Category: 2014 Euro Trip
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Cruisin’
Upon arrival in Miami, I took the initiative of checking into the hotel and returning to the airport to greet my aunt and cousin who were coming in from L.A. All that went pretty smooth and they arrived on time and my having checked in made things a little smooth for them. We had agreed […]
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One and a half years in Portugal!
It’s already been one and a half years since I gained residency in Portugal! As I am getting ready for my U.S. visit for the 2022 Christmas holidays I started reflecting on my time, so far, in Portugal. It’s hard to believe but it’s almost my one and a half year anniversary of Portuguese residency. […]
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West Cornwall, Southwest England – Part 2
My drive from Tavistock to Penzance went so well that I decided to keep driving the extra 9 miles to Lands End. Lands End is the most Western part of the England. Without planning it, I had gone to the most Northern part of the UK when I went to John O’Groats in Scotland and […]
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Cornwall, Southwest England – Part 1
CORNWALL – North Coast – SOUTHWEST ENGLAND – My stay in Penrith was done on Saturday the 19th of July. I left Penrith for Manchester Airport. There was supposed to be a direct train and it’s only supposed to take 2 hours but the train line had other ideas. The train was late and we […]
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Lake District England
I went to the Lake District in Northwest England from the 13th to the 20th of July. Again it was a Sunday when I left Inverness and headed down to Penrith. My train took me via Edinburgh and just past Carlisle in England before you arrive in Penrith. My 6 night stay in Penrith was […]
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Scotland
I spent 2 weeks in Scotland. The week of June 29th through July 5th in Edinburgh and the week of the 6th of July through the 13th in Inverness. They say, Edin-boro, not burg like in Pittsburgh. I had an apartment North of town in a suburb called Newhaven. It’s close to the docks but […]
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Italy Part 2
So, I left the B&B Stella Polare in Verona at 8am on Sunday, May 25th. The taxi was pricey but I had an 8:45am reserved train ticket to Milan and then a 10:20am train to Varenna. The Milan train was smooth and that’s where I started catching up on the blog. I was one train […]
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Italy, Part 1
It’s been weeks since I posted due to internet problems here in Italy. It is June 5th today and tomorrow I go to London to start my couple of months in the UK. I left California for Europe on May 10th and here’s the retelling of part of my month here. It’s Sunday, May 25th, […]
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Ready to Relaunch
So, for those that may not know, I had to make an unscheduled trip back to the states to take care of some paperwork because of a “mistake” by the French Consulate in Los Angeles. Once I resigned myself to make the trip back, I decided to make the most of things and visit family, […]
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