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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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Normandy - the Landing Beaches
Le Havre as a Port Stop Normandy - The Landing Beaches When your cruise ship docks at Le Havre, you will not be short of things to do or...
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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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Naked Dave a Cruise Ship Mishap
Every cruise gives us memories both good and bad. We come away with moments to cherish, tales to tell and laughter to share. A recent...
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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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Cagliari as a Port Stop
When I told my husband we were making a port stop in Cagliari and that I had arranged for us to visit a nuraghi, he looked at me with...
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Hvar as a Port Stop
Over the past 20 years, Croatia has been one of my favourite places to visit. I was originally supposed to visit Zagreb in the early...
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Southampton, England
Let’s take a short break from “Travel Tips” and talk about some of the recent places that I have visited. In October I found myself in...
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Money and Travel – Oh to be Rich!
First and foremost, you do not have to travel to take a vacation. There, now that I have put that disclaimer to paper, let’s address...
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