Holly Lange & Ben Golden

Holly & Ben

October 10, 2010

Holly Lange & Ben Golden

Holly & Ben

October 10, 2010

Family and Friends -

Hi/Bula/G'day mate/Selamat/Ho bo/Sawatdi/Sawatdi/Mzuri/Mirembe/Bonjour!

Now, we know what you are thinking: Where's the kitchen stuff? The small appliances? The fancy dishes? The fragile things that Ben will likely break? Well, that's not our style - we already have an eclectic mishmash of dishes and our pillows are adequately fluffy. What we really love is the chance to see and experience something new. That's why we're registering here: at a travel website. Welcome!

We love to travel (we met on a study abroad in Greece!). We've seen how our adventures together have made us better people and better partners. So, we're thinking that a trip around the world is a pretty amazing way to begin our marriage.

We're taking winter quarter off from law school at the UW (January-March is a bit dreary in Seattle...). We start with a week and a half in Fiji before heading down under to Sydney, Australia, just in time for the first major New Years party of 2011. We'll drive around Australia for a bit and then jump from the Great Barrier Reef to Bali (tough life, right?). We hope to leave Indonesia for Singapore in time for the Chinese New Year. We'll walk/bus/kayak/train/fly up the Malay Coast - through Malaysia and all of Thailand. Assuming we've saved up enough time and money, we'll head to East Africa: Nairobi, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, and everything in between. Ideally, we'll find a flight from East Africa back to Seattle - with a lengthy layover in Paris.

Along the way, we're hoping for some adventure, some romantic sunsets (and sunrises), some hiking, some service experiences, some awesome photos, some incredible food, some new friends, and a whole lot of beach time to read and relax.

The details will change along the way, but we want YOU to help plan our trip. We would love to know if you have any suggestions - things we have to see, places we must visit, or food that should not be missed. Also, we'll go to the places and do the activities that you purchase as a wedding gift, so choose wisely!

We appreciate your support of our endeavors and look forward to seeing you at the wedding!

Love,
Ben and Holly

Our Registry

Fiji
Australia
Australia - Sydney
Australia - Hunter Valley Wineries
Australia - Port Stephens
Australia - Port Macquarie
Australia - Woolgoolga
Australia - Byron Bay
Australia - Springbrook
Australia - Brisbane
Australia - Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island
Australia - Bundaberg
Australia - Yeppoon
Australia - Pioneer Valley
Australia - Magnetic Island
Australia - Mission Beach
Australia - Cairns
Australia - Darwin
Bali
Bali - Ubud
Bali - Amed
Bali - Lovina
Singapore - Chinese New Year!
Malaysia
Malaysia - Melaka
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Thailand
Thailand - West Railay
Thailand - Ko Lanta
Thailand - Phuket
Thailand - Greater Bangkok Area
Kenya - Nairobi
Kenya - Mombasa
Tanzibar - Zanzibar
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam
Paris
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Flight from Seattle to Fiji (divided into 10 parts)
$15000
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Lautok Hotel: our first stop in Fiji before heading out to Yasawa Islands
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Bula Pass: boat each way to the Yasawa Islands from Nadi, Fiji! The Bula Pass gives us seven days of travel on the Yasawa Flyer catamarans.
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Octopus Resort: we're going to chill out on the beach and day trip to other islands.
$5000
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Beach Escape Villas: hotel for a couple nights in Nadi after we finish in the islands
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Flight from Fiji to Sydney, Australia
$20000
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Car Rental: Help us join the backpackers driving up the east coast of Australia!
$20000
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Sydney Observatory: nightly sky watching visits
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Sydney Aquarium: who doesn't love jellyfish?
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Thai Pothong: voted the best Thai restaurant in Sydney, famous for their green mango barramundi
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Manly Fish Market: tiny fish shop, grab a fish and chips for a beach picnic
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Wine Tour: visit to four to five wineries, gourmet lunch, cheese tasting, chocolate tasting
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Valley Vineyard Tourist Park: two nights camping out among the wineries - help cover our campsite and dinner at the park's Thai restaurant!
$9000
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Imagine Cruises: whale and dolphin watching (99% success rate!), snorkeling, eco-accredited
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Nelson Bay B&B: boutique hotel located among tall trees that attract lorikeets and kookaburras
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Red Ned's Pies: serves Australia's famous meat pies; Australians eat 260 million of them a year; Red Ned's has 50 varieties, baked fresh daily
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Camping at the Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park
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Waterfall Way: magnificent gorges and waterfalls, road lined w/ yellow paper daisies, overnight at Thungutting Cabins
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Woolgoolga Beach Caravan Park: individual cabins right on the beach in a small coastal town, known for surf and its Sikh community, famous Guru Nanak Temple; from here we'll day trip down to Coffs Harbor
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Yamba passenger ferry to Illuka Nature Reserve in the Bundjalung National Park: deserted beaches
$500
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Quintessence Massage: one of the many alternative therapies available in the town
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Surf Life Saving Club: morning yoga class
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Arts Factory Lodge: backpackers spot with random offerings including didgeridoo lessons, yoga classes, and concerts
$6000
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Byron Farmers Market: sample the local fresh foods and pack a picnic for a trip out to Captain Cook Lookout to look for wallabies, bush turkeys, feral goats, and legendary Migaloo (the only all-white humpback whale in the world)
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Springbrook Mountain Lodge: on the highest spot of the National Park's 900m plateau, chalet-style lodge with breathtaking views of rain forest, eucalypts forests, cliffs, and waterfalls
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Mirimar Cruises: trip up the Brisbane River to the koala sanctuary
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Bowen Terrace: family-run accommodation, Queenlandser style house in a quiet neighborhood, 10 minute ferry ride into city center
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Mondo Organics: urban timber surroundings; dessert alone is reason to go for their Lindt chocolate pasta w/ Thai basil and white chocolate and toasted coconut ice cream
$3000
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Cumquats: award winning restaurant that serves Australian game including seared wallaby, braised Tasmanian possum, and emu fillets
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Mt. Coot-tha Reserve, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium: show at the Cosmic Skydome, views of the city, waterfalls, Aboriginal Art Trail, largest planetarium in Australia
$2500
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Bundaberg Rum Distillery: follow rum production from start to finish and sample the final product
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EPA Visitor Centre Midnight Turtle Tour: loggerhead and other marine turtles drag themselves onto the beach to lay their eggs
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Yeppoon Backpackers: central hostel in an old Queenslander
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Koorana Crocodile Farm: channel Steve Irwin for the day
$1500
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Freedom Fast Cats: boat out to Great Keppel Island for a day of snorkeling, bushwalking
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Platypus Bush Camp: next to a rain forest national park, located in a palm ravine, swimming hole and platypus viewing
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Forest Flying: whiz around rain forest canopy in a harness attached to a 340m-long cable; eco-friendly way to see lots of animals
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Bungalow Bay Koala Village: eco backpacker resort, located on Horseshoe Bay, next to a koala sanctuary
$7500
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Sunferries: ferry from Townsville to Magnetic Island
$2900
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Frosty Mango: roadside restaurant on the way from Magnetic Island to Mission Beach, serves everything mango
$1000
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Treehouse Hostel: large timber building merges w/ surrounding rain forest, huge balcony
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Quick Cat: trip out to the Great Barrier Reef, snorkeling, stop at Dunk Island for a rain forest hike, and lunch
$13800
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Floriana Guest House: charismatic, personalized rooms, right on the Cairns Esplanade, balconies, fifteen minute walk into town
$8000
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Night Markets on the Esplanade: souvenirs and cheap dinner
$2000
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Fitzroy Island Resort: steep mountain-top peeking out of the sea, coral-littered beaches, sea-kayak, snorkeling, hikes
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Fitzroy Island Ferries: trip out to Fitzroy Island
$3800
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Flight from Cairns to Darwin on Jetstar
$18000
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The Cavenagh: hostel located in central Darwin, perfect location for us to go see as much as possible during our stop-over
$2300
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Mindil Beach Sunset Market: we'll grab a cheap dinner from one of the many vendors and have a sunset picnic
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Teach English: we've found a few orphanages on Bali that need short-term teachers. Help us bring school supplies! We're pros after "teaching" in Taiwan and South Africa - nothing better than playing games with kids all over the world!
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Flight from Darwin to Bali on Jetstar
$26000
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Agung Rai Museam of Art: we'll check out some local art and see Balinese dancing and gamelan practice
$500
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Cendana Spa: open-air couples massage
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Bumbu Bali Restaurant: Balinese cooking course that starts in the local market
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Gayatri Bungalows: situated along the main Monkey Forest Road, the bungalows all have verandas overlooking rice paddies
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Kafe Batan Waru: one of Bali's best restaurants, serving handmade noodles - the tables in the back have a stream running under the floor
$1000
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Taman Tirta Gangga: water palace with several swimming pools, situated in Tirta Gangga (Water of the Ganges), which is high on a ridge above rice paddies that sprawl to the sea
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Kembali Beach Bungalows: located right on the beach with great snorkeling, gorgeous pool, secluded area
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Sea Breeze Cabins: bungalows right on the beach, carved tropical wood accents in each cabin, large verandas, restaurant on the beach
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Snorkel Boat Trip: the best reefs in Lovina are off-shore
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Yayasan Budaya Den Bukit Lovina: this organization plans traditional Sapi Gerumbungan bull races each week where style counts as much as speed for the chariot-drawn racers
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Air Pansas Banjar: hot springs where water flows from fierce-face stone carvings - near Bali's only Buddhist monastery that offers public meditation rooms
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Flight from Bali to Singapore on Air Asia in time for Chinese New Year
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Night Safari: Singapore Zoo's famous night safari
$3200
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Muthu's Curry: located in Little India, best banana leaf restaurant in town, famous for their fish heads
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Bath Culture Foot Therapy: famous foot bath therapy and foot reflexology house
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Raffles Hotel, Long Bar: home of the Singapore Sling, far too pricey to sleep here, but we can come sample their famous cocktail
$2000
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Singapore Flyer: the world's largest observational wheel, offers panoramic views of the city (as seen on the latest season of the Amazing Race)
$3000
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Summer Tavern: backpacker's bed and breakfast in Singapore near Chinatown
$4500
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Bus from Singapore to Melaka, Malaysia
$2000
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River View Guest House: located on the river in the middle of the UNESCO world heritage district of Melaka
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Taman: restaurant on the sea front, known for its cendol, which is crushed ice, coconut milk, gula melaka, and strips of green jelly
$1000
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Transportation over to Gunung Ledang: a mountain said to be guarded by a sacred tiger that's possessed by a fairy - hikes at the base of the mountain through rainforest
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Klebang Beach: fighter kite flying
$500
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Day in the City: start with a walk across the skybridge between Petronas Twin Towers, visit Chinatown's famous temples, check out the Masjid Megara National Mosque, enjoy a dim sum lunch
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Batu Caves: bus out of KL to these massive limestone, famous pilgrimage for Hindus during the Thaipusam festival
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Elephant Orphanage: sanctuary run by the Malaysian Wildlife Society, opportunities to interact (and swim!) with the elephants
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Pulau Ketam (Crab Island): train over to this Venetian-style village on stilts over the water, famous for its seafood
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Kuala Selangor Nature Park: nighttime visit via boat, mangrove swamp and wetlands to see leaf monkeys and Malaysia's synchronized fireflies - the only fireflies in SE Asia to coordinate their flashing
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Chitin Hotel Masjid Jamek: Hotel in Kuala Lumpur's Little India neighborhood, central location
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Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Krabi, Thailand on Air Asia
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Sand Sea Resort: West Railay beach for limestone cliff and crystal clear water
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Banana Garden Home: bamboo bungalows right on the beach
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Longtail Boat Tour: visit to the outer islands and a little fishing villages - tour departs form historic old town, which is largely built on stilts over the water
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Dreamy Spa: afternoon at the spa
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Morning ferry from Ko Lanta to Ko Phi Phi: we'll spend the day exploring the island, then take an afternoon ferry from Ko Phi Phi to Phuket
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Ko Phi Phi: a day exploring the island and snorkeling
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Elephant Trek: elephant ride through the forest and along the beach
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Gibbon Rehabilitation Center: the white-haired lar gibbons are now endangered in Thailand, but we can visit them at this center located in Phra Taew National Park, near Bang Pae waterfall
$1000
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Ao Phang Nga: day trip to tour the famous bay full of razor thin islands and cliffs made famous by James Bond; sea-kayaking and lunch
$4000
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Karon Sunshine Guesthouse: guesthouse on Karon Beach
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Flight from Phuket to Bangkok on Air Asia
$4000
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Train to Kanchanaburi
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Apple's Retreat: guesthouse on the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi
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Hike to waterfalls, raft down the River Kwai on a bamboo raft, visit the Hellfire Pass, and trek on elephants
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Cooking class: four course dinner cooking class
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Bus to Sangkhlaburi
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P Guesthouse Sangkhlaburi: two nights at Thailand's "wild west" accommodation on the river
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Day trip to Burma: Sangkhlaburi is only 24 miles from Burma, and we can cross over for a day at Three Pagodas Pass
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Bus from Sangkhlaburi to Bangkok
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Lamphu Tree House: boutique hotel in the historic district
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Flight from Bangkok to Nairobi (divided into 10 parts)
$14000
9/10
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Volunteer at Hamomi Children's Center: help us bring supplies and spend some time with the kids (connection through a friend in Seattle)
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Wildebeest Camp in Nairobi: three nights at one of the top ten hostels in the world - deluxe tents in the gardens - base camp for exploring the Nairobi sights
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Four Day Safari: four day Masai Mara camping safari through the Great Rift Valley to the Mara reserve, including all transportation, camping accommodations, meals, and game drives
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Overnight Train to Mombasa: first class sleeper train and meals from Nairobi to the coast through national parks
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Cristal Resort: beach bungalows on Zanzibar's east coast
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Jozani Forest: trip to Zanzibar's only national park to search for the Red Colobus monkeys, only 2000 remain
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Stone Town Visit and Lunch: UNESCO world heritage site, stone carved doorways, small winding alleyways, and markets
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Riki Hill Hotel: stop over in Dar es Salaam before flying off to Paris
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Flight from Dar es Salaam to Paris (divided into 10 parts)
$15000
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Studio Apartment in the Fifth Arrondissement: perfect central location (with a balcony!) for us to wander Paris and eat bread and cheese for every meal
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Dinner at the Eiffel Tower: touristy, but so gorgeous.
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Cheap Bottle of Champagne: After dinner, we'll get champagne and join the backpackers down on the Champ de Mars in front of the Tower for the night's fireworks show.
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Nutella crepes from the street
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Nutella + Pistachio gelato!
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Picnic in Luxembourg Gardens: complete with wine, cheese, fruit, and fresh baguette
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Flight from Paris to Seattle
$25000
4/6
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