M. and I are preparing to hit the road to where we can eat some good red chile sauce and look at some 17th-century churches. So what am I doing? Charging …<\/p>\n
It didn ‘t use to be so complicated. We packed clothes.<\/p>\n
But this way you might get to see a photo from where we are going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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