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I usually do not use stock photos in my blog posts and on the rare occasions when I use photos from another photographer, I do give due credit. As the followers of the blog know, I visited St. Petersburg this past summer (yaaay one more destination crossed off my bucket list!). Whenever I look back …
My first first order of business in St. Petersburg this past summer was to have visited the Imperial Winter Palace and the General Staff Building in Palace Square. Unfortunately, my visit was only to the exterior of these landmarks, as the lines to purchase the tickets to go inside were too long. Winter Palace The …
Hi Readers, It has been a long time. I have fallen into a blogging slump and I’m trying to get myself out of it. Meanwhile, I have shifted to reading and doing book reviews. Check out my bookstagram page here: https://instagram.com/shereadswithwine?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Back to travel related matters. Last month, I did an epic trip to the …
1. January - Casco Viejo On the first day of January 2022, I strolled through Casco Viejo in Panama, after ringing in the New Year in Coronado, a teeming costal expat community on the Pacific Coast. Casco Viejo or Casco Antiguo is a historical, charming and vibrant neighborhood. “Considered a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site, …
“Over the centuries, they were rumored to be the remnants of the lost continent of Atlantis or the last kingdom of the Lusiads, founded by Lusus, the son of Bacchus, the god of wine. Some Azoreans told me they believe their ancestors to be disgraced Portuguese nobles and bastard sons.” -~ Diana Marcum, Pulitzer Prize …
The pandemic and the slow down in travel have certainly increased my readings of books over the last two years. Reading đź“– transports you to different places, virtually, and it’s one of the best activities to reduce stress. I would like to share with you my reviews of five books which I read recently. Some …
Over the holidays, for the enticing price of $20, I attended a wine tasting event in Panama, where I vacationed. The event was hosted by “J” as he’s fondly known in the wine circles, a Certified Sommelier from the US, but now living in Panama. It was held at a small Caribbean restaurant, La Parada, …
Allow me to re-introduce myself as the founder of Come With G Blog, especially for those who are new to this space - small in number of followers but quite steady. My name is Glenda and I currently live on the beautiful island 🏝 of Bermuda 🇧🇲 - 32.3078° N, 64.7505° W Pre-pandemic I worked …
When I told my friend that I was doing the Bermuda End to End, he asked: “End to Who?”. I found that was funny, but at the same time I thought: “why is he questioning my noble intention, when, in the country in Africa from where he originated, the average person perhaps walks the intended …
In July of this year, after 17 months of staying put, I stepped on a plane. The Decision and the Journey I told myself either I go big or not at all. So after three flights, including an overnight layover in London, I landed in Georgia, not the US State, but the Eastern European country, …
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It’s everything Dominican and Caribbean to a great extent. “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz, a Dominican writer, comprises nine related vignettes (I’m not too sure about how one of the stories is related) told in a non-linear fashion, about a Dominican family’s emigration to New Jersey in the United States. There …
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To be honest, like many people, I never thought that this pandemic would have lasted so long and would have picked up with the speed which it has. Not to mention that I would have ever imagined there would be variants that would spread more rapidly. On March 23, when we closed our offices and …
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