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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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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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Cádiz, Spain as a Port Stop
I have visited a number of places in Spain and spent a lot of time in both Madrid and Barcelona however this was my first visit to Cádiz....
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Winchester, England
As mentioned in my previous blog post relating to Southampton, prior to taking a cruise from that port city, I opted to take a day trip...
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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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Panic Packing or Relaxed Readiness?
As usual, I left my packing to the day of departure knowing that I would have a full six hours or so to prepare my suitcase and carry-on bag
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Your Brain - Not Full Yet
When I first started to travel for work, I focused on the business at hand and prepared only for the working part of my trip. Armed with...
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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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How to Avoid Having Your Vacation Go to Crap.
So you booked your vacation and looked forward to it for weeks, maybe even months or years. Whether you have poured over travel books, websi
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