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Snapshots | “Soaking in” Edinburgh with Kids

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September 25, 2023
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A Walking Tour of Duddingston Village, an Edinburgh Hidden Gem

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July 20, 2023

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All I want is 2 acres on the waterfront with a boa All I want is 2 acres on the waterfront with a boat launch and bath house for 35 of my closest friends—is that too much to ask??? 😅

Nope, bc @tennesseestateparks hooked us up for our 6th annual spring holiday campout and threw in a covered picnic pavilion, as well!

In addition, you’ll find…
🌱Open, grassy fields
🏕️Shaded tent areas
🔥Multiple fire rings
🍳Charcoal grill
🚿2 bathrooms with showers

The Big Eagle Base Group Campsite at Paris Landing State Park is a secluded site away from the main campground and lodge, right on the shores of Kentucky Lake. 

Have I convinced you to group camp yet??
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#tennessee #camping #optoutside #outdoorfamily #kentuckylake
“London opens to you like a novel itself. Those wh “London opens to you like a novel itself. Those who prefer Paris or Rome complain that the English city has no precise center, that there is no spot in the city that could be considered the hub around which the wheel revolves…

But the truth is that that is not really how London is apprehended. It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, door, passage, door… 

It is as though [different] landscapes, histories, ways of living, can be encapsulated in a walk around the corner—almost any corner.”

From Anna Quindlen’s Imagine London: A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City
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#london #cityexplorer #quoted #iwalkedthisstreet #strideby
Discovering the landmarks of London by foot! 👣 I Discovering the landmarks of London by foot! 👣 

I think London is one of the best cities to walk. It’s MASSIVE, and when I studied abroad, it was a different scale of distance than New York that took some getting used to. (No, you cannot easily walk from Clerkenwell to Greenwich; I learned this the hard way.)

But it’s an urban landscape for everyday living, in which architectures from different eras blend together seamlessly and become a visual normality. And these iconic landmarks that you’ve seen in books and movies and photographs are so enmeshed with their surroundings that, as you’re walking, they suddenly surprise you with their presence. 

There’s no single “shot” to get; you can approach them and photograph them a thousand different ways, from a thousand different angles, because they’re omnipresent—the backdrop to the infinite unique moments that unfold around them.

📍St. Paul’s Cathedral
📍Westminster Abbey
📍London Eye
📍Clock Tower (Big Ben)
📍Tower Bridge
📍Tower of London
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#london #tlbestshot #afarmag #wanderlustmag mytinyatlas
📷 I’m leading our middle school photography club t 📷 I’m leading our middle school photography club this year, and my favorite technique to teach is frame-within-a-frame. 

I’m obsessed with window pictures, especially when they give views you don’t see every day. They always make me smile, looking back once the trip is over—and they’re the best trigger of wanderlust to inspire the next one!
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#london #bitsofbuildings #tlbestshot #suitcasetravels #afarmag
A little bit of Brazilian Carnival in Nashville. 🎉 A little bit of Brazilian Carnival in Nashville. 🎉 @plazamariachi

It has become the country’s biggest festival, each year drawing millions of people to the streets of Brazil’s cities for unbridled costume, music, and dance before the solemn season of Lent begins. 

Though Brazil hosts the biggest party, Carnival celebrations happen all over South America and feature a beautiful blend of local tradition and culture. 

A decade ago, we stumbled upon parties in Buenos Aires and Isla Amantani, a small island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. And though those were unforgettable experiences (and not all pleasant as I was a target of teenage boys with cans of shaving cream 😩), it’s wonderful that we don’t have to travel so far for a taste of the experience!
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#carnaval #nashville #do615 #plazamariachi
It’s frigid out today, but at least it’s not snowi It’s frigid out today, but at least it’s not snowing! (Sorry, NYC.)

Some icy cold pics from our recent trip to @pickettstatepark where the trails were sometimes like a bobsled course, but the icicles hanging from the mouth of Hazard Cave were otherworldly. 

The sole other hiker we met shared a fun piece of info with us—that summer brings another magical phenomenon to the cave: glow worms!
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#tnstateparks #naturaltennessee #madeintn #uppercumberlandtn #exploreuc
I once had a convo with a friend about what we wou I once had a convo with a friend about what we would do if granted a day on our own, and my answer was to find art and culture—especially the lectures or late evenings that aren’t as easy to attend with kids.

Fortunately, Nashville has a lot of it to explore. I missed this year’s Chinese New Year Celebration at @plazamariachi (one of my favorite spots for special events), but here’s a couple memories from the Year of the Dragon. 

If you’re looking for something a little more local and off-the-radar, check out some of these spots:

🏛️ @nashvilleparthenon @cgmmuseum @tennessee.agricultural.museum @tnstatemuseum @lanemuseum @tnlibarchives 
🎨 @dadanashville @metroparksvisualarts @arcadeartsnash @fiskuniversitygalleries @vanderbilt.art 

…more in the comments!
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