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Summer 2019 Part 1 - Bologna and Emilia Romagna

October 13, 2019

Emilia Romagna is one of my favorite regions of Italy (well actually, they are all my favorites). The main 'goal' of my five week trip this summer (late June through July...

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Summer 2019 Part 2 - Two Weeks in croatia - Istrian Peninsula / Plitvice Lakes / Dalmatian Coast

October 13, 2019

Summer 2019 Part 2 - Two weeks in Croatia - Istrian Peninsula / Plitvice Lakes / Dalmatian Coast This was our second trip to Croatia, the first - 9 years ago - started i...

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Summer 2019 Part 3 - Two Weeks in Croatia - Hvar Island / Split / Brac Island

October 13, 2019

We arrived in Split by bus from Sibenik. The intercity bus stop is directly across the street from the ferry port and we easily found the booth selling Jardolinja line ti...

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Summer 2019 Part 4 - Lyon and Dijon France

October 13, 2019

After three weeks in Italy and Croatia with my husband, we flew (EasyJet, 47€ each) to France. Although I've been to France many times I've never visited it's second (Mar...

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Summer 2019 Part 5 - Marseille, Cassis, amd Nimes France, July 2019

October 13, 2019

MARSEILLE Marseille is Frances second largest city (population 869,000) after Paris, France's largest port, and the oldest city, having been founded by the Greeks in 600...

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Spring in Spain - Part 3: Barcelona

May 26, 2019

BARCELONA I had a little over two weeks in Spain in March and had beautiful sunny weather, highs in the 70s all but three days. The focus of the trip was to spend time on...

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Spring in Spain - Part 2 Tarragona and Valencia

May 19, 2019

The first half of my spring break in Spain was a week on the islands of Mallorca and Ibiza. After a brief stop in Barcelona I headed to Tarragona for two nights and Valen...

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Spring in Spain - Part 1: Mallorca and Ibiza

May 19, 2019

The second half of March is a perfect time to visit Spain. I spent 4 nights on Mallorca, took the ferry to Ibiza for 2 nights, flew to Barcelona for 3, took the train to...

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Bavaria to Bratislava and Back - Part 2: Bavaria

November 15, 2018

After Hallstatt, Graz, Bratislava and the Wachu Valley we returned to Bavaria including: Passau, Nurnberg, Bamberg, Regensberg, Rothenburg, and Heidelburg - that's a lot...

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Bavaria to Bratislava and Back: Part 1 Munich, Hallstatt, Graz, Bratislava and the Wachu Valley

November 14, 2018

The itinerary may not one a lot of people would probably take – it skips Salzburg and Vienna (been to both on previous trips) and includes places like Graz that most peop...

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Greek Island Hopping 2018: Santorini, Folegandros, Milos, Sifnos Part 1 :Santorini

November 04, 2018

This was my third trip to Greece and my goal, other than just being on Greek islands, was to experience some slightly less popular islands. Previous trips included Santor...

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Greek Island Hopping 2018: Part 2 Milos, Sifnos and Folegandros

November 04, 2018

This was my third trip to Greece and my goal, other than just being on Greek islands, was to experience some slightly less popular islands. Previous trips included Santor...

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Crisscrossing the Camino - Five Weeks in Northern Spain (and Basque France) Part 1

September 24, 2017

July 2017 Crisscrossing the Camino - Five Weeks in Northern Spain (and Basque France) - Part 1 When I set out to put together an itinerary of Northern Spain includi...

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Crisscrossing the Camino - 5 Weeks in Northern Spain (and Basque France) - Part 2: France

September 24, 2017

French Basque Country Less than 20 miles from the Spanish frontier to the mouth of the Adour is the French Basque Coast. Lots of half-timbered houses, brightly colored t...

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Crisscrossing the Camino - 5 weeks in Northern Spain Part 3: San Sebastian to Santander

September 24, 2017

SAN SEBASTIAN Camino del Norte On the Bay of Biscay, 12 miles from the French border, definitely in Basque Country, the city of San Sebastian (Donostia in Basque) wa...

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