Category: Travel
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Mont-Saint-Michel: Worth a look
There is a huge decision to make for those visiting Normandy. ‘Should we visit Mont-Saint-Michel even though it’s one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world?’ After all, it’s not an easy place to get to unlike many other cathedrals and small churches you can encounter on your average Church Walk. To help…
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Even during a drought there is still plenty of beauty to be seen at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town.
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South Africa Wine Country
By a set of lucky circumstances a friend and I found ourselves on a three-day South Africa wine country tour with Luhambo Tours while the rest of our group were off on safari. On Day 1 we were met at our hotel in Cape Town by our new best friend Graham Nicoll. As we drove…
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In Search of Monet’s Water Lilies in Giverny
I first became aware of Claude Monet as a freshman in college when I walked into a friend’s dorm room one day and there above her bed was a poster like none I had ever seen before; a bridge with water lilies. The painting was surrounded by a thick green border with ‘Claude Monet’ written…
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Fjord Safari
One of the more popular day trips out of Bergen is to the small town of Flåm located on the Nærøyfjord. We drove out there one September day without a particular plan in mind. We had heard that the top attractions in this small town surrounded by mountains is the Flåm railway so after parking…
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Bergen Food Tour
We came to Norway in September expecting fjords, a bit of rain and the northern lights. Well, there were definitely fjords as well as a bit more rain than expected and no northern lights BUT there was also an amazing food tour in the city of Bergen. Our tour started at the outdoor food market.…
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Grand Canyon: Ledge Lunacy along the South Rim
‘People fall into the Grand Canyon all the time’, a friend told me when I mentioned my family was planning a trip there. ‘That’s crazy’, I thought. I mean, how can you not see the thing – it’s so BIG! Well, here’s the deal. You can get some lovely shots of the canyon from famous…
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Antelope & Horseshoe: Sharing the Beauty
There are many reasons to visit the state of Arizona: the Grand Canyon, the red rocks of Sedona, ‘Flag’ aka Flagstaff, etc. Two sites that are also getting some attention are Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend – located in and run by the Navajo Nation. Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon formed by the wear…
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A Mother-Daughter Tuscan road trip
Once upon a time on a trip to Italy four women – two sets of mother/daughter pairs broke off from a larger group, rented a car in Florence and drove out to the Tuscan countryside. Our destination for a couple of nights was the Hilton Borgo Alle Vigne resort in Selvatelle, Tuscany. After settling into our…
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Florence: How to spend time if you’ve already seen the Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has many amazing artworks. However, if you’ve been there before there are alternatives. Unfortunately, Florence charges for church admissions so a Church Walk may be impractical but there are still many other ways to while away a day in Florence. Search for the ultimate Florentine lasagne My search was over at a…
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