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Barcelona Markets - Part IV in the Barcelona as a Port Stop Series
When visiting Barcelona, there is no shortage to places to see or things to do. In this fourth article in a series of blogs about...
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Barcelona Transportation - Part III of the Barcelona Cruise Stop Series
Barcelona as a Pre and Post Cruise Stop When visiting Barcelona, there is no shortage to places to see or things to do. In this third...
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Barcelona​ History - Part I of the Barcelona Cruise Stop Series
On those early visits, I discovered that the human occupation of Barcelona dates to the Neolithic and early Chalcolithic periods. ...
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Carentan, Rouen and Bayeux.
Le Havre as a Port Stop Carentan, Rouen and Bayeux When your cruise ship docks at Le Havre, you will not be short of things to do or...
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Le Havre as a Port Stop
Normandy - WWII Related Sites When your cruise ship docks at Le Havre, you will not be short of things to do or places to go and see....
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Sintra as a Lisbon Port Stop
If you have been on a western European cruise, chances are you have already visited Lisbon and you are now looking for tours outside of...
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Lisbon as a Port Stop
Lisbon or as I like to call it, the place I learned that trying to eat the famous pastel de Belém, (traditional custard tart), along the...
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Pre and Post Cruise Stay in London
Please check out the Pre and Post Cruise Stays Section of this website for complete information on London. In that section I cover:...
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Reykjavik as a Port Stop - The Golden Circle
Hey, let’s go to Iceland for a girl’s weekend! I first heard those words about five years ago when inexpensive flights started to depart...
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Port Stops – Cruise Ship Organized Tours or Self Arranged
Trying to decide whether to book a ship organized shore excursion or do it yourself? Advice on the benefits and pitfall of shore excursions
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