gave it. Šibenik was merely a stop for us to rest on ...
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How to Order Food and Drink in French
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel, France Travel / January 6, 2016While a lot of people in Europe speak English (especially in large cities like Paris or Brussels), once you go to the countryside, it is a different story - and that's where a lot of amazing i Thes...
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Natalia Giraldo, Trento 53
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Art, South America, Colombia travel / December 30, 2015Ran into an incredible piece from Colombian born artist Natalia Giraldo at the Museo de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. I liked it so much, I had to research it as soon as I got home. The scu...
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Envigado Medellin Travel Tips
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, South America, Colombia travel / November 30, 2015My dad was a police officer in Colombia in the 70's & 80's. This was not the safest profession at the time. When I asked my mom about our time living in Medellin (I have no recollections - I was q...
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Tips for Visiting The Louvre Museum
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Art, Europe Travel, France Travel / September 24, 2015I am a huge fan of museums...guess that comes along with being an Art History major in university. When you go to Paris, you absolutely MUST go to the Louvre (but only after you've read these Tip...
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The Kiosks of Lisbon, Portugal
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, International, Restaurants, Updates, Europe / August 8, 2015If you're traveling to Portugal, you need to know about the Kiosks of Lisbon. They are one of my favorite things about the city. These little stands are a great place to stop and grab a quick bite whi...
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Tips for Visiting The Tomb of the Infernal Quadriga in Sarteano Italy
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Art, Europe Travel, Italy Travel / July 24, 2015One of my all time favorite Art History classes at Rutgers was with Professor Jocelyn Penny Small. She is a powerhouse of an instructor who taught Etruscan Art. She no longer teaches at Rut...
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Things to Do In Trastevere Rome
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel, Italy Travel / July 9, 2015Imagine yourself waking up in the morning and walking out to pick up your morning bread. You walk out of your Airbnb and take a stroll down a cobblestone street. You look up to see ivy covered apartme...
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Tips for Visiting Bramante’s Tempietto in Rome
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Art, Europe Travel, Italy Travel / June 13, 2015One of my favorite examples of Italian Renaissance is located in between the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome and the Vatican. It's Bramante's Tempietto. I highly recommend that you go to see it when y...
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The Old Town Cartagena Colombia
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Food and wine, South America, Colombia travel / February 2, 2015YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE CARTAGENA! I can't imagine anyone not liking the city. You may be worried about visiting this city in Colombia, but you don't have to be. Especially if you find yourself in ...
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La Boquilla-Morros in Cartagena, Colombia
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, South America, Colombia travel / January 26, 2015I was excited but nervous about my trip to La Boquilla in Cartagena, Colombia. This had nothing to do with the "danger" of Colombia. I was born in the country - so I'm not really afraid to go there (j...
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Best Ice Cream Shops in Cartagena
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, South America, Colombia travel / January 10, 2015Cartagena is hot. It's hot and humid. Thankfully, its nights are cooler and there are tons of gorgeous ice cream shops around. We spent an entire month in Cartagena and ate lots and lots of different ...
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Madrid Travel Tips
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Art, Europe Travel, Spain Travel / November 15, 2014I HATE TIMES SQUARE. Don't get me wrong. I am glad to have it. It brings tourist dollars and that's fantastic. But you will never see me in Times Square unless I absolutely have to go there. Yo...
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Things to do in Fuseta, Portugal
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel, Portugal Travel / September 9, 2014Sometimes our travels take us to places we never even knew existed. This happened the first time when we won a trip to "Brazil" and ended up in the quiet village of Santa Catarina. This year we ended ...
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Ten Tips on How to Pick an Airbnb Vacation Rental (and a few extras)
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel / September 6, 2014We started using Airbnb out of sheer desperation. We were in Paris. It was Antonio's second time in the City of Lights and my first. Parisian hotels are notoriously shitty and we picked the best our b...
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Your Castelo de Sao Jorge Guide
By Blanca Valbuena / in Travel, Europe Travel, Portugal Travel / August 24, 2014On the first leg of our trip, Antonio and I stayed steps away from Castelo Sao Jorge, perhaps the most famous site in Lisboa. It quickly became one of those landmarks that are so close I thought I'd n...
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