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Pienza, Italy ‐ Oct 7, 2022
Rome

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Italy

Fini - 2022

So here it is - short and sweet. Since we had visited both Tuscany and Rome before, I admittedly didn’t seem that have the desire to do another post. But I really have to finish this one before I move...
Catania ‐ Oct 4, 2022

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Sicily

Taormina and Mt. Etna at Sunset
Syracuse ‐ Sep 30, 2022

Making Sandwiches in Siracusa, Sicily
Trapani ‐ Sep 25, 2022
Palermo ‐ Sep 20, 2022

Headed to Sicily

Making Arancina in Palermo

A Few weeks in Sicily

We flew from Split to Palermo (with a stop in the Rome airport) with about three weeks to spend in Sicily, visiting four spots around the island. Palermo was our first stop and we spent our first morn...
Split, Croatia ‐ Sep 19, 2022

Just one night here.

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Sea Time in Croatia
Bol ‐ Sep 16, 2022

A new island for us - Brac.
Hvar ‐ Sep 9, 2022

The Dancing Queen - Hvar town

Croatian Cuisine: Making Peka
Grad Korčula ‐ Sep 3, 2022

Some Sea Time in Croatia

From San Sebastián, it was about a 3 hour flight (2 flights) to get to Dubrovnik. We love the Sheraton just outside of the old city. You can take the water taxi in when you want to - or not. The Shera...
Dubrovnik ‐ Aug 25, 2022

Swimming through caves near Dubrovnik

One more dive!

Dubrovnik Cliff Diving (ok - Jumping)
San Sebastián, Spain ‐ Aug 22, 2022

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Basque Country

San Sebastián in Basque Country

More Festivals and the Basque Region

We decided to spend just one day/night in Bilbao to give us a chance to visit the Guggenheim Museum there. Researching online, it really didn’t appear there was much else to see there. Of course we we...
Bilbao ‐ Aug 20, 2022

Boat races In Bilbao
Vitoria-Gasteiz ‐ Aug 15, 2022

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Laguardia and the Rioja Wine Region

Salt Production - Salt Valley of Añana
Laguardia ‐ Aug 11, 2022

Laguardia Bull Run

Laguardia Dancing Clock

Solar de Samaniego - The Wine Cathedral by Guido van Helten (english version)

More Wine…This time in Spains Rioja

OK - Let’s just start off by saying this was probably our favorite area to visit so far on this trip, and one of our favorite wine regions (and we have seen many) in the world. A couple great things h...
Santillana del Mar ‐ Aug 8, 2022
Santiago de Compostela ‐ Aug 5, 2022

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A group of youth finishing the Camino de Santiago

Celebrating their arrival in Santiago de Compostela

Douro Valley Portugal to Northern Spain

We left the Douro Valley and headed northwest - about a 3 hour drive - to Santiago de Compostela. This is the home to the Cathedral of Santiago, where "pilgrims" from all over Europe (and the world) h...
Pinhão, Portugal ‐ Aug 3, 2022

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CORK

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A Bit of Portugal

Chorizo over an open fire! Yummy!
Sesimbra ‐ Jul 30, 2022

How 40 Million Cork Wine Stoppers Are Harvested A Day | Big Business
Lagos ‐ Jul 26, 2022

The Ponta da Piedade in Lagos, Portugal

Exploring the cliffs at the Ponta da Piedade in Lagos, Portugal

Whoops, I forgot - CORK

OK - my bad - how could I forget about cork and Eileen's 2 favorite things - trees and wine! Just a short post, with a few pictures and a video. It really is quite incredible to see this process and t...

On to Portugal

After being in very hot Seville, we decided to change our trip to avoid other interior cities in Spain, and head for the coast instead. We rented a car in Seville and will return it in about a month u...
Seville, Spain ‐ Jul 23, 2022

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Estepona & Seville

Walking the plank in Triana

Costa del Sol to Seville

We had a couple weeks to spend in our (Marriott) timeshare in Estepona Spain, and treated this mostly as a “get in shape for the rest of our trip” stop. the goal was to use the gym, swim laps, and gen...
Estepona ‐ Jul 9, 2022

Time to relax and explore the southern coast of Spain. Planning a few day trips to see the surrounding area and may even hop over to Morocco for a day.

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Deja Vu in Spain

Making Paella - part 3

Making Paella - part 2

Making Paella - part 1

Flamenco in Estepona Part 1

Flamenco in Estepona

Truly “The Best”!!
Barcelona, Spain ‐ Jul 5, 2022

First stop-Barcelona. A few days to adjust to the time change and to explore the city.

Getting Back to Normal

While we enjoyed our travels in 2021, it seemed we were constantly making adjustments as COVID Red Flags were raised in different countries. This year - fingers crossed - things should go much smoothe...

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