I hope you enjoyed Day One in Barcelona of what I call our “Dream Trip” to the Mediterranean, which you can read here. I left off with our wonderful breakfast at the elegant and luxurious El Palace Hotel in downtown Barcelona. After we noshed on tomato bread and jamon and had our fill of cappuccinos, we got in a taxi and headed to Sagrada Familia. Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Basílica i Temple…
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As promised, I am sharing photos, details and stories about what I call our “Dream Trip” to the Mediterranean. I hope these posts will provide you with some useful information and/or travel inspiration, or at the very least a bit of entertainment! For me, putting these posts together is a fun way to document our trip and share highlights with family and friends. Please feel free to ask me any questions you like about our…
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Happy weekend, everyone! I am excited to be back to blogging regularly, beginning with a new Seven for Saturday post. 1 ~ Home From Our Dream Trip We returned home from our dream trip to Europe the day before Thanksgiving. Since then, we’ve been recovering from jet lag and trying to get back to normal life. I can’t wait to tell you all about our cruise on the Regent Seven Seas Explorer! I still pinch myself…
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Hello there! Well, it’s been a minute or two since I last blogged, hasn’t it? October was a whirlwind of fun and sun for us with trips to Catalina, Newport Beach and Calistoga. We’ve hardly been home in the last several weeks. We flew home from Newport Beach Thursday afternoon and have been spending our time packing, running errands and getting organized for our big trip – the dream cruise I wrote about here. I…
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Seven for Saturday is back! At least this week it is. I can’t promise a weekly Seven for Saturday posts but I will do them when time allows. They are such fun posts to put together! Here’s what has been going on around here lately: 1 ~ Cruise Planning These days I spend most of my free time dreaming about our upcoming cruise, researching our destinations, making lists of things to do and see, shopping…
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It is hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since the fires devastated our region. So much has happened since October 8th, 2017. Yet it seems not that long ago I left our home for 11 days with my stepdaughter and four dogs, not knowing if we would ever see our house standing again. When I think about that time and all that’s happened since, I often need to take a long and…
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