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The final “l’ excursion” in Montreal!
Our last scavenge took us to the beautiful, amazing city of Montreal. We didn’t sleep on the plane from Istanbul in order to get back on Eastern and Central time zones. We got off the plane and forced ourselves to walk around the city and look for some dinner. It was perfect weather and the…
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Chaos and more mosques
Istanbul was a quick trip and we may have hit our limit in Istanbul. In case you’ve been keeping up with our blog, the border station between Bosnia and Croatia took almost 6 hours to get through. After zooming into Zagreb, Croatia at 8:45pm for a 9:00 check-in and 3 mandatory challenges to accomplish,…
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Wow, that was a doozie!
Sofia, Bulgaria Well, it turns out that Sofia, Bulgaria was the leg of the trip where we were set free to find our way to Zagreb, Croatia. After a few minutes of deep breathing to remind ourselves that we are capable because we just navigated four other countries essentially on our own, we settled into…
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Religion, Red Sea and Rip Offs
Jerusalem and Palestine We made an attempt to be the first to arrive at a well hidden tahini shop in Old Town for 100 points and while we found it; we did not find it first. We did get a few points but the tahini man is comparable to the soup nazi. Side note- we…
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Best Play List Ever
Tbilisi, Georgia We jumped off the plane and made it to our hotel for a quick sandwich. There was vegetarian so Shannon had her first real meal in days! It was very exciting for Shannon. View from the hotel hallway Night view of Tbilisi We didn’t like coming in seventh place again so we decided…
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Kayak racing, Rickshaw rebels and friends
Samankant Highlights: Necropolis- Samarkand (note instagram man!) Return to Tashkent Minor Mosque Women’s Only Entrance Shannon’s meals Food summary: Best food- cucumber tomato salad and Cherry compote Not the best food- banana flavored popcorn. After a much appreciated 6 hours of sleep and a few hiccups at the airport, we are off to Georgia! Overall…
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Uzbekistan!!
We started our Uzbekistan leg with a reasonable 10am group meeting and learned we would be doing some inner country travel on our own. We also discovered that technology (google maps, booking services, etc) is not allowed. Oyy, it was a scary moment until we walked our first block and met Ammous. He works in…
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Robots, fancy toilets and bullet trains!
Our first real leg of the scavenger hunt began in Seoul! After a 13 hour overnight flight, a 5am arrival and a short two hours to get cleaned up, we were off. Or, so we thought. It turns out getting a book with 40ish challenges and novice knowledge of a city of 9.7 million is…
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And So It Begins
We made it. Day 1 was a practice run in San Francisco and we feel very lucky it was just a test. We have a lot to learn. The weather was a gift. The fog, the chill, the wind…all disappeared for us the last two days. Our day: We hit the Ferry Building for a…
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The Countdown is on! 23 more days.
Shannon is waaaay ahead of me. I am having serious issues with packing. These are the bags that I am still vetting to see which I should take on the trip . . . and I still have another one coming from REI. I am on a first name basis with some of the workers…
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