Traveling: Carnival Breeze, our Mediterranean home

We made it! After a very long (9 hour) plane ride, during which I might have received around 3 hours of sleep (and poor Kurt didn’t sleep at all) we arrived in Barcelona right after 9am this morning. The airport is stunning, with lots of open space and made almost…

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Traveling: Leaving, on a jet plane…

We are currently on a plane, heading to Miami, FL. Our two week European vacation has begun! After driving through the pouring rain from T.S. Debby yesterday, we are happy to see only light rain clouds today in Orlando. There has been almost no turbulence on this very short flight…

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Traveling: The Angola State Prison Rodeo

Back in October of 2011, Cristina and I went to prison. Voluntarily. Actually, we paid to get in. Every October, the Angola State Prison opens its doors to the public. What the public get is basically two things: a rodeo and an arts and crafts fair. All participants are prisoners…

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Parading: The Irish-Italian Parade and What to Do With Your Catch

The Sunday after St. Patrick’s day was a beautiful day, so we headed to Metairie to catch the Irish-Italian Parade. The parade, which started in 1983, is known for it’s marching groups that hand out flowers and it’s unique throws. Sure there are beads, doubloons, and moon pies; however, the…

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Traveling and Teaching

Cristina and I are both teachers. I teach Digital Graphics and Web Design to seniors and juniors while Cristina teaches World Geography to freshmen. We are lucky in that travel allows us both to be better at our jobs. Since I teach Photoshop, all the pictures we take on our…

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Festing: TribeCon 2011

On the eve of last year’s Voodoo Fest, I attend TribeCon at the festival site.  TribeCon is the official interactive conference of the Voodoo Experience.  If you read the website, it wanted it’s attendees to be “inspired by the creative process of the best people in culinary, music, art and…

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