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Beautiful Norway – a scenic tour
August 20, 2014
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We began our trip to Norway with a visit to our friends Dan and Heidi, in Oslo. We then flew north to Tromso where we boarded the Nordnorge, the ship that took us south down the coast to Bergen.…
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A quick tour of Denmark
August 20, 2014
We took the night train from Oslo to Copenhagen through Sweden, going over the very newly opened bridge from Malmo. From Copenhagen we did a day trip west to Roskilde, and then traveled south down to Aeroskobing.…
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Puerto Rico
August 13, 2014
In February 1996, we escaped the cold of our college town in Kingston, Ontario for a getaway in Puerto Rico. We really enjoyed our drive around the island. It was a great mix of culture and some amazing beaches.…
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A couple of days in Hong Kong
May 30, 2014
After flying in from San Francisco, finding our hotel and checking out the bird market, we wandered down and around Nathan St. back towards our hotel, picking up a large plastic box to ship our new birdcage home in.…
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Hotel Amba, Munich – A Good Place to Land in Munich
June 06, 2013
We booked our first 3 nights on our trip at the Hotel Amba in Munich. We had hoped that with a late August arrival in Munich, we wouldn’t have to be too worried about finding a room a month in advance – but we were very wrong. …
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Wine Lover
December 03, 2012
Living in California Wine Country as we do, we’re literally surrounded by wine. Sonoma County is home to literally hundreds of wineries, from a small family-run winery like Mounts to much larger vineyards like Korbel. …
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Getting Ready to Travel With Kids to Austria and Slovakia (and a slice of Germany and Liechtenstein)
August 15, 2012
So, we’ve been planning. For hours. Days. Weeks, actually. It seems ridiculous. We can’t remember it ever being this hard to figure out our route before. After FIFTY-FOUR countries, you’d think we’d have this down…but apparently not. …
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Weekend Getaway in Wine Country
June 28, 2012
Sonoma County - real Wine Country
So I have some tough choices to make. I have a high school friend coming to visit this weekend. She’s in need of some R&R and her husband’s packing her off to Wine Country for the weekend. …
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Loxton Cellars – A Nice Change of Pace in Sonoma Valley
June 28, 2012
Ready to taste some wine with our kids safely playing in our UPPAbaby Vista.For Father’s Day we went wine tasting (and why not when you live in Wine Country, surrounded by more than 200 wineries?) We’ve spent a lot of time exploring other areas of Sonoma County like Dry C
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