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3 Travel Experiences That Required Post Updates for Your Safety

cathy — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:32:37 +0000

Hi all! Today’s blog post is a bit of a serious topic, but it’s one that I think is really important. A couple of weeks ago, there was a hot air balloon accident at Teotihuacan — which left 12 people with (thankfully!) non-life-threatening injuries. Flying in a Teotihuacan hot air balloon outside Mexico City is […]

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CapitalOne Venture X Credit Card Review: One Year Later

cathy — Fri, 30 May 2025 10:57:37 +0000

One year ago, we were on our first visit back to Kansas City after moving to Spain. And then our HVAC system broke. After getting a few quotes for replacement, we decided we’d make the best of a bad situation and open a new credit card. We’d been considering the CapitalOne Venture X for a […]

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5 Experiences That Are Better in Spain than in the U.S.

cathy — Tue, 20 May 2025 11:18:40 +0000

After five weeks back in the U.S., we’re finally back in Spain! And I’m so happy to be back. We’re already getting back into the swing of things with appointments, friends’ birthdays, Eurovision watch parties, and plenty of cafe con leche. If you read my last blog post, I covered five experiences that are better […]

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5 Experiences That Are Better in the U.S. Than in Spain

cathy — Sat, 10 May 2025 19:13:15 +0000

We’re wrapping up a five-week visit to the U.S., and it’s been busy in the best way! I feel like we’ve had something going on almost every single night — meeting up with friends or family for dinner, re-joining our soccer team for part of the season, or going to Royals games. No matter how […]

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Why We’re Canceling Our Southwest Rapid Rewards Credit Cards

cathy — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:21:14 +0000

While I mentioned a few weeks ago that our days flying Southwest Airlines are probably over for good, my husband Matt had more to say, especially when it comes to our Southwest Rapid Rewards credit cards. So here’s Matt’s second-ever guest post for The Girl Who Goes. Let us know what you think! – Cathy […]

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5 Easy Ways To Be a Respectful Traveler

cathy — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:41:50 +0000

Our trip to Paris last month — during which we experienced a grand total of zero mean Parisians — got us thinking about why we had such a good experience compared to the popular narrative, that French/Parisian people are mean to tourists. But I think we settled on the fact that we tried to be […]

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How To Get Free Notre Dame Cathedral Tickets in Paris

cathy — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:25:15 +0000

We all saw the news in April 2019 — one of the world’s most famous churches, Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, caught on fire. And if you somehow missed that, then your Instagram feed was certainly full of every person you knew who’d ever been to Paris posting grainy photos from the early 2000s of […]

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Truth or Stereotype: Are Parisians Actually That Mean?

cathy — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:34:06 +0000

I first visited Paris in the summer of 2011, right after graduating from high school, on my first-ever trip to Europe. After spending a few weeks in Germany with my boyfriend at the time, we boarded a tour bus in Stuttgart for the 10-hour ride to Paris. I remember visiting Notre Dame, being amazed by […]

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Why I Might Never Fly Southwest Airlines Again

cathy — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:08:00 +0000

Earlier this week, I got an email from Southwest Airlines. I haven’t flown with them much in the last few years since I live in Spain now. I also rarely open emails from brands. (Yes, this is why I have 22,461 unread emails in my inbox, a fact that drives Matt crazy.) But something about […]

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How We Booked Two Round-Trip Tickets to Tokyo for $457 with CapitalOne

cathy — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 13:35:12 +0000

Matt and I have been married for just over six months now, after our destination wedding in Catalunya in late August 2024. And we’ve recently been working on planning our honeymoon trip to Asia, which we’re going to take for our one-year anniversary! So I wanted to share the story of how credit card points […]

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