Homemade Chicken Pad Thai

September 20, 2015September 20, 20153 Comments

I have this problem where I pretty much always want to be on vacation. Not just at home with time off, but I want to be in a foreign country walking around and trying all the foods.

But that’s probably true for everyone, right?

I’ve been lucky enough to visit my fair share of countries. Since we’ve been togetherJesse and I have made it a point to go on a trip once a year. We went to China, Peru and Thailand/Cambodia (along with Mexico and Guatemala, do those count if we were visiting family?). Our 4th year together is looking to be a vacation-less one, since there’s a major expense coming up next year: wedding.

In both Peru and Thailand, we took cooking classes, which has become one of my favorite things to do on vacation.

In Thailand, there are tons of cooking classes. We went with the Thai Farm Cooking School in Chiang Mai, because some friends (they have an awesome travel blog!) we met while hiking to Machu Picchu had done it and recommended it.

It was definitely worth it. Now that it’s been about 7 months since our vacation, Jesse and I had an itch to make some of the recipes in the cookbook we were given. So we hit up a local Asian market that I learned about at my new job (yay for supporting small business!), gathered all our ingredients and made this:

Isn’t pad thai everyone’s favorite? It’s also pretty easy to make too! We added chicken to it to make it more of a complete meal, but you can also omit the chicken (or the tofu) if you’d like.

Here’s what you’ll need to serve 2 or 3…

Chicken Pad Thai

80g rice noodles
2 tbsp oil (vegetable or canola)
1/2 cup sliced tofu (optional)
1 piece of chicken breast, sliced
2 shallots, chopped
1 egg
1/2 cup grated carrot
1 cup of mung bean sprouts
2 tsp tamarind paste (or white vinegar)
1 1/2 tsp brown sugar (or palm sugar if you have it)
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/3 cup water
1 tsp molasses
Pinch of chili powder (or a squirt of sriracha)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp green onion (green part only)
Chopped peanuts and lime for serving

Soak noodles in warm water for 30 minutes until soft. In the meantime, prepare your sauce. In a bowl combine water, fish sauce, brown sugar, tamarind paste and molasses. (Note: Here I found a tamarind paste that was basically the whole tamarind, so I had to blend it but in Thailand I used a paste that dissolved. If you blend, just be sure there are no tamarind seeds in there). Set aside sauce.

Heat oil in a wok (or large pan if you don’t have a wok like me), until it starts to smoke. Add chicken, shallots and tofu. Toss until chicken is cooked and tofu is crispy. Move the chicken, shallots and tofu to one side of the pan. On the other side of the pan, scramble the egg. Once scrambled, toss them all together and add the noodles, carrots, bean sprouts and sauce. Mix until the noodles are cooked and all is well combined. Try a noodle and see if you think it needs salt. Salt as needed.

Serve with chopped peanuts and a wedge of lime.

Jesse and I devoured this yesterday. I’m almost a little bit embarrassed to tell you how much we ate. Ok not really. We doubled this and ate about 3/4 of it. Enough said.

We also discovered that we seriously want a wok. We made it in a dutch oven pot, which was fine but I think it would have turned out better (texture wise) in a wok. But it still turned out great.

Since we bought a ton of basic ingredients we’ll likely be making tons of Thai recipes this week. I can’t complain about that.

What foreign food do you want to learn how to make?

Foodologie in April

May 12, 20152 Comments

Hi friends! I’m back after a month! Last time, I told you that fun-employment and trips were coming up, and those things came! We’re half way through May, but let me tell you about April.

So here’s what happened… Jesse is now a doctor. Not a medical doctor, a PhD doctor. Because of that, we left lovely Southern California and made our way up to the Bay Area. He finished at the end of March and didn’t start work until May. Instead of paying rent, we decided the best thing to do would be to put our stuff in storage and travel. All I can say is: this was a fantastic idea.

Our destinations: Guadalajara, Mexico and Guatemala.

We spent 10 days visiting Jesse’s family in Mexico and 9 days visiting my family in Guatemala.

Mexico was beautiful.

We spent some time visiting amazing churches….

Cool sites in the city…

With Jesse’s familly

And eating tasty things on the street, like this waffle/crepe thingy with ham and cheese.

We also visited Guanajuato, which was more beautiful than I could have imagined.

And Dolores-Hidalgo, where Mexican Independence began (don’t quote me on that, but I think…)

And San Miguel de Allende, which is probably the cutest town I’ve ever seen.

Sadly, most days in Mexico I was sick. As soon as we laughed, I developed a cough and completely lost my voice by day 3. After that, Jesse’s uncle (who is a doctor) saved the day with medications!

Despite being sick, I had a great time in Mexico. I ate tons of amazing food (one word: tacos) and got to hang out with Jesse’s family, which was great!

After Mexico, we headed to Guatemala to hang out with my family. We mostly hung out at my grandma’s house but we managed to sneak in a few day trips so Jesse could get to know Guatemala a bit.

We went to Antigua

Saw some beautiful sites

One at which I almost thought would be perfect for our wedding, then I remembered all my friends are in the US and would never go to Guatemala…

We made sure Jesse tried the national beer

And made sure he ate some typical food, like Kaq ik (a turkey stew)

We also did some hiking to the Biotopo del Quetzal… we didn’t see a quetzal (the national bird of Guatemala)

And wandered around Panajachel. And let’s be honest, pretty much my favorite thing is to walk around with my cousins

Our times with our family were great. Now we’re back in the US, we moved to the Bay Area and we’re trying to get settled here.

The only downside: I left my camera at my mom’s house. No new exciting cooking adventures can be documented yet, but be sure to keep up with me on Instagram and Facebook because I post about a million picture per day.

What’s the last trip you went on?

Thailand… or Where I Want Everyone to Go on Vacation

March 14, 2015March 14, 201516 Comments

Hi friends! I’ve been away for a while, but here I am. As you might know, I went on vacation to Thailand (and Cambodia!) for 2 and a half weeks. It was fantastic! I pretty much want everyone to go Thailand for vacation.

We went to four major places:

1. Bangkok
2. Chiang Mai
3. Siem Reap, Cambodia
4. Krabi <– my fav!

So let me tell you all the reasons I loved Thailand and Cambodia (I keep forgetting I went to Cambodia too!).

1. Elephants!

There are a ton of different elephant adventures you can do in Thailand. We tried to do one that was as humane as possible. We went to the Elephant Retirement Park near Chiang Mai. It’s a place where elephants “retire” from tourism and labor. Riding can be harmful to elephants so instead, we got to play with, feed and take a mud bath with the elephants.

Obviously, hanging out with elephants isn’t something you do everyday. Definitely an awesome experience.

2. The Food.

You knew this was coming, right? Everything I ate in Thailand was amazing. Seriously. I don’t think I ate a single thing I didn’t like. We mostly ate at street stalls, because they were everywhere and cheaper than full on restaurants. Most meals would cost $1-2 (about 40-60 thai bhat). Tables always had a variety of condiments so you could add things to your dish: Sugar, Fish Sauce, Ground Chili, and Pickled sweet peppers (I was a fan of those).

One thing I ate probably on a daily basis was morning glory. I have no idea what morning glory is (other than clearly some type of green), but I’m a fan.

Here was one time I got it in Chiang Mai. Spicy stir fried morning glory with chicken, served on rice.

Another favorite: stewed pork belly on rice.

I had this one in Bangkok on the last day. OMG. Amazing. I wish I could have it again. I know it doesn’t look fancy, but it was the best thing I ate in Bangkok.

Another winner in Thailand: Beverages. I loved the iced coffee (they put sweetened condensed milk in it, you can’t lose) and the fruit shakes.

I had a fruit shake and a coconut probably everyday. All sorts of amazing.

Overall, what I loved about the food was how fresh it was. Everything you ordered was freshly made with actual fresh foods. Coming back home was tough on that front.

3. The Temples and Palaces.

Absolutely Beautiful! The detail is amazing. I wish we had seen more, but two weeks wasn’t enough.

4. Angkor Ruins

Not in Thailand, actually in Cambodia and technically also temples and palaces, but so impressive they deserve their own category. I’ve been lucky enough to see a lot of amazing things in my life: Mayan Pyramids, Great Wall of China, Terra Cotta Army, Machu Picchu… All of these things were fantastic in their own way… but Angkor Wat and the other Angkor ruins are amazing just based on sheer size and detail.

Seeing Angkor Wat at sunrise is totally worth it. Part of me wanted to not take pictures and just enjoy it, because the pictures don’t do it justice. But I took pictures…

Also note: People aren’t lying when they say it’s hot in Cambodia. It’s hot. Really hot.

5. The Beaches

Oh the beaches. I live about a mile from the beach in California, but it’s not the same. The beach in Thailand is amazing. As someone who is not a big fan of the beach, I loved the beach in Thailand.

I wish we had more time at the beach, only 4 days, but that was enough time to relax… and get engaged…

And get a tan…

And play with monkeys on the way to dinner…

and drink plenty of coconuts!

Like I said, I looooooved Thailand. I would go back in a heartbeat (I think I could definitely use more time at the beach). I pretty much want everyone to go… you should!

Coming next… While I was in Chiang Mai, I took a cooking class so I have some Thai recipes to share with you soon.

What’s the best place you’ve been on vacation? For me Thailand was awesome! I also love Italy, but who doesn’t?

The Time We Went to a Monastery Where Nuns Never Leave, and Then Saw Some Condors and Vicuñas…

December 9, 2013December 9, 20138 Comments

After our guinea pig lunch, we got our stuff ready and headed to Arequipa (our final destination on our trip). We went to Arequipa, not knowing too much about it. Because we’re geniuses, we forgot our guidebook at home in California. So we got to Arequipa, which is the second largest city in Peru (population-wise) after Lima. We stayed almost entirely in the colonial center which was beautiful. Our hotel, La Hosteria, was adorable. We decided to splurge on this hotel (a whole $70 per night! haha) since we “roughed it” on the Inca Trail…

and located right across from the Santa Catalina Monastery, a monastery of nuns of the Dominican Second Order. Once the nuns entered the monastery, they NEVER left. It’s hard to fathom, but today there are about 20 nuns still living in the monastery.

The monastery was beautiful.

And seeing the aspects of daily life over the centuries was interesting. After hanging around the monastery for a few hours…

We made our way to a market for some food. The good thing about traveling with Jesse is that he loves street food as much as I do. Peru didn’t have a whole lot of street food, but what they did have was a lot of markets that served awesome prepared meals. It was all super tasty and cheap, double win!

Jesse was dying to try ceviche the whole trip, but I was worried about sickness so I requested we wait to have it til the end of the trip just in case… raw fish after all… But now it was time to give it a whirl.

That day we tried ceviche and had some Chicha de Jora (a homemade corn beer). We spent the rest of the day wandering and asking about how to make our way to the Colca Canyon, which we heard was great. We booked a last minute day trip to the Colca Canyon to see Condors and Volcanos.

We were picked up at 3am for the 4 hour drive to the Colca Canyon. The Colca Canyon is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon! After driving we stopped at a small town to see a church…

Outside the church there was a woman hanging out with her llama and falcon for people to take pictures with…

Just another day in Peru…

After that, we made it to the lookout point to see condors. We waited a LONG time to see Condors.

We saw a few from far away. It was less exciting than I would have hoped. On our way back, we stopped at various lookout points

There were some amazing views! Also on our way back, we saw lots of wild life…

Err not wild… But we did see wild Vicuñas! They were too far to photograph (the pics I have are of them looking tiny). Vicuñas are like smaller, less furry llamas.

When we got back to Arequipa, we cleaned up and went to dinner. For our one fancy dinner, we went to a restaurant called ZigZag, that everyone told us was amazing.

I’ll be honest. After the awesome food we ate at our cooking class, ZigZag was an overpriced let down. Oh well…

For our last day in Peru, we wandered, went to the Cathedral (no photos allowed), visited some museums (and saw a mummy!) and ate in the market again (because that was our favorite). I tried a Peruvian empanada, a Peruvian tamale (Arequipa style) and Jesse drank two enormous glasses of Chicha.

Finally, to kill a few hours before our flight we had some drinks and potatoes!

Then we took a flight back to Lima in time to catch our next flight back to Los Angeles.

Overall our trip to Peru was awesome! I was sad to leave. I wish I could have stayed longer to explore more areas, try more food and meet more people. I definitely recommend it as a vacation spot for anyone!

Just for a quick recap… I’ll tell you about my favorites…

Highlight of the Trip: Machu Picchu

Low Point of the Trip: Day two of the Inca Trail where I got altitude sickness

Lesson Learned: Peruvian sun WILL burn you. I got massively sun burnt throughout the trip. By the last day, my face and head was peeling like woah. Gross.

Best Meal: This is pretty much impossible for me to answer. I loved Aji de Gallina

But pretty much every meal I ate (except guinea pig) was awesome!

That’s it for the Peru trip recap! Next I’ll tell you about cookies but before that…

Where should we go on vacation next? What’s the best vacation you’ve taken? Tell me about it!

Previous Peru Posts:

The Time We Cooked Alpaca and Ate Guinea Pig in Peru

The Time We Hiked Through the Andes to Machu Picchu

Back from Peru

Hello from Peru

The Time We Hiked Through the Andes to Machu Picchu…

December 3, 201319 Comments

I’m not really what you would call the “outdoorsy” type. But from the moment I landed in Peru, I was really looking forward to the 4-day Inca Trail hike. Honestly, I think half of it was just anxiety and a desire to get it over with. The other half was the desire to see Machu Picchu. But desire aside, I was nervous about the altitude and the bathrooms.

My biggest dilemma with camping is the bathroom situation. I’ve told Jesse repeatedly that I refuse to poop in the woods, but after this trip I think pooping in the woods might be nicer than some of the bathrooms I ~~smelled~~ saw.

So we started the Inca Trail on a Monday morning. At 5am, we were picked up from hotel and after a few hours made it to the starting point with our group.

Sadly, one of our group members got sick and had to quit the first day. So that left 14 of us doing the trek. We had 21 porters and 2 guides. The first day of the hike was great. It was sunny and nice and relatively flat.

All was well in the world. Everyone kept talking about day 2 and how terrible it was going to be. We were told it was a 5 hour hike and then a 2-3 hour descent. I wasn’t concerned about the hike, but I was concerned about the altitude. You see, there’s something I have to tell you about myself: if there is an opportunity for me to get sick or injure myself, I generally do. My family knows it. My sister gave me iron pills months before the trip as a preventative measure.

So after camping and coming across the smelliest bathroom ever, we started day 2 around 7am after a huge breakfast.

I knew that day was going to be hard so I hired a local porter to carry my stuff and honestly that was the best 100 soles I spent the whole trip. I don’t know how I would have made it up the mountain carrying a backpack with all my stuff.

I should explain that the Inca Trail isn’t exactly roughing it. The 21 porters our group had carried our tents, and all the cooking equipment and food (and we’re talking amazing 3 course meals, not sandwiches). All we had to carry was a sleeping bag, sleeping pad, clothes, toiletries and water. Jesse was nice enough to carry my sleeping pad for me.

So back to day two. It started off fine. It was a steep hike, but manageable with some breaks.

But them as we hit our meeting spot for a morning snack at 11, I started to feel sick. The next two hours were the worst of the whole trip, for me that is. Jesse was cool as a cucumber. Taking selfies and all…

Me on the other hand. I thought I was going to throw up then faint. Luckily I did neither.

But I did take a break pretty much every minute or two. I feel like such a wimp saying it but it was tough. I can get through any crossfit WOD but this altitude was killer.

Then finally after hours of climbing, we made to the top!

Being at the top was awesome. To give you an idea of how much we climbed, that point was 4,200m (about 13,700ft). We started day 1 at 3,000m (about 9,800 ft). So it was a pretty steep climb in a few miles.

And of course after all the climbing we had to go back down.

And the climbing continued to day 3. Day 3 was the longest (16k about 10 hrs) and was almost entirely down hill.

Aside from the slippery rocks that made me go grandpa slow (because I’m prone to falling and didn’t want to slip), day 3 wasn’t so bad. There were cool ruins along the way

and awesome views!

Not to mention, day 3 had the best lunch! Mushroom ceviche as a starter, a delicious soup, rocote relleno (a chili stuffed with beef and vegetables), tallarin al horno (spaghetti baked with cheese, eggs and olives) and probably some other protein and carbohydrate dish that I can’t recall… That wasn’t all that special. Lunch and dinner were always massive and always included a soup and an array of main dishes. The cook was seriously awesome.

After a super long 3rd day, we got the campsite just before sunset. I was looking forward to this campsite because it was rumored to have warm showers. Well, the rumors were just rumors, because the water was freezing. But after no bathing for the previous two days and a lot of sweating, that was the best freezing (in the dark) shower of my life.

That night, it poured and the next morning we were up at 3:40am for breakfast at 4am. The final check point to Machu Picchu opened at 5:30 so we rushed to get in line to be one of the first groups to go through. The idea was to stay ahead of other groups so we could get to the Sun Gate around sun rise to see an amazing view of Machu Picchu, or so we were told.

We were 4th in line and we rushed for about an hour to get to the Sun Gate. By the time we got there, we were all pooped and hot.

Then we look over to see Machu Picchu and it was completely hidden by fog.

That was the amazing view. Great, right?

4 days of hiking and no Machu Picchu view. We were all disappointed, but nothing we could do. So we rested a bit then hiked the rest of the way to Machu Picchu. And finally we made our way in

I was super excited that there ACTUALLY are llamas in Machu Picchu!

I kept talking about how I hoped there were llamas (ridiculous I know), but every photo I see of Machu Picchu always has llamas in there. When we got there, it was still pretty cloudy. We took a photo at the traditional photo spot, but it was pretty cloudy…

So we went out of the park, under real/clean restrooms and relaxed for a minute. After a bit, we went back in, got a tour and wandered. After a few hours the fog cleared and the view way amazing.

Machu Picchu is pretty breath-taking. Even though we joked and took silly tourist pictures…

The place really was astounding. The stones are massive and perfectly-shaped. I don’t think any description could really do it justice. It was a great way to end a 4 Day Trek. Toward the end of our time there (as the fog was really clearing) it started to get REALLY crowded, which really detracted from the enjoyment (same happened with the Great Wall of China, womp).

I would definitely say Machu Picchu was the highlight of the trip for me. As miserable as I was on the second day of the trek, overall it was a great experience.

If you’re interested in doing the Inca Trail, just FYI we went with Peru Treks. The experience with them was great. The porters are seriously amazing!

So that was the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu! It was awesome.

Up next… I’ll tell you about the rest of the trip and the time we ate a guinea pig and cooked alpaca…

Back from Peru!

November 30, 20136 Comments

Hi everyone! I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

We made it back from vacation the day before Thanksgiving, after traveling for what felt like forever. Honestly, I was a little sad to get back. Being on vacation is fun and I really enjoyed Peru. I’ve spent the past few days trying to figure out what on Earth to write in this blog post, and I still can’t figure it out. So instead I’m going to give you a random assortment of photos and enjoyable things from out trip.

We started in Lima. After sleeping forever, we woke up the next morning refreshed and ready to wander. So we made our way to the historic center of Lima to visit the Plaza de Armas, Cathedral and surrounding area.

As we walked around, we tried Chicha Morada a non-alcoholic drink made of purple corn. Super tasty.

We then had lunch in Chinatown. Peru has a large Asian population. They call any Chinese restaurant, Chifa. Numerous people told us to try Chifa, so we did. Pretty tasty.

After Lima, we headed to Cusco.

We needed to be in Cusco two days before starting the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in order to acclimate to the altitude ( 3,400 m or 11,200 ft). That was definitely needed. Living at sea level, going to Cusco was a big change. The first day as we walked around, I started to feel sick.

After a while, I needed to sit (seriously I stopped pretty much every 2 minutes to sit down), because I thought I was going to faint.

Luckily, I didn’t. Some rest and lots of water made me feel better and by the next day I was fine. The next day we wandered around Cusco and headed up to the ruins at sacsayhuaman (just about Cusco). We ran into a random guy who said he had tours on horses to various ruins in the area.

It was probably dumb to follow him to his ranch but we did anyway. He led us on a cool horse tour of some ruins as promised.

That was my first time ever riding a horse. Luckily there was very little work involved. I basically sat there and held on tight to make sure I didn’t fall off.

After horseback riding, we were ready to try more traditional food. So we headed back to Cusco

and had Lomo Saltado and Aji de Gallina, who traditional Peruvian dishes. They were awesome.

I pretty much fell in love with Aji de Gallina. I’m going to have to try to make it on my own!

The rest of the day we explored the Cathedral and Jesuit church.

After some wandering, it started to rain pretty intensely. We had our usual afternoon coffee and treat (I was seriously making it a point to have as much cake as possible on this trip) and then headed back to our hotel to rest and pack for the 4 day trek to Machu Picchu…

Up next… I’ll tell you about the 45k trek through the Andes to Machu Picchu!

Hello from Peru!

November 17, 20135 Comments

Hi everyone! Just a quick hello from Peru!

We’re in Cusco!

Cusco is awesome!

I’m pretty much making it a point to eat as many things as possible…

Like Aji de Gallina (above) and lomo saltado

Now we’re resting up because tomorrow morning we start the Inca Trail/4-Day hike to Machu Picchu! So excited!

Can’t wait to tell you all about the trip when I get back (like how I rode a horse to some Incan ruins today!).

If you’re interested to see more pics, be sure to follow me on Instagram (@karlapd)

Hugs from Peru!

Traveling: Planning a Trip to Peru

April 18, 2013April 18, 201311 Comments

My blog is a food blog. I know this, you know this, we all know this, but it’s also a little bit about me. And you want to know something about me?

I love to travel.

To me, traveling is more than just a set of experiences. It’s an enormous privilege that I’ve been lucky to have a large part of my life. Starting with going to Guatemala every summer as a kid, then having my parents tote me around with them on various trips (Brazil, Europe, Caribbean), then learning to go places on my own (like Argentina and India). Even just since I’ve had this blog, you’ve followed me to:

Mexico:

I went to Chiapas for a week to work on a project while in Grad School. I didn’t tell my parents I was going, because I thought they’d freak out. That’s one of my biggest regrets. Not the trip, but the not telling my parents part.

Rome:

I went to Rome from January til June of 2011.

I worked at a UN Agency and ate too much pasta and Nutella. There were also a few side trips, like Amalfi

Tuscany

China:

Last year I took a 2 week trip to China, and it was pretty awesome.

This time, I’ve got the travel bug again.

Two weeks ago, I bought a plane ticket to Peru. Last week, I booked a 4-day trip on the Inca Trail.

So this time, instead of just giving you a lighting recap like I did with China. I’d like to document the trip planning experience for myself to remember and for the world to know.

I think a lot of people have this idea that traveling is too scary, or too expensive, but honestly with some saving strategies, I think anyone can take a fun trip. I’m not Mr. Money Bags. If I can take a trip, you probably can too. It just takes some planning. So ready for some tips?

Where was your last destination? Where are you going next?

Vacation: The China Recap

November 28, 2012November 28, 201210 Comments

I’ve been MIA the past few days. Sorry. I got back from China a day late (flight canceled), meaning we got in the day before Thanksgiving. Then of course my stomach decided to explode an hour after landing and I got horribly sick for 3 days. I’ll spare you the details on that one.

Instead let’s concentrate on happier times: a nearly two week trip to China. I’ll give you the lightning recap then get back to the recipes as soon as possible.

The trip started in Shanghai with the tastiest dumplings I’ve ever had in my life filled with soup and pork.

Delicious. Then we headed to Guilin, where we saw tons of natural beauty

Climbed lots of hills and mountains

and ate delicious things, like meat on a stick and rice noodles.

After some days in Guilin, we headed to Xi’an (the old capital and end of the Silk Road). We ate tasty crepe/egg things on the street (that they give you in a plastic bag to eat).

Rode bikes on the city wall (you have no idea how big a feat this is for me. I hate bicycles.)

Saw Pagodas

And the Terracotta Warriors. Pretty Amazing.

After Xi’an, we headed to Beijing.

Beijing was cold.

We’re smiling not just because we’re happy to be in Tian’an men Square, but it was freezing. Then we saw the usual sites, like The Forbidden City

and The Great Wall of China (which was wayyyy bigger and longer and steeper than I expected)

After Beijing, we headed back to Shanghai to see some sites and catch a plane back to the Los Angeles. Shanghai was a huge city. I didn’t expect it to be so big and NYC-like, even though there were traditional Chinese things, like the Yuyuan Garden:

After a flight cancellation and an arrival a day late, we made it back. I think we were both exhausted from the trip. We packed a lot into 12 days.

Here are a few things we found

Weirdest things about China: People asking to take pictures with us.

Tastiest thing about China: Dumplings (see first pic)

Skill Learned: maybe 2 words of Mandarin but we got really good at taking pics of ourselves

That’s it for the recap. Obviously we saw tons of things in the 12 days were there, and I have more pictures but these are just some of the highlights. You can see some on Instagram (check out my online page in case you don’t follow me on Instagram)… like Pies from McDonald’s! Check it out!

Overall, we had a great trip. My post-vacation-illness was totally worth it.

What was your last vacation? Tell me about it!

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