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Fran Scarlett
Dec 20, 20225 min read
Blue & Green and Cold All Over
Iceland in Winter Back in August, I got a tip that Icelandair Vacations was having a sale, with nonstop flights from Raleigh-Durham to...
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Fran Scarlett
Sep 9, 20225 min read
Viviendo a Vida Local
Lisbon,Portugal I always strive to live like a local when I travel and I had a chance to do that in a big way when I spent the month of...
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Fran Scarlett
Aug 31, 20224 min read
A Tale of Turkiye: Culture, History, & Two Continents
My wonderful experience in Istanbul Turkey as a Black American Woman.
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Fran Scarlett
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Finding Community South of the Border
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico For the last 20 days I’ve been living like a local in San Miguel de Allende. Never heard of it? SMA is a...
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Fran Scarlett
Jun 1, 20223 min read
My Spanish Immersion Program
Antigua, Guatemala After my trip to South America, I decided that I wanted to learn Spanish so I enrolled in a Spanish-language immersion...
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Fran Scarlett
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Patagonia is the Place to Be
Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina I flew 1600 miles from Buenos Aires to El Calafate in Southern Patagonia to see the Perito Moreno...
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Fran Scarlett
Mar 1, 20222 min read
All the Black People in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina I flew American Airlines flagship business class from Dallas to Santiago using mileage points. It was...
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Fran Scarlett
Jul 5, 20213 min read
That's the Sound of Hyenas
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania My first night at Ndovu Tented Lodge there were hyenas in the camp. But more on that later. After...
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Fran Scarlett
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Almost Stranded in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya I decided to do a city to bush to beach vacation in Kenya and Tanzania. I flew from Washington D.C. to Doha and after a...
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Fran Scarlett
Mar 10, 20202 min read
Waves and Wine in the Cape
Capetown, South Africa What a beautiful place! I stayed in an Airbnb in the foothills of Table Mountain with amazing views. I took the...
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Fran Scarlett
Apr 6, 20192 min read
Under the Tuscany Sun
Florence, Italy I took the high-speed train ride from Rome to Florence, and on the journey I saw vineyards and sheep pastures on rolling...
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Fran Scarlett
Apr 3, 20192 min read
Looking for Limoncello
Amalfi, Italy I read about Agricola Fore Porta a restaurant on a family farm in Amalfi, so I decided to go there for lunch. From Rome....
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