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Julie
Aug 26, 20181 min read
Home Again!
We made it home late on Friday, after the longest day ever! The first thing we did was eat a bunch of caesar salad! (We were warned not...
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Julie
Aug 23, 20181 min read
The Last Day in India
Ok, it was actually two days, but to us it has felt like one. Yesterday we woke up in Trivandrum and drove to visit a pretty cool palace...
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Julie
Aug 21, 20181 min read
Umadevi the Elephant
We started off the day by going to a beach, unfortunately the water was too rough to swim, but we waded and got to splash around a bit....
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Julie
Aug 20, 20181 min read
Driving to Trivandrum
We spent most of the day travelling to Trivandrum, which is where we are staying for the next few days until we fly back to Delhi. This...
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Julie
Aug 19, 20181 min read
Relaxing in Vazhoor
Today was a rest day. We mostly stayed in the house we're staying at, but we did go for a walk once the sun came out! We figured out what...
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Julie
Aug 18, 20181 min read
Wedding Day!
Today was the wedding! The bridesmaids had to get up super early, at 4am. We needed help putting on our sarees (they are complicated!) as...
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Julie
Aug 16, 20181 min read
Onam Festival
Today we had a special meal at Priya's grandmother's house for a festival called Onam. The festival started off as a Hindu celebration...
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Julie
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Rain and the Houseboat
It's been two days since we last had internet. So, as promised, I took some pictures of the resort yesterday morning. It was raining, but...
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Julie
Aug 14, 20181 min read
Shopping for the Wedding
Today we spent a lot of time shopping for the wedding, getting clothing, jewellery and shoes. Pretty much our whole day was shopping!...
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Julie
Aug 13, 20181 min read
Alleppey, Amma, and the Engagement
We drove back to Alleppey today for the engagement party. We stopped along the way to visit a temple that was built up around the house...
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Julie
Aug 12, 20181 min read
Varkala and the Indian Ocean
Well, we found the rain and the jungle! We spent the day driving to Varkala. We made a stop along the way at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple,...
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Julie
Aug 11, 20181 min read
Travelling to Kerala
Just a quick update today. Yesterday we were very sad to say goodbye to our driver Harpreet. He drove us to Delhi and we got on a plane...
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Julie
Aug 8, 20182 min read
Taj Mahal and Agra
We started bright and early today and went to visit the Taj Mahal! It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1630 as a tomb for his...
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Julie
Aug 7, 20183 min read
Flights and New Delhi
Flying to India was very different compared to my previous trips to Europe. We left Ottawa on Sunday, and three flights later arrived in...
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Julie
Jun 4, 20151 min read
Home, Canada
I forgot to write my usual conclusion post about being safe and sound at home,so here it is! After Paris, we made our way back to London...
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Julie
May 30, 20151 min read
Paris, France
Technically we're back in London, but I'm going to do a quick post about our two nights in Paris. So on the first night, we went to the...
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Julie
May 27, 20151 min read
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
I'm getting my post done a little early today. We spent the day in Switzerland (this is the first time we've slept in the same place two...
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Julie
May 26, 20151 min read
Lucerne, Switzerland
We spent so much of today on the bus! There was a ton of traffic. At the very least, there were some spectacular views along the way, and...
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Julie
May 25, 20151 min read
Venice, Italy
We left Austria really early so we could have the afternoon/evening in Venice. We ended up arriving at our campsite at around three, and...
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Julie
May 24, 20151 min read
Hopfgarten, Austria
Our afternoon in Austria was pretty awesome, because we went paragliding! But first, we drove through Austria admiring the mountains....
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Julie
May 24, 20151 min read
Munich, Germany
I don't know what the internet will be like tonight, so I'm doing a quick update with my phone. Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Munich....
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Julie
May 24, 20151 min read
St. Goar, Germany
Tonight we're staying in a beautiful little town along the Rhine River in Germany. We're not here for long, just the night and leaving...
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Julie
May 22, 20151 min read
Amsterdam, Netherlands
So we woke up really early yesterday in order to get on the bus and drive to Amsterdam. We took the ferry across the channel and spent...
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Julie
May 19, 20151 min read
London, England
May 19 Sorry for not writing anything yesterday, and sorry for no pictures. The internet here isn't great so I'm writing this on my phone...
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Julie
May 18, 20151 min read
Adventure Number Three!
(My European trip was a tour called European Horizons by the touring company Contiki. I went with six friends. It was a fast paced tour,...
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Julie
May 9, 20147 min read
A Week in Washington D.C.
May 5 - A New Adventure! So, here I am on a new - but smaller - adventure, to Washington DC. I'm with my roommates from University, Gigi...
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Julie
Jun 10, 20131 min read
Back Home Again!
So our plane trip went well. It was delayed for about an hour, but we still landed more or less on time. Megan and I couldn't sit next to...
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Julie
Jun 8, 20131 min read
Touring the Vatican
So today we had to leave out apartment. Since our flight is tomorrow, we're spending the night in Rome and we went to visit the Vatican....
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Julie
Jun 7, 20132 min read
Caere Dig Week Four
June 3 - Day Sixteen - Waiting We accidentally found a layer today and then had to wait pretty much all day while our supervisors tried...
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Julie
Jun 2, 20132 min read
To Rome Again
Megan and I went to Rome again to today. We started the day trying to get to the Pantheon but accidentally ended up getting detoured by a...
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Julie
Jun 1, 20131 min read
Field Trip - Rome
We went into Rome today, first to the Villa Guilia which is a museum. We weren't allowed to take pictures, but it was all Etruscan stuff...
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Julie
May 31, 20133 min read
Caere Dig Week Three
May 27 - Day Eleven - Brushing Today I worked in a different part of the trench, brushing away dust with a paintbrush. I also discovered...
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Julie
May 26, 20132 min read
Hadrian's Villa
Today we went to Tivoli. It was a great day but confusing. To get to Tivoli we had to take a train to Rome (Roma Termini, the main train...
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Julie
May 25, 20131 min read
Field Trip - Ostia
The field trip today was great! We went to Ostia, which was the port city of Rome. It was cool because it's pretty much an entire city...
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Julie
May 24, 20133 min read
Caere Dig Week Two
May 20 - Day Six - Sweeping Sweeping dirt off of more dirt is kind of difficult, but that's what I did for most of today! We finished the...
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Julie
May 19, 20132 min read
When in Rome...
... try to see everything at once. Needless to say, it was a very busy day. We started off by walking past the Colosseum to go into the...
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Julie
May 18, 20131 min read
Field Trip - Tarquinia
So today we went on a field trip to the nearby city of Tarquinia, which used to be an Etruscan city. On the way there, we quickly stopped...
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Julie
May 17, 20132 min read
Caere Dig Week One
May 13th - Day One - Washing Today was our first day on site! Unfortunately, I can't actually say anything specific about the site or put...
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Julie
May 11, 20132 min read
The Caere Necropolis
I'm going to start this post by finishing up what we did yesterday, since I wrote it around noon. The most exciting thing that happened...
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Julie
May 10, 20131 min read
Marina di Cerveteri
So we've arrived in Marina di Cerveteri, which is the town near the site we're digging. We've me our prof and been taken to the places...
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Julie
May 9, 20133 min read
Orvieto and Rome
We spent most of the day in Orvieto. The first thing we did was go inside the Duomo, but we weren't allowed to take pictures. There...
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Julie
May 9, 20133 min read
Finishing up Florence
Most of the day, we spent finishing things up in Florence. I took a better picture of the Duomo for you. We went to visit another art...
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Julie
May 8, 20132 min read
Florence and Pisa
So we started off the day early, and after a great breakfast at our hostel we walked down to the Galleria Del'Accadamia, which is an art...
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Julie
May 7, 20133 min read
The Adventure Begins!
2:00pm (Ontario Time) - So as I type this, Megan and I are sitting in the airport, waiting for our flight. It'll be in two hours. There's...
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