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  • You Know You’re In Paris When…

    After traipsing through Spain and the southwest of France with John, it was time for him to return home to get back to work and time for me to head out on Phase 3 of my three week sojourn to France. Phase 3 starts with picking up my travel companions. First stop – grab Laura…

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  • All The Spaces in Between

    “Get lost!”, she yelled, shaking her fists. “Get lost in your dreams. In the city. On the empty road. The dirt path. Get lost in your thoughts. Your solitude. For it is there, that you will find the magic.” I’m really good at getting lost. It’s one of my favorite things to do. That is…

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  • San Sebastian-Donastia – A Food Lover’s Paradise

    With Lily finshing Week One of French language Immersion and the weekend peeking ’round the corner, John McGraw entered the picture by flying into Lisbon, Portugal for some exploration and a return to some of his favorite haunts there. He then boarded a flight that cost only $30 euros to land him in Bilbao where…

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  • Biarritz – Class, Culture and Cuisine in the Southwest of France Part 2

    Most of you responded to my first post with a puzzled look on your face “Bia -what?” Never heard of it! Surf mecca? In France? Wah? So let me help you out a bit. Indulge me for a moment please. As you can see, we look out our window onto the Bay of Biscay where…

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  • Biarritz – Class, Culture and Cuisine in the Southwest of France

    Departing for Biarritz was a meaningful milestone for it marked a return to international travel since lockdown in March of 2020. Our trip to France was a long-awaited and highly anticipated event fraught with peril, as the spread of the Delta Variant continued to surge in Europe and throughout the world as our trip was…

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  • Zion National Park

    Where Social Distancing Happens Naturally I admit it, my fantasies of post-COVID travel did not include a single thought of travel in the US. When I fantasized where I wanted to go after being in lockdown for a year, my dreams had me launching out of the US on a long overnight flight that transported…

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