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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
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 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
Nov 16, 20212 min read
How to Squeeze in a Weekend in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal On the way home from London, I spent the weekend in Lisbon on a stopover via TAP Air Portugal. Stopovers are offered by...
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Fran Scarlett
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Big Five Country
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Serengeti is a Maasai word that means “endless plains”. So true. Serengeti National Park is 15,000 sq...
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Fran Scarlett
Jul 7, 20214 min read
The 2nd Most Dangerous Animal in Africa
Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania The Ngorongoro Highlands is a chain of ancient volcanoes that sit 7,500 feet above sea level. Some...
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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
Feb 1, 20202 min read
12 Ways Americans Can Travel to Cuba
Havana, Cuba Just returned from a weekend in Havana, Cuba. I had a conference in Miami so I fly into Miami the weekend prior to the...
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