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September 18th/19th- Travel Days
Europe round 2! Josh kindly drove me to the airport today for my mid day flight out of Victoria. The flight from Victoria to Calgary was uneventful, if a little bumpy, and then I had a 5 hour layover in Calgary before taking the overnight flight to London. I didn’t get a lot of sleep…
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Rome – Day 3 (October 6)
Our last full day in Rome, and also of our vacation has arrived! The last ticketed adventure of our stay was a visit to the Galleria Borghese, about a half hour’s walk from our hostel. We stopped first for some coffees and pastries and then made our way through the narrow streets once again. Today…
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Rome – Day 2 (October 5)
One of the great advantages of our location is that we are very close to the site of ancient Rome here. We were able to walk to our tour meeting area in about fifteen minutes and had time to get some pastries, coffees and water from the Oppio Cafe before crossing the street and meeting…
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Rome – Day 1 (Oct. 4)
This morning we reoriented ourselves to our new city with our itinerary and maps, found our day’s tour tickets and headed for the Metro to pick up some passes. We’d been here less than twelve hours and technically we were already headed out of the country – to Vatican City. We were very early for…
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La Spezia (Oct. 3)
We were all up in time to repack and have snack this morning, recalling our clean clothes from their drying perches and recoiling the charging cables. Soon we had our bags in the hall just in time for our hostess to come by. The recurring conundrum of a travel day is that your check out…
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Cinque-Terre (Oct. 2)
Another relaxed start to the day today, with left-over pizza for breakfast, a second load of laundry, and a plan for visiting the Cinque Terre. Getting to the Cinque Terre from La Spezia is very easy – on the train it’s the next five stops, and a CT pass will give you unlimited access to…
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Travel Day (October 1)
We were up much earlier this morning, as our train was scheduled to leave Avignon at 7:40am. We were up at 6am, and ready to go in time, and then two taxis showed up for us at 7:05am – we still don’t know why. We were at the station early, and the epic train day…
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Travel Day (Sept 30th, 2022)
Got up early this morning so that I had plenty of time to get to the train station. Turns out it was a good thing I did because when I arrived at the station they told me I had to go to a different one due to rail maintenance! So I quickly got back on…
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Avignon R&S – &M! (September 30)
This morning we were happy to enjoy a slower start, with no ticket commitments to rush to. We did need to get up before breakfast at the B&B was over, and we were very glad we did! Fresh orange juice and coffee with cereal, pain du chocolat and bread with fresh jam, and cheeses, of…
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Paris Day 5 R&S (September 29)
This morning was the usual last day pack-up-before-traveling scramble – trying to fit everything back into the two bags each that we brought. It all went in, though, and after a quick side trip for some baguettes and coffees we were checked out and on our way back to the metro. Before long we were…