Tag: food
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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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Resort Tour – Excellence El Carmen Join us on a walking tour of Excellence El Carmen in Punta Cana. This luxury, all adult, all inclusive resort features spacious suites, 10 restaurants to entice you with a range of global cuisines and 16 bars. The Contemporary Caribbean style combines modern design with the warmth and feel of…
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How to avoid the Norovirus! No one likes to be sick, and to become sick while on vacation is especially awful! Which brings us to the dread Norovirus, the bane of every happy cruise. So first off, what exactly IS the Norovirus? Wikipedia defines the Norovirus as a genus of genetically diverse single-stranded RNA, non-enveloped…
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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 • 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…
