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Babyless in Bora Bora: Air Tahiti Nui New Business Class Review

Too tired to write about our island-round bike ride, but here's a picture of our view of our hotel from a lookout point
Too tired to write about our island-round bike ride, but here’s a picture of our view of our hotel from a lookout point

Ah, it’s over! This trip report was a bit too ambitious and I’m exhausted from writing it, so I think I’ll just end it here. I wanted to go into detail because when I was planning my trip I didn’t find too much about Bora Bora so hopefully this has been a semi-useful resource. Anyway, at the end of an amazing trip (including a bike ride around the island which was exhausting and fulfilling as this trip report), we finally had a few flights home. At this point, I was anxious to get home: nine days away from Baby M is a lot and we couldn’t wait to see her!

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Babyless in Bora Bora: Intercontinental Thalasso’s Deep Ocean Spa – Paradise in Paradise

View from the jacuzzi at Intercontinental Thalasso's Deep Ocean Spa
View from the jacuzzi at Intercontinental Thalasso’s Deep Ocean Spa

OK, you’re tired of reading about Bora Bora and I’m tired of writing about it. BUT – the Intercontinental Thalasso’s Deep Ocean Spa is well worth a post. Seeing as we spent our last day there and it was the perfect ending to an amazing trip, I don’t mind writing this (penultimate) post in this ridiculous trip report!

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Chowing Down in Charlotte – Part 2

Let's keep eating!
Let’s keep eating!

If the first 24 hours in Charlotte weren’t enough, we still had another 48 hours of eating and quilting to go. Although I didn’t go AS crazy on the back nine, we still had a pretty great time. In the final part of our quick trip to Charlotte, I’ll highlight some (more) of the food we ate and also talk about what we learned on the flight home (quite a bit). [Read more…]

Chowing Down in Charlotte – Part 1

Jess cranked this quilt out in three days in Charlotte
Jess cranked this quilt out in three days in Charlotte

I was somehow conned into taking a trip down to Charlotte to visit Jess’ sister and husband for a weekend. Ostensibly, we went down so Jess could make a quilt for Baby M – since quilts can only be made in Charlotte or some nonsense. Still, I’m not really complaining since Charlotte is one of my favorite cities to visit, especially when it comes to eating. I’m fairly certain that my arteries are under more duress now than they were before the trip, but hey, quilts can only be made in Charlotte, right? Ultimately, I view/viewed this trip as a test run for our big trip this summer; it was useful to get a sense of how Baby M travels these days.

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Babyless in Bora Bora – Hanging out at the Intercontinental Thalasso and My Archnemesis

This was a view we could look at all day
This was a view we could look at all day

While snorkeling was our most expensive excursion, the cheapest way we passed the time was by hanging out in our hotel all day. Well, cheap in the sense that we didn’t spend any EXTRA money on it. But the Intercontinental Thalasso is really nice and a great place to relax, so I thought I’d point out a few of our favorite recreational activities at the resort.

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