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International Vacations | Travel

Passport to Paris 🇫🇷

By Mercedes Santana on December 26, 2024

I can’t believe I am saying this, but I went on my fifth trip to Paris this summer! This time, it was to work on a project for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, what a whirlwind. I came to the realization that it was time for a true Paris roundup with all my favorite recommendations […]

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Travel | Weekend Getaways from LA

Passport to San Francisco Food

By Mercedes Santana on August 13, 2023

San Francisco is a city known for its diverse and eclectic food scene. From classic seafood dishes at Fisherman’s Wharf to the famous sourdough bread, there is no shortage of delicious and unique eats to indulge in while visiting this hilly city. Recently we where in SF to help my brother in law propose to […]

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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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International Vacations | Travel

Passport to Tahiti | A Guide to 7 Nights in Moorea

By Mercedes Santana on January 22, 2023

The trip we’ve been dreaming of! We’ve always said Tahiti was high on our travel bucket list, but knew we wanted to save it for our honeymoon. Literally the day after reserving our wedding venue, we booked our honeymoon to Moorea! We opted to use Costco Travel! I know what you’re thinking — Costco has […]

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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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Christmas Craft: Clear Travel Ornaments

By Mercedes Santana on November 26, 2020

I saved some save or pebbles from beach trips because I knew I wanted to make these. I also usually keep tickets and other memories for scrapbooking so I had items for some of the other countries. Maybe I’ll start collecting real ornaments when travel opens again, but for now these match my pink tree. […]

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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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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Inside my Scrapbook: 2019 Greece & France

By Mercedes Santana on April 5, 2020

Well here I am writing from couch at the end of week 3 of self-isolation due to COVID-19. I have to say, despite the fact that the world feels a little scary right now I’m really enjoying my time at home. I am getting work projects done that I always put on the back burner, […]

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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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