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Back in jolly ole England
Though I was just here in the fall, there is a joy to returning to a place that you love that is unencumbered by time. I came here first when I was 15, on our way to emigrate to Canada. I remember being enraptured by seeing the Rosetta stone for the first time, acting as…
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Washington D.C. – Weekend 2
This was the weekend of free stuff. And I almost found it completely by accident! So, every year, the historic houses and museums in the Dupont-Kalorama area host the Walk Weekend. All the museums are free and there are shuttle buses ferrying people around if you didn’t want to walk around in the heat. I…
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Washington D.C. – Weekend 1
This was my first proper weekend, and it also happened to be a long weekend because of Memorial Day. I’ve had friends, co-workers, bosses in all three (or five, depending on your country) branches of the military. Most of them are some of the best people I know- intellectually curious, kind, thoughtful and motivated by…
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My D.C. Adventure Begins!
For the next ten weeks, I’ll be calling the city with Northern charm and Southern efficiency home. I’m super excited to discover the city and share some of findings… Washington D.C. – Weekend 0 This wasn’t a real weekend as much as it was the weekend in which I moved. A lot of my discoveries…
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Day 4- The one in which I start my day with books
We have officially crossed over into the latter part of our holiday. With that sober reality looking at us in the face, Shrimant, Aimee and I decided to start the morning early by spending time at cafes and getting some work done. This meant starting off with coffee and casing review at Abaco. One of…
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Day 3- The one in which I live a little
It’s always amazing to me how much a good night’s sleep makes everything seem better. I feel more relaxed, more able to deal with stress and think through things in a more thorough way. The last two weeks, I felt like I was fading down the stretch in terms of intellectual prowess, even as I…
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Day 2- The one with all the walking
Rolled out of bed, ready to seize the day! Which meant, coffee and finding something to eat. Coffee was easy enough to find, as all these vendors are walking around with thermoses full of coffee (and hot milk with sugar, if you wanted to indulge a little). And at the corner bakery, I got an…
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Day 1- The one with all the DJing
Touch down Cartagena. Though this is not *technically* my first bschool trip (did a weekend getaway with a few friends to Montreal), I’m just going to pretend that it is, given the locale. It’s also the first trip that I, Ms. Always Researching Things to do on Trips, did not prepare anything. I pretty much…
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Day 3 – The one with four of the Big Five
After a restful sleep under the mosquito net, we woke up shortly before 6am to get ready for our day. It’s beautiful to see the day break over the horizon. With it being wide open plains, sunrise’s first light dissipates almost immediately to give way to the light of the day. Though we didn’t know…
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Day 2 – The one with the real zebra crossing
Our day started pretty early (for a vacation), by waking up at 6am as the van that was going to take us to the safari was going to arrive at 7am. As we piled our stuff in, the day was already breaking over Kijabe. The first 30 minutes of our trip was getting to the…