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what fun is a vacation if you don't relive it?

A group dedicated to sharing their leisure travel experiences. Sponsored by Curing Cold Feet, affiliated with Montrose Travel, www.curingcoldfeet.com

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Blog Posts

Get Outta Here: The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun
So I’m sitting at the gate at Reagan National, minding my own business and trying not to care that the storm on the other side of that window has shut down the airport. (All good stories start with this “minding my own business” gig.) The lady next to me sees me take a break in my book, and starts a conversation.

She turned out to be a very nice person – polished make-up, nicely styled hair, dressed rather decently for an afternoon at the airport. She’s going to Bentonville, Arka… Continue

Posted by Julie Sturgeon on June 9, 2008 at 10:00pm

Get Outta Here: The Gift Fairy Bombs

Worst part about a vacation, hands down: bringing back gifts. I don’t mean Christmas or birthday gifts (I stock up on those, too). I’m talking about remembrances for the folks who are grabbing the mail for you every day and feeding the dog.

The first few trips it was easy, because you had the endless stock of souvenir shop items to choose from. Unfortunately, I realized in Costa Rica that I’ve exhausted infinity when it comes to teen-age boys. I found a hardwood bracelet for his sister. Serving… Continue

Posted by Julie Sturgeon on May 29, 2008 at 4:18pm — 1 Comment

Get Outta Here: I Paid for a Snipe Hunt

When you read the tourist brochures on Costa Rica, they’re telling the truth about the wildlife. My husband got to hold a baby sloth crawling along the ground. We were close enough to monkeys to take up the entire frame in the photo without a zoom lens. I watched leaf-cutter ants straight from the Discovery Channel, I dodged lizards falling from the tree next to the pool. I declined to hold a poison dart tree frog, although a toxic red frog landed on Ron’s rubber boots in the rainforest. I rode… Continue

Posted by Julie Sturgeon on May 25, 2008 at 12:00pm

Gett Outta Here: Private Driver Mystique

I’m a sucker for private transport in a country. I’d much rather deal mano a mano with a local driver as he proudly shows me what is important in his world. We can have a customized conversation in a car, as opposed to a crackling microphone that interrupts my little snooze in the back of the bus.

Ah, but then there was Arthur, the gentleman who drove us three hours from Tortuguero to Arenal. Ron used the excuse he couldn’t understand his English, grabbed the back seat and promptly fell… Continue

Posted by Julie Sturgeon on May 24, 2008 at 12:00pm

Get Outta Here: Costa Rica Packing Tips

I just returned from what had to be the hottest place I’ve visited on the planet. Not that I can’t take the heat – when they wrote the line “some like it hot,” they were referring to Julie Sturgeon.

What I didn’t like about Costa Rica was my packing choices for this humid, tropical climate. I'll cheerfully pass along my new insights so you can avoid lying naked on a bed, dripping wet, waiting for the fan to speed up:

• Don’t take tight-fitting jean shorts. Tortuguero is a rainforest, fo… Continue

Posted by Julie Sturgeon on May 23, 2008 at 9:30pm

Affordable Get-Aways

Beaches BFF Girls Getaway
October 2-6, 2008
Sandals' Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa
Cost: $1034 per person

Includes: Bubbles & Bows Cocktail Party sponsored by Beringer; Sunset Catamaran sail-away; beach yoga and seaside Pilates; ‘Spice It Up’ Caribbean cooking class – learn how, then enjoy; island dance classes; chartered private snorkeling; "Escape with a Good Book" bonfire night/pajama party sponsored by Harlequin; and much more!

As an added value we are tossing in a slew of goodies like t-shirts and beach bags, a 10% discount at the gift shop, a free 5 X 7 photograph, and a $200 Red Lane® Spa voucher.

Price is based on availability. May not be applicable for group bookings.