Category: Journeys
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We know you are excited about this destination, here is a quick activities guide to get you started and don’t forget to join our newsletter. As our son made his way back to school, we began the second phase of our European adventure. We picked up our rental car and hit the road, our next…
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After a good night’s rest, here’s our photo tour of day 2… Planning our route for the day’s exploration! Although we spent the night in Ávila, it makes a lovely day trip from Madrid. We just had to go back to Don Camilo’s, the jamon was SOOOO good! The city of Ávila outside the walls While touring…
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Our Travels – Final Day (at Sea) on the Costa Serena With 25 plus cruises to our record, we’ve developed a routine based on the 7 to 9 day Caribbean cruises that we’ve taken. There’s usually a day at sea at the beginning to explore the ship, detox from the crazy days leading up to the…
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Ávila, Spain is one of the most well preserved walled medieval cities in Spain. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985. We arrived just after sunset into the beautiful walled city of Ávila. Against the dusky blue of the clear sky, las Murallas, or the walls, glowed a rusty orange, making it all…
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Journeys – Savona, Italy After a wonderful day in Marseille, France, we awakened to our next port of call -Savona, Italy. This is actually the Costa Serena’s home port. After a bit of research, it seemed that most of the touristy things to do were in Genoa. Costa offers a tour to Genoa for about 29,00 euros per…
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Journeys • Naples, Italy Day three of our Mediterranean journey dawned beautiful and bright. It was still chilly, somewhat to my disappointment, but the excitement of our next destination overrode any minor issues like a chill in the air. Naples, Italy! The originator of pizza, next door neighbor to Pompeii, home of limoncello and SO much more. Sailing…
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Journeys – Palermo, Italy Our next port of call- Palermo, Sicily! Palermo is an ancient city with a very modern vibe. Since it’s founding in 734 BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Ziz (‘flower’), it’s passed through the hands of the Greeks, the Roman Empire, the Arabs and then the Normans. Following the Norman reconquest, Palermo…
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Journeys • Toledo Spain After a wonderful lunch in Tarragona, we packed up the car and headed out for Toledo. Since our road trip was going to take a bit over six hours, we opted to follow the coastline south to València before cutting inland towards Toledo. Toledo, like many cities in Spain, reflects the rich cultural…
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Journeys – Cagliari, Italy Our last port of call was Cagliari, Italy. Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia. This was a surprise stop, since we were originally scheduled to visit Tunisia, in North Africa. Tunisia was one of the first locations to be nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site, but when Mother…