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International Vacations | Travel

Moorea Food Guide (with photos!)

By Mercedes Santana on January 24, 2023

We’re back with another food guide, this time on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia! I love sharing food recommendations with anyone willing to take them. And I consider cuisine a major part of my pre-vacation research! I knew this trip would be slightly different in the food department because our Costco package came […]

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Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

Passport to Santa Barbara

By Mercedes Santana on April 9, 2021

So, I am thinking I am going to start titling all my travel articles “Passport to…” Do we think that’s cute? I was thinking about my blog branding and how I could improve and I’m hoping that Passports & Papers still makes sense. If you’ve never read about the blog, it’s name, or me you […]

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International Vacations | Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

My Wanderlust Wish List

By Mercedes Santana on July 1, 2020
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I’ve always been obsessed with maps and learning more about the world. I’m still proud of the fact that I was the only second grader in my class to get 100% on the US maps test. After college Henri and I started planning an internal trip each year. First we went to Mexico, which I […]

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International Vacations | Travel

Delightful Italy Food Photos

By Mercedes Santana on April 28, 2020

If you needed another reason to add Italy to your travel list.

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International Vacations | Travel

3 Nights in Mykonos

By Mercedes Santana on November 4, 2019

Here is how we spent our 3 nights and 4 days in Mykonos Greece!

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International Vacations | Travel

2 Nights in Athens

By Mercedes Santana on August 11, 2019

The first leg of our 10 nights in Greece started in none other than the capital city of Athens. Day One We flew from LAX to Athens, with a quick layover in Paris on AirFrance. After a long travel day we landed in a very hot Athens. Europe had been having unusually warm weather. Most […]

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Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

On the Road to Monterey

By Mercedes Santana on August 7, 2018

We love to travel and have been to five countries in the last four years while being full-time employees. But, we haven’t taken advantage of what’s right in our backyards. Sometimes we take for granted that we’re SoCal natives and look elsewhere on the map to satisfy our wanderlust. Planning a road trip seems daunting […]

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