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The Travel Oracle
  • Who is the Travel Oracle?
    • The places we’ve been
    • The Oracle Recommends…
    • Travel Booking Services
    • Contact us for House and Pet Sitting
  • Our World Famous Kidney Donor Athlete
    • Running Stories
  • Subscribe
  • Who is the Travel Oracle?
    • The places we’ve been
    • The Oracle Recommends…
    • Travel Booking Services
    • Contact us for House and Pet Sitting
  • Our World Famous Kidney Donor Athlete
    • Running Stories
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    Pride, Jazz, and Art in the Big Easy

    Looking back, it’s hard to believe that a person could do SO MUCH in just one day. You may remember that it started off with a tour of St. Louis Cemetery, the home of the Voodoo Queen and the future home of actor, Nicholas Cage. We ended the day walking two miles back to our hotel sometime just after 3am. In between, we experienced pride, jazz, and art in the Big Easy! Join us as we unpack one helluva day in New Orleans. Trolley Ride and Lunch Though it was barely 11, the temperature was hovering right around 10,000,000 degrees. Thankfully, the street car had air conditioning and we were…

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  • Sumo Wrestling: The Best Way to Start Your Day

    With the Tokyo Marathon quickly approaching, we decided to slow our roll just a bit. This week join us as we unpack one of our last two days in Japan including visiting the restaurant wrecked by the Crazy 88s, and walking the Shibuya Crossing. Oh and of course, Sumo Wrestling: The Best Way to Start Your Day! Starting the Day by Running with the Sumos Traveling in the off-season has it’s benefits: But it also has some down sides, like missing out on some of the big draws of tourist season. For Tokyo, this included the blooming of the cherry blossoms and for us, watching Sumo wrestling. Not wanting to…

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    Looking for some “travel insider” tips? Check out our collection of hidden gems. In these posts, we will highlight some amazing sites and experiences that are under-rated and often overlooked. But, let’s keep these just between us because we always want to be able to get in when we want to go!  This week, let’s talk about a local place that we adore, Cliff Bell’s Jazz Club in Detroit, Michigan. Cliff Bells How we found it We first visited Cliff Bells in 2016 when looking for something to do on our anniversary. We discovered them by doing a Google search for “things to do in Detroit”. Even though they’ve been…

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