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Cinque Terre and Parma: Beauty and food without parallel

From Genoa to Corniglia From Corniglia to Parma Map of Cinque Terre CINQUE TERRE Day 14 Places Visited – Corniglia – Vernazza – Riomaggiore – Manarola We left Genoa rather early in the morning in the hopes of getting to … Continue reading

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Genoa: La città di mio Nonno

From Nice to Genoa GENOA Day 12 Places Visited – Piazza Principe We didn’t arrive at the B&B until around 9:00 p.m., by which time we were starving. We found a pizzeria that was pretty good and did a little … Continue reading

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Nice and Monaco: La Côte D’Azur

From Marseille to Nice From Nice to Monaco NICE/MONACO Day 10 Places Visited – Castle Hill – Vieille Ville Before leaving Marseille, we decided to grab breakfast in Le Vieux Port. We found a cute bakery that had all kinds … Continue reading

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Marseille and Aix-en-Provence: Bonjour!

From Barcelona to Marseille From Marseille to Aix-en-Provence MARSEILLE/AIX-EN-PROVENCE Day 9 Places Visited in Aix – Market on Cours Mirabeau – Town Hall Square – Pavillon de Vendôme – Saint-Sauveur Cathedral – Cézanne’s Studio Places Visited in Marseille – Le … Continue reading

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Barcelona: La ciudad cataluña

From Granada to Madrid to Barcelona BARCELONA Day 6 Places Visited – La Playa de la Barceloneta Waking up at 7:00 a.m. after going to bed at 3:00 a.m. to catch a train at 8:00 a.m. to Barcelona did not … Continue reading

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Granada: La tierra de la Alhambra

From Sevilla to Granada GRANADA Day 5 Places Visited – Plaza Isabel La Católica – Plaza Nueva – La Catedral de Granada – El Albaicín – El Mirador de San Nicolas Our train pulled into Granada around 7:15 p.m. and … Continue reading

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Sevilla: El calor de España

From Madrid to Sevilla SEVILLA Day 3 Places Visited – El Barrio de Santa Cruz – La Catedral de Sevilla – El Torre del Oro – El Rio de Guadalquivir – La Plaza de España We arrived at our hostel … Continue reading

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Madrid: La travesía comienza…

MADRID Well, before I get into it, I apologize for the delay in this blog post. I had the entire thing typed out and somehow, before I could upload it, the entire thing disappeared. Also, I thought traveling on the … Continue reading

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Pre-Trip Preparations

Trip Preparations! First, if the timeliness of this first post is any indication of how I’m going to keep up with blogging while abroad, then I wouldn’t expect too many posts! Then again, I have about an 85% success rate … Continue reading

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